Happy birthday to meeeee

Although I had to go into the office today to work, I still had a pretty good day.  It is still freaking cold and windy out but the sun was shining and there was hardly a cloud in the sky.  I got taken out for lunch by my boss and the President, where I inhaled a plate full of calamari and a greek salad.  Then despite my protestations, the waitress brought me a complimentary dessert which I forced everyone to share with me (but I still had two good-sized pieces of it).  Then we stopped at Starbucks to pick up a latte on the way back to the office. 

Of course, I spent the rest of the afternoon bloated and very full, because that's what happens when you over-indulge, but what are birthdays for?  I think the indulging has to stop though - I've been indulging since Friday and my pants were a wee (ahem) bit snug this morning.  I can't remember the last time I had to suck in my gut in order to do up my pants.  Good thing they were stretchy!

Got lots of birthday wishes today, which are always appreciated.  Even my best friend popped into the office to wish me one.  Dean came and picked me up from the office so I didn't have to take transit home, then I came home to find the bestest present of all:  my Mom had claned every set of blinds in our house.

The blinds weren't that clean when we moved in and have only gotten grimier (some were truly disgusting) but I just haven't had the time (or patience) to tackle them.  I cleaned a little section of one when we first moved in then gave up.  Mom and I were just discussing how she would come over this summer and she'd help me wipe them all down and I was looking forward to that.  But then to come home and find every set shiny and brand-new looking, with clean windowsills and sparkly clear windows?  Wow.  She said it took her four hours.  So thanks Mom!  It is truly really greatly appreciated and I can't stop running my fingers over my shiny blinds!  The whole house feels cleaner!

Dean picked us up sushi, which I had no room whatsoever for but still managed to wolf down two rolls and now OW MY STOMACH.  Too. Much. Fooood.  Ow.  Burrrrrp.  Okay, a little better.  Oh, not really.  Ow.

I totally forgot to mention Easter, didn't I?  Well, when the kidlet was sleeping Saturday night, the Easter Bunny came and hid a couple dozen of those small, foil-wrapped eggs all over the living room.   The kidlet woke up, completely forgetting that it was Easter morning and said "Hmmm... it looks like there's something on the floor".  I told her to turn on the light and she peered at a couple of the eggs on the floor, slowly waking up and cluing in.  Her eyes widened and she started blabbering excitedly.  I pointed out the basket that the bunny had left for her and away she went collecting all the eggs.  And the Dora candy holder full of candy that she didn't like so I had to eat (yes, HAD to).  And a metallic egg full of Sweet Tarts.  And a paddle and ball (that broke within five minutes of trying to paddle).

So she spent the rest of the day hyped up on sugar while I tried to convince her to eat normal food before her teeth fell out.  And apparently I had my own sugar rush because I decided on a whim to rearrange the bedroom, which involved pushing a six-foot tall, six-foot wide wing/divider thing from one side of the bedroom to the other, plus twisting our king-sized bed around to face a different direction.  Pulled my pec muscles and my thigh muscles but the room looks way better now.  Still want to paint and change the light fixtures and curtains, but it's a start.  I think I'm nesting.  Or maybe it's just Spring cleaning.

Okay, I have to go lie down and moan now...

Comments

[rachel]

Happy Birthday, Laura!

[Procrastamom]

Aw, sorry I missed your Birthday. I'm not on Facebook very much anymore, so didn't see it there and somehow this post is only showing up in my reader today...two days later (along with one you wrote on the 23rd).

So, Happy Birthday!!! Sounds like it was a good one.

[Procrastamom]

Oh and I covet the Kidlet's kitchen. Only because she has stainless steel appliances and I don't!