Admittedly, I wasn’t looking forward to my birthday – I was chock full of ennui. I think it happens because my Dad’s birthday is a few days before mine, I miss him, and then I feel rather “meh” about my own celebration. At any rate, I’d have very happily canceled my own birthday this year.

I’m glad I didn’t. There were many good things on my birthday this year!

1. I slept late and woke up feeling like I slept well!
2. Coffee took me shoe shopping. The guy who wears flip-flops almost exclusively took me shopping for non-flip-flops and didn’t roll his eyes even once.
3. I found the Birkenstock shoes that I had fallen in love with a few years ago - in black!
4. And now I also own a new pair of running shoes! FANCY SHOES!
5. We had sushi for lunch!
6. Kelly and Sylvain stopped by to visit!
7. Purple Jesus!
8. Really good Birthday Sex.
9. Hot Tub Time Machine. I cannot believe this movie exists. Awesome.
10. Playing a zillion rounds of Tetris on the PS2.
11. About 40 kabillion “Happy Birthday!” wishes on Facebook.
12. All the various emails wishing me a happy birthday made me smile. Ditto for blog comments!
13. The sun was shining.
14. Laughter and plenty of it.
15. I am loved. Really and truly loved.
16. Feeling pretty darned good about being 35.

HEY! IT’S MY BIRTHDAY! :)

1. Buttered popcorn-flavoured jelly beans. Nom!
2. Thanks to Kelly, I now know what the beautiful flowering plants are alongside the road.
3. Gnomes! (I have a new one!)
4. Dancing in the street with the car stereo turned up really loud.
5. Waking up next to my husband.

1. I had a really good Dad when I was growing up. And, after several years of less-than-great, I’m glad we fixed it all before he died.
2. Allergy meds.
3. My husband.
4. Library books a’plenty and a sofa on which to read ‘em.
5. Chatting with another mother while at swimming lessons tonight. Play date?