Happy Birthday Dad & Simon!

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Just popping in long enough to say:

1. Laptop still being fixed. Files will be saved it looks like.

2. Work sucks.

3. And at least one bit of good news: Simon turned 19 yesterday.

He's all wrapped up in the girlfriend so we'll have a family celebration Sunday, if he's around. I'll make his favorite meal, whatever that is this year. It's been London Broil the last few years, I think. (We went out to breakfast with my extended family last Sunday to celebrate Dad's birthday and Simon's birthday.) In fact I didn't see him yesterday at all, but I talked to him on the phone a couple of times. I did see him Tuesday night long enough to hand over a pile of cash as a gift. And so it goes.

I always take Pine Tree Designs stuff to work on during my lunch hour. As I sat stitching away yesterday, thinking about Simon, here's what I text messaged him:

The day you were born, even though I didn't know you yet, was the happiest day of my whole life. Happy birthday! Love you lots. Mom

Then, as I always do on his birthday, I think about his birth mom - and get a little sad, teary-eyed even. She was 23 when she gave birth to him so now she's 42. She must think about him at least every year on November 15. I always send her a giant silent thank you.

So it's Thursday and I'm off to work at the ass-crack of dawn, 5:30. Think I'll stop at Dunkin Donuts for a bagel breakfast sandwich and a strawberry banana smoothie. Maybe that will cheer me up. Did I mention work sucks? Nothing I want to talk about. Just some information I'm trying to deal with.

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