37: Tricia Had A Birthday!
Episode 37: Tricia Had a Birthday!
In this episode, Rob is eager to learn about how Tricia spent her “socially distanced birthday,” which seems to dissolve before long into a lot of laughter in this episode!
Peter was excited to present Tricia with his gift to her for her birthday: a new bike! (And not a tandem bike, thankfully, as they have now learned that it’s best if everyone just rides his or her own bike.) Peter’s more than a little concerned about Tricia’s short legs, as she seems to get off the bike by “aborting” the ride!
Tricia was prepared to answer what has become known as Rob’s Best Birthday Question: “What is something that you know this year that you didn’t know last year on your birthday?” She offers several responses, along with this conclusion: she is very happy to be 41. Rob offered her some wisdom from his book A Hundred Years that offers a wise thought for every year of your life. After a quick review of the thoughts for people in their 40’s…well, they both decided they really don’t like the book.
Tricia tries to explain the calendar in her mind that seems to be football shaped. Rob requested that she draw a diagram of this mental image, as a visual seems necessary to help explain…why it isn’t a circle, like his year.
Surprise! Tricia and Rob’s dad called Tricia via FaceTime right in the middle of this episode! He stepped right into the conversation, but was also happy to step right out of it. (And he’ll probably try to avoid letting that happen again!)
As they return to the topic at hand, Tricia and Rob discuss the potential benefits of having a word for the year of your age, similar to Mike Ashcraft’s recommendation in his book (see below) of choosing one word as the theme for your calendar year. Tricia also shares her theory on what each decade of life seems to be about—at least, as far into the decades that she has come at this point!
“The more we learn, the more we learn that we do not know.” – Rob
“Turning 40 is just a giant permission slip. I gave myself permission to say, ‘Hey, I’m 40, and I’m doing that now.’ Or ‘Hey, I’m 40, and I’m not doing that anymore!”
Tricia: “Peter, what is this part of my knee called, this part right here that hurts?”
Peter: “Oh yeah…I think that’s called ‘You’re Turning 41 Tomorrow…’”
Sources mentioned or quoted on this episode:
My One Word, by Mike Ashcraft
The Five Minute, No Rehearsal, No Sheet Music on Facebook Live with My Trumpet, by Rob Lott (You might need to decide to be his Facebook friend in order to enjoy these unannounced concert events.)
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