Author: Christine

I think I figured out the melancholy mood earlier. In years past, my birthday has either fallen on a weekend, so I’ve been surrounded by family and friends, or on a weekday, and I’ve been at work with co-workers, making lunch plans with them or with friends in downtown, and so forth. This year, I’m home alone. On top of that, I was waiting for the air conditioner man to come and fix the plugged drain so our AC wasn’t overflowing in to the overflow system and draining outside. I had no idea how much that was going to cost, but bills on your birthday are generally no fun. (It wasn’t that bad though. Yeah!)

Also, throughout the year we have done Tiara Happy Hours for birthdays, and while I was originally going to plan one, the timing just wasn’t right – last weekend was booked, and this coming weekend is full too. Bah.

Maybe I just need to get together with the rest of my Birthday Equinox girls (Emily’s is March 27, Sara’s is June 27, I’m September 27, and LT’s is December 27) and do some sort of spiritual birthday chant or something. I think if we chant the right way we can control the weather or something like that. (Maybe we need to put it to good use and help Florida?)

Anyways, going to lunch with my Mom was a nice treat, and it was absolutely delicious. Jason will be home from school soon, and later we’ll go out for dinner when Mike gets home. All in all, a good day.

Thank you so much to everyone for your well wishes, e-mails, virtual chocolates and so forth – they truly have brightened up my day! Mwah! You guys rock! I refuse to start this year off sounding like a big whiner, and you have helped turn that around! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I finally changed my sidebar on my birthday. In the past, I’ve been known to change it sometimes days or weeks later, but this year I decided to do it right away. Wow, 35. It sounds a heck of a lot older than I feel. I always knew it would though – I think everyone reaches a point in their adult life where numbers don’t matter anymore. It’s more about who you are than what number is associated with you.

I’m in a melancholy mood, and I don’t know why. I guess it’s coming off of being sick, my throat is very scratchy today. Maybe it’s having a birthday on a Monday. No birthdays should be on a Monday. They should all be on weekends. I don’t know why I feel this way – but I do know I’m going to do whatever I can to kick the feeling. It’s no way to start off a new year!

We went out to dinner last night with my parents and had Baskin Robbins ice cream cake for dessert afterwards at my parent’s house. Yummmmm… Today I have lunch plans with my Mom, and dinner plans with Mike and Jason before they head off to Scouts. For now, I think I’ll go curl up on the sofa and try to finish my book.