Beautiful Day
I hope January has been good to you.
Two nights ago, I had a birthday dinner with some of my close friends and was toasted, "To Lana, a beautiful girl and a great mother." The lobster sushi roll was amazing, my lemon drop came in an adorable glass, and I felt luckier than I have in quite some time.
Birthday booty:
-a supersoft bath robe
-an avocado
-Belgian chocolates
-a rose
-that Dead Sea salt lotion/nail system they're always trying to sell you at the mall
(This was kind of awesome because I'd never buy it for myself, but it's actually pretty great)
-a handmade card from a kiddo
-dinner at a great steak/seafood place
-a shoulder massage
Not too bad, all in all. In fact, all of that stuff sounds kind of decadent in a way, so I think this will be my year to be all growed up and refined and luxuriating in sensual bliss. (Yeah. That? Will happen.) (MAYBE!)
I'm planning a bigger birthday party for the end of the month, just as an excuse to get as many of my So-Cal friends together as possible. Making new friends has been going decently well, though again, it's dodgy with the male contingent, as the ones who give me a lot of attention are immediately suspect-- Does he just want to date me? etc
I'm nowhere near ready to date anyone, still being under the little black rain cloud of grieving for the last lost relationship. I actually saw Ryan off the morning he left for Reno, and I'm glad I did. I feel better than I had before, and maybe foolishly hopeful about some things... less sad. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm just going to miss him. He may have hurt me and not been great for me in some ways, but there were things about us together that are really hard to do without. I find myself wanting to tell him about things that happen to me, both good and bad.
Speaking of GOOD, the IRS finally refunded me the money they took a few years ago. I got the checks today, and I am SO RELIEVED I can not even tell you... I went grocery shopping and didn't feel tense about the spending, for a change. I took WiiMan to the pier, where it was delightfully sunny, and we laughed at the giant pelicans who were entertaining the tourists by walking around on the knotted planks and staring out from their wee beady eyes. We wanted ice cream, but I told WiiMan we really had to start treating our bodies better.
Good things are coming! I smell them cookin'!
Two nights ago, I had a birthday dinner with some of my close friends and was toasted, "To Lana, a beautiful girl and a great mother." The lobster sushi roll was amazing, my lemon drop came in an adorable glass, and I felt luckier than I have in quite some time.
Birthday booty:
-a supersoft bath robe
-an avocado
-Belgian chocolates
-a rose
-that Dead Sea salt lotion/nail system they're always trying to sell you at the mall
(This was kind of awesome because I'd never buy it for myself, but it's actually pretty great)
-a handmade card from a kiddo
-dinner at a great steak/seafood place
-a shoulder massage
Not too bad, all in all. In fact, all of that stuff sounds kind of decadent in a way, so I think this will be my year to be all growed up and refined and luxuriating in sensual bliss. (Yeah. That? Will happen.) (MAYBE!)
I'm planning a bigger birthday party for the end of the month, just as an excuse to get as many of my So-Cal friends together as possible. Making new friends has been going decently well, though again, it's dodgy with the male contingent, as the ones who give me a lot of attention are immediately suspect-- Does he just want to date me? etc
I'm nowhere near ready to date anyone, still being under the little black rain cloud of grieving for the last lost relationship. I actually saw Ryan off the morning he left for Reno, and I'm glad I did. I feel better than I had before, and maybe foolishly hopeful about some things... less sad. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm just going to miss him. He may have hurt me and not been great for me in some ways, but there were things about us together that are really hard to do without. I find myself wanting to tell him about things that happen to me, both good and bad.
Speaking of GOOD, the IRS finally refunded me the money they took a few years ago. I got the checks today, and I am SO RELIEVED I can not even tell you... I went grocery shopping and didn't feel tense about the spending, for a change. I took WiiMan to the pier, where it was delightfully sunny, and we laughed at the giant pelicans who were entertaining the tourists by walking around on the knotted planks and staring out from their wee beady eyes. We wanted ice cream, but I told WiiMan we really had to start treating our bodies better.
Good things are coming! I smell them cookin'!