The Aerie
Well it's vacation time! I can tell that I need it. Sure, it's easy to
say that one's brain is like unto porridge, and heart a wheel of
stone, but I'm happy to take the easy out. I sit and look at the work
that I have to do, and I stare blankly, unable to come up with the
first step towards accomplishing my goals. Yesterday I slogged
throught he process of creating and mailing some marketing letters,
and it felt like wading through congealed oatmeal. "Stamp? Sta-amp.
Find... a... stamp... Stamp. Lick stamp. Oh. Stamp is pre-glued."
So for the next week there'll be a drop off in the frequency of my
on-line diary posts.
Oh, stop laughing!
Actually who knows, I might post MORE. I know, I could hardly post
LESS. I'm hoping to spend the larger portion of the week working on my
novel. Being in a writing mode, maybe I can get more entries posted
here.
Maybe.
But before I get too far afield, I do have to say, "MAN, what a great
party!" My birthday party was a great time. I would have enjoyed it if
more folks showed up (although we got pretty much as many as we
expected) because of course there were lots of invitees who I simply
hadn't seen in a long time. But it seemed like everyone who showed up
had fun. The party went til 1:30 a.m. and I wasn't holding anyone at
gunpoint, so certainly someone was having fun...
But of those who did show up, MANY people were folks I hadn't seen in
some time. Val the archaeologist, Jen with her broken arm, and others.
And Michelle and her husband did show up, along with many neighbors.
Everyone seemed to have a good time, except when Professor Barker got
bonked in the head by the swing. The kids weren't swinging on it -- my
son had decided to climb the swing rope, and the lower end of the
swing was flailing wildly.
However if I'd known everyone was going to bring real, actual gifts, I
probably would have put a "no gifts" or "no gifts over $5" note on the
invitation. I don't know why, it just never occurred to me that I'd
receive such generous present. Actually I didn't think of presents at
all: I was mostly just hoping folks could show up (we didn't get
invitations out until quite late).
Not to look gift horses in the mouth! I certainly enjoy all the great
gifts.
But all in all it was a great weekend. The weather was especially
cooperative. They were threatening rain on the day of the party up
until the 10 p.m. news the night before. Instead the weather ended up
being absolutely perfect: sunny, cool, and dry. What a deal!
So anyway my 40th birthday party was fantastic, it was great to see
everyone again, and to those who missed it, well, shucks, too bad for
you!
Now I'm off to do fun things. Like clean the refrigerator.
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Posted by Albatross at August 16, 2002 12:00 AM