My 33rd birthday is almost over. I started the day in bed, reading about the marriage of Claire and Henry in "The Time Traveller's Wife" and finally forced myself to sleep around 12:30. I woke up this morning feeling ok. Sort of like this was just another day...and it was.
I got up, showered, did all that normal daily stuff like tooth brushing and toast eating that come with any other day of the year. My dad called to wish me a happy day. My mom didn't. I don't think that it is that she doesn't care, it's more that she is thoughtless sometimes. I had lunch with baby brother-my birthday gift from him.
Came home, played with the dog, ran a couple of errands. At around 4 my other brother and his kids came by. He worked on cutting my crown molding for my office while the rest of my family started to congregate. We played with the kids while they totally shredded my living room.
Went to pizza for dinner, went home and ate the beautiful cake that my mom made. She really did put a lot of time and effort in to it for me. I had asked for this cake three years ago-almost as a joke. Three years passed and I honestly had forgotten about it. Now I get the cake. I appreciate the effort and it does make me happy.
My brother gave me a baby gate for my dog. No more dog prison for Sammi. Mom and dad gave a cordless drill (I knew that it was coming since dad was tired of lending me his) and a wireless headset for my cell phone. Grandma gave a desert rose platter. It's quite pretty.
Tomorrow is my last day of vacation before the weekend. I'm going to see Harry Potter. Oh yeah, my life is one big party.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Mock-cation Wednesday...
So, it's day three of vacation week. Yesterday, I did a whole lot of nothing. I did make a roast and coated my thrift store coffee table with stripper which I just recoated because it didn't really do the trick the first time. I read quite a bit of "The Time Traveller's Wife" (excellent so far, btw). Beat my dog for a while for strewing garbage throughout the house. You know, just not a lot of everything.
Today I got up and drove 100 miles to visit my best friend for the day. We played with her kids, took her oldest to ballet camp, ate lunch, went to Target. Just stuff, spending the day together. Her 9-year-old daughter is beautiful and totally looks like a ballerina already. I never looked like that!
After I left her house, I went to the mall to go to Lane Bryant. I really needed some new jeans. They have discontinued my favorite jeans and now sell them in sizes like Red 6 and Blue 4. WTF? I was hot and sweaty and just wanted to pick up a pair of my favorite bootcut jeans that I have been buying since college. But oh, no. The sales wench tried to MEASURE me. I finally told her what my old size was and asked her to tell me where to start. I did not want to be measured. I didn't especially even want to try anything on. Don't mess with a chunky girl the day before she enters mid-life chica. While I was there, I did pick up a fairly kick-ass Where's Waldo tank top though. I'm awesome.
My brother called me today and said that he is coming tomorrow to hang my crown molding. I'm sort of taking that as a maybe until I actually see it done. I have had that crown molding waiting to be hung for six months. Guess we'll just wait and see here. At least he is bringing my nephews. I do really love those little boys.
Baby brother called and invited me to lunch for my b-day tomorrow. That's nice.
I am having a bit of a birthday crisis this year. 33 is awful close to 35 and let's be real...35 is kind of old. I'm totally going to die alone. My dog will get hungry and eat me. The school children walking by my home will see her looking out the front window with a foot in her mouth and that will be the first clue to the world that someone is dead. Hope I die on a day that the polish on my toes is looking good. Then the pound will have to destroy her because she will be a man-eater. I'm pretty sure that is a bad thing, it is on every movie where there are tigers so I'm sure it's a bad thing for dogs too.
Maybe I'll just jump Mr. P the next time I see him. I might be able to avoid mid-life aloneness that way. I'll either seduce him in to happy ever after or spend 5-10 for assault. Either way, I will be around people who will notice that I have choked on a baby carrot and died. It could work.
Today I got up and drove 100 miles to visit my best friend for the day. We played with her kids, took her oldest to ballet camp, ate lunch, went to Target. Just stuff, spending the day together. Her 9-year-old daughter is beautiful and totally looks like a ballerina already. I never looked like that!
After I left her house, I went to the mall to go to Lane Bryant. I really needed some new jeans. They have discontinued my favorite jeans and now sell them in sizes like Red 6 and Blue 4. WTF? I was hot and sweaty and just wanted to pick up a pair of my favorite bootcut jeans that I have been buying since college. But oh, no. The sales wench tried to MEASURE me. I finally told her what my old size was and asked her to tell me where to start. I did not want to be measured. I didn't especially even want to try anything on. Don't mess with a chunky girl the day before she enters mid-life chica. While I was there, I did pick up a fairly kick-ass Where's Waldo tank top though. I'm awesome.
