47 sounds really old

I had another birthday yesterday. When I turned 40 I said I was not celebrating any more birthdays. My family won't let that happen. My husband had to work. The girls and I went to a baby shower in the morning. It was for a young lady that was very close to Briana. I am struggling with Briana being so far away. This shower was especially difficult. It reminded me that my baby has grown up, my others are rapidly growing up and it makes me very sad. I don't think I will be a very good empty nester, but that is for another blog. Back to my birthday. After the shower we went to the tennis courts. Andrea is training for the state championship. We got there at 12. When I went in my purse to get my phone to listen to the mp3 player, it wasn't there. I knew it was there and I didn't take it out, or at least I didn't remeber taking it out. I'm sort of ranting and raving about not having a phone, daddy couldn't reach me, I couldn't listen to music etc. I was frustrated that I was so stupid to once again go out without it. My daughter said "oh we answered it and I didn't put it back in your purse". Well at least I'm not getting so old that I forget where I put it. Now without my phone, my husband can't let me know when he is getting off to take me out for my birthday. Fortunately, my nephew was with me and had his phone. Well it wasn't that fortunate, it was very close to dead. We used it then turned it off. I did get hold of Jimmy when he was leaving work. The girls weren't ready to leave the courts but daddy was hungary. I got them a ride home and I rushed home. We went out for seafood (5 minutes from our house). When we were throught, he asked what I wanted to do. I said that I would like to go hang out at a bookstore or coffee shop. We don't get alot of solitude. He said, how about the library (also 5 min from our house). He had a lesson to prepare in spanish. There was one problem, the library was only open for about 1 hour and 20 minutes longer. It was okay, I was just expecting to spend a little more time away from home. We went by the house and got my computer and his books. I tried to talk to Briana on skype but the internet in South America was not working well. At least we did get past the Happy Birthday.
I was a little disappointed over the day. In my disappointment I thought of my missionary friends in other countries and how they may celebrate their birthday. In the busyness of their lives, they probably don't do much celebration either. Their daily grind is alot more than mine. Even with my girls growing up and one moving on, I still have a great relationship with them and we do have contact, just not like we used to. God's grace will get me through this and maybe I won't be so disappointed over little things.