A Birthday Hope

Yesterday my dad called me to ask what time i get up in the morning. I asked back, why? He said he wanted to wish me 'happy birthday'. I told him that i'd forgotten all about 16th, but yea, i wake up by 8.30am. My inability to remember a day or wake up on time, he didnt mind any - he hung up.
At 11.50 pm, just about the time i was settling down to watch ManU take on Porto, i recieve a text from Arpita, wishing me many happy returns of 16th april. Before the players started kicking the ball, i kicked myself once for forgetting my birthday again. I mean i could forget it during the day, but 11.50 pm was like ten minutes to the day! I still forgot.
Its getting unbearably hot nowadays. So we had switched on our a/c for the first time this year yesterday. As i put my phone aside n settled for the match again - Raz walked out of the bedroom. I thought she had lost it completely, and finally lived upto her alias 'khepi'. To get out of a nice cool a/c bedroom into the sultry Calcutta weather (and she cant differentiate football from chinese checkers), where i was settled for the next 90 minutes - called either for emergency or lack of reasoning. She walked over, leaned to hug me, planted a kiss n wished me happy birthday. Shit...! I thought again.
And then Rumpa, my sis-in-law called up. For a fraction of a second i thought is it some emergency? Then reason prevailed, the battle was won, n i remembered that it was past midnight, thus technically my date of birth.
It is 16th morning today. Sms and phone calls flowing in since i switched my phone has drilled home the fact that its my birthday. I now remember it quite ok. But whats happening by the way? Alzheimer? So early?? Or is it THAT late actually? Or have the diesases nowadays started walking up to meet us halfway with extended hand? Part of their customer delight campaign...
If it is so, i thank my stars for the friends that i have. Who take time to fight my alzheimer for me. This, even though i dont remember most of their special dates. Many thanks guys; thanks for the effort. Really appreciate it. With you guys around, one would never need a walking stick :-)