My brother called me today and said that he is coming tomorrow to hang my crown molding. I'm sort of taking that as a maybe until I actually see it done. I have had that crown molding waiting to be hung for six months. Guess we'll just wait and see here. At least he is bringing my nephews. I do really love those little boys.
Baby brother called and invited me to lunch for my b-day tomorrow. That's nice.
I am having a bit of a birthday crisis this year. 33 is awful close to 35 and let's be real...35 is kind of old. I'm totally going to die alone. My dog will get hungry and eat me. The school children walking by my home will see her looking out the front window with a foot in her mouth and that will be the first clue to the world that someone is dead. Hope I die on a day that the polish on my toes is looking good. Then the pound will have to destroy her because she will be a man-eater. I'm pretty sure that is a bad thing, it is on every movie where there are tigers so I'm sure it's a bad thing for dogs too.
Maybe I'll just jump Mr. P the next time I see him. I might be able to avoid mid-life aloneness that way. I'll either seduce him in to happy ever after or spend 5-10 for assault. Either way, I will be around people who will notice that I have choked on a baby carrot and died. It could work.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Noncation Week...
Today is day one of my non-cation. This year, now that I'm a home owner, I have no funds to take a real vacation. So I'm taking a non-cation instead. Some of the great things about vacation are spending time with friends and family, sleeping late, eating crap I shouldn't, relaxing, shopping. I think I can probably do all of that at or close to home for almost free.
Over the weekend, an old friend from high school was in town and spend a couple of nights. We stayed up all night talking and catching up, woke up at the crack of dawn when the damn dog tipped something over on herself and started yelping. We had breakfast and my old friend was on her way home. It was just the right amount of time for a house guest and a nice way to start out my non-cation week. So, days one and two...Spending time with friends....CHECK.
Today, I thought about taking a road trip with my mom. But then I changed my mind since the place I had in mind was about three hours away and doesn't have that much to do once you get there. Instead, I had McDonald's for lunch, went thrift store shopping and looked for a new toilet tank since mine in cracked. Now, with the exception of cursing at the cheap-o Ikea AA batteries that I just had to replace in my cordless mouse again, I'm pretty chill. So on the score card, day two...Spending time with family...CHECK, Shopping...CHECK, Eating crap that is bad for me...The McDonald's nutritional info on my McNuggets say BIG CHECK! I can't give myself full point for relaxation quite yet, but that will come. It's only Monday afternoon.
I think tonight may be a Blockbuster night for Sam and I. We'll couch chill, eat greasy popcorn and forget all about dinner. Tomorrow, I think I'll drive the hour and a half to visit my best friend, go to the mall and buy a new pair of jeans. My vacation needs list is just about filled. Wonder how I'll feel by Thursday?
Some other things that I might want to accomplish this week include refinishing and painting a couple of coffee tables that I picked up at thrift stores and waxing my car. I would also like to organize and furnish my office. Guess I'll see if I really feel up to any of that. Maybe I'll just end up spending an entire day playing Babble and games on Pogo. Guess there are worse ways to spend a week, huh?
Over the weekend, an old friend from high school was in town and spend a couple of nights. We stayed up all night talking and catching up, woke up at the crack of dawn when the damn dog tipped something over on herself and started yelping. We had breakfast and my old friend was on her way home. It was just the right amount of time for a house guest and a nice way to start out my non-cation week. So, days one and two...Spending time with friends....CHECK.
Today, I thought about taking a road trip with my mom. But then I changed my mind since the place I had in mind was about three hours away and doesn't have that much to do once you get there. Instead, I had McDonald's for lunch, went thrift store shopping and looked for a new toilet tank since mine in cracked. Now, with the exception of cursing at the cheap-o Ikea AA batteries that I just had to replace in my cordless mouse again, I'm pretty chill. So on the score card, day two...Spending time with family...CHECK, Shopping...CHECK, Eating crap that is bad for me...The McDonald's nutritional info on my McNuggets say BIG CHECK! I can't give myself full point for relaxation quite yet, but that will come. It's only Monday afternoon.
I think tonight may be a Blockbuster night for Sam and I. We'll couch chill, eat greasy popcorn and forget all about dinner. Tomorrow, I think I'll drive the hour and a half to visit my best friend, go to the mall and buy a new pair of jeans. My vacation needs list is just about filled. Wonder how I'll feel by Thursday?
Some other things that I might want to accomplish this week include refinishing and painting a couple of coffee tables that I picked up at thrift stores and waxing my car. I would also like to organize and furnish my office. Guess I'll see if I really feel up to any of that. Maybe I'll just end up spending an entire day playing Babble and games on Pogo. Guess there are worse ways to spend a week, huh?
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