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My birthday...

Today is Valentine's Day. It's never held a lot of importance for me. I guess because my birthday is the day before - - so it always just kind of ran into the other. I always tried to make Valentine's a little more important for my kids - but, now they get nothing!! Sad - I should still get them something. I do try to send something to my grandbabies, though.

Anyway, back to the title - my birthday. I woke up really, really, really grumpy. My husband, who sometimes doesn't think, woke me up at 5:30 in the morning - well, if you pay much attention to me (which I probably wouldn't), you know that I complain constantly about having insomnia. So, when he woke me up, I couldnt' go back to sleep. I went through all these plans in my head from divorce to homicide several times yesterday morning. All because he woke me up!! Anyway, I've decided the last couple of years that I want my birthday to have childlike fun. Last year, I set up a children's birthday party at Fat Cats and we all went bowling and had pizza (oh, and of course we had yummies, too). This year, since I'm on the diet, we couldn't be anywhere near pizza!! We went to the Planetarium then to dinner. I had so much fun wandering through the Planetarium - - Zach telling me about the planets, his favorite is Neptune you know. We watch the pendulum going back and forth knocking down the pins. We walked on the moon and on Mars.


After that, we went to dinner at Jason's Deli. The destination was chosen because it had salad for KayeLynn and I - - oh my gosh, I have never wanted soup so bad in my life! They had some soups that looked so freaking awesome - my mom's chicken noodle soup that she ordered looked heavenly (she sent it back for something else, because she said it was too salty, so I guess appearances are deceiving). I did really good at first, then I decided that in lieu of birthday cake, KayeLynn and I were going to share a mini bran muffin. The muffins there are itty bitty, I didn't think eating a half one would be a big deal. That's what I know!! I ended up going back for several more - - and then, since of course I'm fat and I think like a fat person, I figured that I screwed up the day now, I'm gonna have an ice cream cone. I ended up going back for another one. So, in celebration of my birthday, I overate bran muffins and ice cream!!! Hip Hip Horray!!

I just want my family to know that I had a great day!! And, I did forgive Ted for waking me up - - - I love you all!!!!

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