How can I not remember my own birthday?

Angkor Wat is the biggest temple complex (it’s like a temple city!) and largest religious monument in the world. It takes up about 500 acres! It is really famous, especially in Cambodia, so we decided to visit it and make a day out of it. We found a tuk tuk (which was not a hard thing to do because there are hundreds of them) and asked the driver to take us to Angkor Wat. First we had to make a stop at the ticket building to buy our tickets. When we got there, we saw a sign that said kids under 12 were free, but passports were required for proof of age. We didn’t have our passports but told them that I am 10 and Keegan is 7. They believed Keegan but weren’t sure about me. So the lady we were talking to went and asked someone else if it was okay. He came to us and asked me to write down my birthday on a piece of paper. I wrote down June 10, 2008, which isn’t actually my birthday! I don’t know why, but I sometimes have trouble remembering the year I was born (I always remember the month and day). I rewrote 2009 and they let me and Keegan in for free (maybe since even if I was born in 2008 I would be under 12).

We drove to the temple and ended up hiring a tour guide there. Our guide was so nice, joyful, and playful, and he reminded me of our slow boat tour guide, Xayphone. We learned that the temple was originally Hindu, but in the 12th century it turned into a Buddhist temple. The rest of the tour was interesting, but I had a little bit of trouble focusing because it was so scorchingly hot. It was about 95 degrees Fahrenheit outside but the real feel was about 103 degrees Fahrenheit!! Suddenly I’m missing cold weather. At the end, we bought some really nice pineapple and mango from someone selling it on the street and then went to two more of the of the temples of Angkor Wat. When we got back to our hotel, it felt so, so, so, so, so, SSOOO nice to get in our pool. But, it was pretty interesting learning about Angkor Wat’s history over the years.