Birthday Things

Wednesday was my birthday.   It was the first birthday where Ian’s been in the same country (and even in the same house) with me on my birthday.  It was nice to be able to celebrate with him and The Little Kid.

I got some nice presents, including a Cuttlebug that I can use with my cardmaking.    TLK and I had fun making cut-out butterflies and frogs, and playing with embossing, which I must say… using a machine to emboss is much easier than hand-embossing… more dramatic and less painful.  🙂

The people at work bought me an ice cream cake and my friend put a banner on my cubicle so everyone knew.    I received flowers from my family in Texas and the funniest card from my family in Kansas.   I put a call into my parents via Skype, but had to leave a message.  Not sure if they’ll hear the voice mail.  My dad says he can’t get through the Italian prompts.. but maybe he can by now.  🙂

We went to Applebees for dinner, which was nice.  They have good steaks and something wonderful called “Peach Sangria”  🙂  Yum

Oh, and everyone I knew on FB said, “Happy Birthday”, which was fun.  😀

Overall, a really good day.   It is good to be 23 again.  “Mommy counts backwards now”.  LOL.

Weekend

It was a good weekend.    We spent Saturday going to the Heartland of America Park.   I like to go there because I love birds, and there are always plenty of them around.   It was a good chance to interact with nature.   The geese we saw were relatively ok with having people around.  When we sat still, or stood still, they would walk around as if we weren’t there.  

It’s funny to watch them.   At one point, one walked near the water, started honking loudly and jumped into the water, still honking. Once it swam around for a bit, it quieted down.   I’m not sure what it’s concern was, if it had one.  Maybe it just felt like honking.

Sunday, there was shopping (something I’m not entirely fond of for long periods of time) and the World Cup finals, which was really exciting.   No, I didn’t cry for Spain.  Do you believe me?  🙂   I felt bad for Netherland, and although there is always “next time”, some of those people won’t be playing soccer next time.      They all played their best, it seemed, and were well-matched in the end.

Ian seems to have recovered from a severe bout of sinus issues.     Nothing tea, marmite toast and lots of meds couldn’t resolve, thankfully.   And TLK has lost another tooth, which is good, because her teeth were beginning to get a bit crowded.  She’s always a year or two ahead of where she should be with teeth.

She was a little miffed when she thought the tooth fairy only left her a quarter.. but actually, it was $3.25 (still not the $20 she was hoping for).  I mean, I know about inflation, but one tooth?  $20?  lol

I think that’s about it.   Is it Monday already?

Ok, so..

I’ve been sitting on the edge of my seat, watching who progresses during the World Cup.   It’s disappointing to see the US and England both out within the same weekend.   To be honest, I’m not sure who to cheer on now!     I just know that Ghana is not my favorite because they tend to lie down on the pitch to waste the last few critical moments of the match.

Not that it would have mattered, I guess.   But the US still had a shot.

I’m not fond of Germany, mainly because they beat the UK, but they do play well, and I guess I’d be more inclined to support a European team, only because I like the way they play (no silly lying down games on the pitch, for example).

We’ll see what the weekend brings.  🙂

Put it in a box, tape it up and set it aside

I remembered a trick I suggested to someone once when dealing with an awkward situation that they couldn’t put out of their head.    Take what’s bothering you, stuff it in a virtual box, tape it up (use duct tape) and shove it in the closet.    Putting it (virtually) in the closet gets it out of site, and gives you a sense of being “done with it”.   

Sometimes to be happy, and to move on, you have to shove things in virtual boxes.

Fully Upgraded

to jk+黑丝 3.0!    I got more features when I replaced my old wp-config.php with the sample one, all doctored up and renamed.   So now I can have multiple user blogs if I want.   I may try that out over my holiday vacation (at home) whilst sitting by the sparkling pool.   😀

Or, I may have an expedition in bento making.

Sunday is Father’s Day.   Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, step-dads, grandpa’s and people who are technically not dads, but elected to take on the role anyway.   Go you!

Soapbox

It’s sad when communication breaks down to the point that there is no constructive talking going on any more.  When you don’t realise people are talking to you to come to a peaceful resolution everyone can work with, and react by sniping, everyone loses.  

I’ve always been a proponent of “be who you are; not who someone wants you to be”.   Realising that not only can you NOT force people to change dramatically, but that, in the end, they will eventually revert back to “who they are”, is life-changing.    People have a right to be who they are.   You can’t *make* them change.. they have to choose the change that makes sense, if any.

When people lure you away from what you know you should be doing with jealousy and anger, your compliant reaction only benefits them, validates their reaction, and takes quite a bit away from you.  

I know this is all convoluted, but if I’ve learned anything in the last two years, it’s that you have to look inside yourself and always do the thing you feel  is right, especially when it’s for the benefit of yourself and the benefit of others.

And it doesn’t cause you to snipe at people like a mad bastard.

(and just in case you’re wondering, this has nothing at all to do with Ian)

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