Rec contr' Amor non es guirens lai on sos poclers, s'autra.

happy birthday clumsy_me!

May it be full of all the good things. :)

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BONNE FETE femme_noire!

I think I just broke a desk here at work.......but it's a new-fangled desk, and those are always spinning off into the nether-regions of the rooms when I'm around. Anything that involves more technology than the wheel, generally breaks anytime I venture near it.

Also, I've only got three days left of this session. Monday is my last day, and I'll be done at 9:45. I'm looking forward to it. (Also looking forward to brekki with femme_noire, which, again, had I known it was her BIRTHDAY I would have gone today.)


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Remember, this was for free:

* I have short fingers, therefor I am impatient.
* I'm smart
* I have a guardian angel
* I'm independent and don't like being told what to do.

I took my mom to the psychic fair last night, where we ran intosykomonkey and his girlfriend.  I had a reading done, but my mom didn't. 

Afterwards, we headed to Oreganos for dinner.  I'd never been there before, but the food was excellent.  I had the tortellini, and my mom had manicotti.  I got the leftovers.  After dinner we headed to Chapters for some book viewing.  Which turned into book buying for me.  I got Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery Of the Alphabet from A to Z, and two other fiction books.  I'd been wanting to get Language Visible for quite a while, I finally found it for $6.99 in the Bargain Books section.  Wait long enough, everything goes on sale.

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Judging by the nose bleed I got nearly as soon as I stood up this morning. I never get nose bleeds. Ever. I think I've had maybe two (not including this one) in my life. Plus it's raining out, and I have no bus tickets, and no change, so I have to walk to work. I'll bring a change of pants.

Yesterday my mom tells me that next year she's going to be 60. I think partly it was a hint to let me know that she's 59 this year (yesterday was her birthday.) I proceeded to think that she doesn't look old enough to be 59, or old enough to have a 27 year old daughter. But no one will say that to her 'cause I don't look old enough to be 27. Ok, I don't  act like I'm 27, but it's the same thing.  So everyone will think that my mother is in her 40's, and that I'm in my early 20's.

My mom has been telling people for years that she's 58.  Somewhere in her late 40's she forgot how old she was, and just went for 58.  For nearly 10 years she's been 58.  Finally, last year, they called her on it.  Turns out she was actually 58 that year.

I told my mom that for her 60th birthday, I was going to put a lot of pinkflamigo's on her lawn -- maybe 180 of them.  Anyway, that made me remember this recurring nightmare I used to have as a kid.  I was running around on the huge lawn, with a giant chasing me, and I was trying to get to the house.  And I was trying to hide under the pink flamingo's that were arranged on the lawn in rows -- kind of like they were planted there systematically.

It still makes me shudder.

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I'm cold, but content. I have absolutely zero money (in reality, I have minus minus money -- I'm overdrawn over my overdraft), but I am content.

I have banana bread. I have a great roommate (who has given two birthday greetings today), and friends who have been wonderful today. My family (mostly) remembered my birthday this year -- which is far better than most years, when _all_ of them forget. The bartenders at my pub gave me birthday wishes (which could seem like I go there too often, but in reality work two doors down, so that balances that out).

Things this year I am grateful for:

1. Still in remission. So far, only one re-lapse, and that was five years ago, so we're liking this. I'm "cured" but no telling when it'll crop up again, if ever.
2. Hair-dye as a birthday gift. It's been awhile since my hair has been anything other than ordinary. (although, it is short now instead of long)
3. I walk an hour a day, so while I'm now my sister's size (a little scary, that's a little skinny!), it's at least due to proper nutrition, and exersice, rather than being sick (ick)
4. My new, improved, feng-shui-ed room. We'll see if this works. *grin*
5. Some really really great friends who I love and/or adore, or just really like. Either way, they rock my world, and I'm saying "thanks for some rockin' good times."

A. -- I love the world today.

Ok, so that might be a bit of a lie, but it is by far going so much better then the past two have.

The best part? Homemade banana bread. My homemade banana bread. I had the day off, I napped (with my sucky cat, of course), then I made banana bread, and it just came out of the oven. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh............

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