Happy Birthday to Me?

Yesterday I turned 27 (on the 27th...my golden birthday)! Usually I throw myself a theme party and put all my energy into decorations and costume and food, etc. But this year I didn't really do anything and my mind was able to reflect on my life and turning another year older. Of course my brain automatically went into that panicky OMGAAAHHH WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE mode which is never fun. So I'll have to never not have a party again. Parties for everything! Parties all the time!

Okay, maybe reflection isn't such a bad thing. Let's keep it positive.
*I have a job that I'm good at
*I have an amazing husband that loves me and values my opinion and takes care of me when I'm feeling blue
*I have a beautiful home
*And I have an awesome sister who knows me well enough to get me a hot pink purse and a blue unicorn, hahaha.

And to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, thank you and love you! Now...when's the next party??

Just Finished...Life Itself by Roger Ebert

After the death of Roger Ebert, I finally picked this book off our shelf. I had read all three of his Great Movies books and I really admire his writing style. This was a good read, even if he went off on tangents now and again. I was particularly moved by the ending. Here is a man, who is now gone, reflecting on reaching his last days. He could not know how near the end was, but his words were meaningful parting thoughts nonetheless.

This paragraph in particular stuck with me. What a lovely thought!

Here's to kindness!

Wednesday

My cat Wednesday has been missing since February 6th. We put up posters and checked shelters, but I have a feeling that she's long gone. 

I first got her when I lived with my dad in Chino Hills, in 10th or 11th grade. I wanted a cat, something to take care of. We went to the local shelter and there she was, a tiny scrappy little kitten trying to swat at me through the bars of the cage. She was the one. I named her Wednesday after the Addams Family character. Also, I think it was a Wednesday when I got her.

She was a good cat...a bit of a brat, and she destroyed my couch, but she was very loving and liked to sit purring in my lap when I watched movies. She would even sit on my back when I was couch-napping and give me a mini-back massage. She will be missed. If she is in the "Heaviside Layer," I hope she's with our other cats from yesteryear, Nala and Nina. 

Love you, Wednesday.

Valentine's Day

Another Valentine's Day has come and gone...I always feel weird when it's all done. I think I read too many blogs and look at too many Instagrams of huge bouquets of flowers, sweet cards, candy, etc. Part of me grumbles about the holiday being too commercialized, but a bigger part of me wants all those things too. I guess it's that way with holidays in general. I *love* holidays, but always feel somewhat disappointed when it's all said and done. Maybe I should redefine them? Go off on my own and make my own plans? Buy myself cards and flowers?

Ah well, I got chocolates from my students, and I got some sister time in, so that was nice. Back to normal life now. A normal life that has felt especially stagnant lately, and could use a good shake-up!

This somewhat gloomy post brought to you by bad dreams and depression over the fact that my cat has been missing for a week now...