Today!
Is my birthday!
Happy birthday to ME. A brand-new year starts today!
A few years ago when I realized I was disappointed in the non-mindreader characteristics of DH, I decided I would be in charge of my own happiness. Which includes a VERY limited Amazon wishlist and me doing most of the birthday planning. Me feeling like
is much better than my previous
.
Last night I made waffles and bought ice cream and heavy cream, so this morning I could have my family's traditional birthday breakfast: waffles with ice cream and fresh whipped cream. I also pulled out the recipe and ingredients for chocolate cake, so DH and the kids can bake tonight while I'm at work and we can eat cake tomorrow.
Because of my limited wishlist, DH gave me the wrist Garmin I'd been wanting.
Now I just need to charge up and learn how to use the darn thing.
My dad told my mom that the people he knows at the gym only wear wicking and warming gear, so on his advice she bought me a fancy long-sleeved shirt and a hooded thing to wear over it, plus some socks and a sports bra. Yay for new high-tech running stuff!
After dropping DS off this morning, I went to DD's first-grade class to be their "mystery reader." DD was delighted; she kept inching forward to point at the pictures in the books I'd brought, to make sure her classmates didn't miss anything.
I ran four miles in the thirty-degree
, then sat in my car and listened to a new book that unexpectedly arrived in CD form instead of paper form--"Zombies vs. Unicorns." I wish it were more kid-appropriate, because it's really funny. It's a collection of stories written by people who come down on one side or the other of the zombies vs. unicorns debate.
Now I need to find a time and place to hide out with a CD player to listen to the remaining nine CDs.
All in all, a satisfying birthday morning.
Enjoy my birthday day! I give all of you my best wishes for a happy and productive and satisfying start to the (official) new year.