Back when I was 19 I was still having great birthdays! Where everyone still made a big deal out of them. Sorry your's is looking sucky. I just turned 28 on the 20th and it was the first birthday that I actually forgot about until the day before. So people are right about that, you start to just ignore them after a while.
Haven't gotten to the "dread them" state yet, but that's because after next year I'm not having anymore.
So what's to dread about being 29 forever?
Happy early birthday- at least go have a couple of shots!