Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

Fun discovery: This year's Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (also known as Moon Festival or Lantern Festival,) lands on my birthday, September 22, 2010. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunisolar month.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a time of reuniting with family and celebrating life and happiness. In my family, there is usually a dinner if not party involved the weekend before or after. I've missed more than a few of course.

I've been feeling a bit down and poopy about carving time to celebrate my 30th (as you can tell from this blog). With all the wedding festivities, it just seems like there's enough celebrating (not to mention planning) to manage. What's to celebrate anyway- My eggs drying up? But maybe there is something to celebrate. I never really intend on my birthday get-togethers to be about me. It's just an excuse to get all my friends together and have fun. I like what Mid-Autumn Festival stands for and I think I'd like to carry-out the tradition. After all, I am becoming a real adult (or something like that) and tradition is important to observe.

How did this all come about? From the mini moon cake I ate this morning.