Birthdays during build season?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by sciencenerd

Or you could just bring some cup cakes to a robotics meeting,

Cupcakes? C'mon, show some creativity. Last year my wife made a birthday cake for my daughter in the shape of the Triple Play field. Embarrassed her good - our job as parents was fully accomplished that day.

[Shu Song]

Mine usually happens during the first days of the build season and my team has found it fitting to do the birthday punches Now that I'm a mentor and can come and go, I avoid going to meetings on my birthday.

[Corey Balint]

My birthday, the 19th, is usually when we are really getting into things and dont have much time to focus on other things. I think last year i went out to eat with a few friends, but that was basically it. This year im heading it off soon by having a group of friends come over this weekend and strategize together, and just have one slightly sane weekend before the next months of insanity. Of course some type of party/fun will be had at some point though.
Normally instead of asking for presents, im asking for tools and money to be able to go on the trips.

[Sara Milton]

My birthday falls on Feb. 7th this year we'll just have a cake but normally a former students mom makes this GREAT dinner but she won't be making it this year

[BuddyB309]

My birthday doesn't fall during the build season but it falls on the day that we head down to the st. Louis regional. Last year I celebrated by squeezing and twisting and empty water bottle so the bottle pops off because of the pressure. i did this in the minivan on our way down and after the cap hit the driver I announce that it was my birthday today. (No one gave me a happy congratulations though, they all just staring punching me )

[Ian Curtis]

My Birthday is the 9th of February and on my rookie year I would have gotten a bag of dum-dums, but by the time I showed up that night, they had been eaten. We celebrate one of our mentor's birthdays by eating cupcakes however. The main problem with having a Birthday during build season is trying to find a day when you can have a bunch of people over and chill and eat cake.

[coastertux]

My birthday is Feb. 13th. I usually don't do anything until after ship because I am so busy with robotics.

[Koko Ed]

Mine is January 26th.
I'll go to dinner with my missus but mostly I work, particularly this year.
The time frame to do the animation is very short.

[EricH]

I don't dare give mine (which is in about a week) out to my team (unless it is given out by someone else) due to the fact that at least one of my teammates will be singing "Happy Birthday" to me for about a month. And for family type celebrations, 3 other people in my family have birthdays in the month before mine, so we just celebrate all four together. At least we did this year.

[MattD1Drift]

Mine is March 11th, first year on a team, I'm Scared to know what will happen, its the saturday of the Hartford comp.

[Squirrelrock]

my b-day is 4 days after ship date, at which point i will just be getting back into a normal-ish sleep cycle. what party is this that you speak of? :-)

if i get a party, its usually a month or two too late because no one in my family feels like planning anything. Even this one, my 18th, will probably be nothing special.

O well

[JoeXIII'007]

February 1st: my 17th birthday and the 3rd anniversary of the Columbia Disaster.

[Cyberguy34000]

January 11th for me. My parents threw a suprise party for me with the help of our mentors. It was really fun, we had cake and sodas and stuff. It's fun celebrating with the robotics team.

[Brandon_L]

Mines in between ship date and the compo so I get the week off for me thanks FIRST!!!!

[oaktown1188]

our drivers birthday is february 5th and last year her family took me out to dinner at mongolian barbeque and to dave and busters to celebrate after we were done building. it was awesome..

my birthday is april 15th and before atlanta so I'm in the clear.