Quarantine Birthday Part 2; 12:00 and Beyond

 Sally and Cally said it was time for me to come out of my room. The outside was beautiful!!

Rainbow streamers draped the hallway, and I was not prepared for what was in the living room.  A large banner read "Happy Birthday." Yellow balloons with smiley faces were scattered around the floor. And three helium balloons were next to the cushioned chair. My mom's laptop was sitting at the center table with my relatives online. It was nine o'clock in the morning for them since they were in India. Finally, as the clock struck 12; I blew out some candles and cut the purple pound cake that was iced with delicious icing. There was a special candle holder that hummed the tune of Happy Birthday.  After the cake cutting, I witnessed the most amazing video of my life. There was a youtube video created by my parents, where everyone from my grandparents to friends in India and different parts of the USA and my teachers wished me Happy 10th birthday via video. Each of the videos was about 20 seconds to 1 minute long. It was out of the world to listen to all the wishes. It was a  25-minutes long video.  I am so happy to see that everyone loves me so much.

In the morning, I found out that my parents had done something fun with my presents. They lined the presents up in a row and on each of them she placed a clue that led to another clue which you had to solve to find out what the present was, and then I could open the present and enjoy my gift. So, there were 10 presents with 20 clues, that took my whole day. Later, in the evening  I had a zoom birthday party with my friends at 5:00 in the evening. I cut an ice cream sandwich cake which I enjoyed for a week because it was so good. My birthday turned out to be a blast even during the COVID lockdown.

When I fell asleep that night, I finished my 10 rounds around the earth ready to live many more!!