thank you all! jakdaw, guy who is right people around the world seem to enjoy celebrating my birthday with fireworks for days, always warms my heart that 
banj i believe you're right, i think i had a birthday last year too, i keep telling people to stop giving me them but they don't! on the upside i'm year younger than i thought i was going to be! (seriously, i had to check the 'how old am i' website!!)