It's my 61st birthday weekend. I never thought  I would live past 25; then at 25 I figured I was probably off by a few years and 30 would do it. I had big changes the year I flipped from 28 to 29 and I wondered if maybe I was using even numbers and that was why my predictions were incorrect. I decided on 33 since it was both an odd number and held particular significance for Christians and Catholics since that was the age of Jesus when he died. However it appeared I had a lot of life left in me yet. I had my last child when I was 36 (another even number). So here I am at 61, an odd number in an even numbered year. This past year has once again been a year of big changes. So I guess I need to recalculate yet again. I tried to look at my parents ages when they died. My father was 82 when he died and my mothers age was somewhere between 83 and 87 but we'll go with 83 since that is the date of record. That being said I should have a little more than 20 years left. I've decided to take a huge gamble with absolutely no reason, especially considering I am far from healthy, and go for 101. Yes I said 101 years. It's an odd number, that ends in an even year. 2054. Sounds interesting. A real gambler would shake his head and say lady you're going out on a real thin and shaky limb. Yup. I like the challenge. So here's to 661 and 40 more to come.