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[mingsmommy]

Happy Birthday, misscam! Happy Birthday to you!

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Happy Birthday, Jungle_mag! Happy Birthday to you!

AND (because I fail at birthdays lately)...

Happy Belated Birthday, imyourally! Hope it was happy. Sorry I suck at birthdays.

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Happy Belated Birthday, _my_pointe_! Hope it was happy. Sorry I suck at birthdays.

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Had dinner with Delta last night...we had sushi, followed by ice cream. She's dating again after becoming a widow two years ago and she's feeling weird. Delta is one of my soul sisters and she has such a grasp of who she is, both the good and bad. I can say any metaphysical, bizarre, out there thing to her and know that she gets it. And she has such a joy about her, she is a delight to be around. And she has the best laugh!

Came home and spent a little time with the child and the husband, then to bed. I then had the WEIRDEST dreams and it felt like they went on all night long. I dreamed about everything ranging from concrete roller coasters to being in something that was like an SUV on the outside but a social hall on the inside to suddenly realizing I was in a room with my daughter and most of her friends having a conversation with my last boyfriend...who was sort of not fully clothed. No more sushi and ice cream before bed.

The child has a busy social and academic schedule this weekend and I will barely see her. The weekend is usually pretty much our time together. I am glad she has so many opportunities, but I miss her :( AND we recorded BSG last night and I promised to wait for her to watch it and I want to see it NOW.

And from phdelicious a meme...

Association Meme: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

1)serenity- Are we talking the state of being or the ship from Firefly? Since you didn't capitalize, I'll go with state of being. Serenity, for me, isn't about some ideal or nirvana, it's about balance and acceptance and gratitude. It's about not doing the wrong thing so I don't have to feel bad or guilty. It's about doing what needs to be done before doing what I want to do, so I don't have it hanging over my head. It's about apologizing when I'm wrong, forgiving when I'm upset, accepting on a spiritual level everyone is doing their best. It's about looking at my life and seeing the 3,999,997 things that are right, instead of the 3 that are wrong.

2) GSR- I will always have a fondness for the GSR. It is what brought me to fanfic, both as a reader and writer. It brought me to the internet fandom. It was the catalyst that caused me to write again, that helped me meet SO MANY wonderful and cool people. Because of that, my world, my creativity and my heart have expanded and I will always be grateful.

3) nurturing-I believe we all have responsibility to nurture each other. Some people are good at the cuddly nurturing, others are good at the giving money to charity nurturing, others are good at nurturing by acknowledging the beauty within each other. Nurturing takes different forms but it is a necessity for us to both be nurtured and to be nurturing. I am trying to teach Savannah it is important for her to look outside herself and her wants and needs and see what she can do to help someone...whether its giving money to charity, opening a door for someone or giving someone a compliment. We all thrive on the love/nurturing of each other.

4) inspiring-Leaves turning, poetry, the perfect curl of Savannah's hair, a beautiful movie, a flawed novel, the love and loyalty of my friends, the fact that my husband continues to tolerate me? All inspiring. And I think like most people, I find stories of people doing extraordinary things inspiring, but lately I tend to find myself more inspired by people who live ordinary lives but infuse those lives with love and beauty and grace. I've talked about the artist/philosopher Brian Andreas and his wonderful Story People. He has one called "Real Hero" that says: Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning & loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero. People like that, who can accept the challenges life has gifted them with and still face the world with love and peace and joy and hope? Those people inspire me. My two biggest inspirations at the moment are just_jeff and euqort...they are my real heroes.

5) books-I love books. I love the weight of a book in my hands, I love the smell of new books and old books, I love the sound of pages turning, I love the beauty of a well turned phrase. I have too many books and I never want to part with them. Almost every flat surface in my house has a stack of books on it. My mother had the idea that reading meant you were lazy and when she caught me reading or with a stash of books, I would get punished, so, there is a certain guilty pleasure for me in reading. I love reading and I love that I've passed that love on to Savannah. Sadly, my free time is limited and often I have to choose between online time or reading time. I have been choosing online time lately, but I am hoping to read a new book I just bought by Carolyn Parkhurst.

Now it's off to run errands, then fetch the child and deliver her to her next engagement.