@tsarstepan,
She's tetchy about the birthday thing. I never had, or wanted, birthday foo for many years, was avoidant, but when Diane was in the hospital, Dys mentioned he and I went for lunch at a place down the street and it was my birthday and he started a thread on it. That thread got a lot of responses, a plethora - many of us were extremely worried re Diane for good reason.
And then no one noticed Chai's birthday. I don't know about the timing, it might have been a year later, or close to the time re Diane in hospital and my own birthday.
I don't know what is going on with Chai, she may be involved in other stuff, and I don't have any idea what this quiet thing is about. Me, I wish her a wonderful loud birthday.