23: Today and Yesterday
I planned to post long and loud about my birthday (or at least this anniversary of my birth) today, but at the day’s end I am just too tired. I’m dealing with a cold, I have a terrible toothache and my lips are getting chapped, but all that seems like nothing compared to my general exhaustion. I have no idea why I’m so tired, but I am.
Suffice it to say, I did manage to create a piece of jewelry today. It was amazing how much of the day flew by while I was engrossed over my poorly lit work table. I took photos but the batteries in my camera died before I could download them. It didn’t feel as good as I might have hoped to have created something, and I kind of wished I had just gone ahead and spent the money to treat myself for a day, but I feel theoretically better about my choice. It’s just hard when you create something and you aren’t sure whether it’s crap but you fear it is and hate the thought that you wasted your precious free time on crap. But oh well.
My dad called to wish me happy birthday and commented again on how good Thanksgiving dinner was (and asked me again to explain how I made my potatoes), and my brother emailed me specifically to tell me how impressed his girlfriend had been with dinner, how she had mentioned it three separate times on the drive home. I guess I really did a good job this year. Indeed, it was one of the nicer Thanksgivings I can recall, and not just because of the food.