first thanksgiving, then christmas, then new years, then my birthday. i call it the Holiday Gauntlet.

most kids who have a birthday close to christmas are resentful, and i understand that - it's easy for people to double up presents, or pay more attention to christmas. my family, on the other hand, has always been good at making sure my birthday was ( Read more... )

2009 was, in retrospect, a very good year ( Read more... )

I had grand plans for today but instead I am stuck in bed. Someone I ran into last night was sick because a major cold is bearing down on me full force. Normally I'd be fine but being outside all night and barely eating yesterday did not help. So here I will stay, dosing up on vitamin c and thyroid booster and praying it dies out fast. My apologies ( Read more... )

it's my birthday in 2 days. i like my birthday because it's one of the very few days in the year where i don't feel guilty and/or lazy for doing whatever i feel like. i can actually revel in feeling happy, relaxed, spoiled, special, and/or any of the other ways i'm made to feel on my birthday. it's also mainly just an excuse to eat a lot of pastry ( Read more... )

 ugh ( Read more... )

that was pretty much the best halloween in a while. not because it was halloween-y, but because the fun stuff happened *on* halloween. days like halloween are good excuses for tasty treats ( Read more... )

happy spooky day ( Read more... )

.... and now it's sunday ( Read more... )

i can't believe it's already wednesday ( Read more... )

livejournal is strange when you use it as a window and not as a tool ( Read more... )