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January 06, 2001
Good morning...
Just woke up... I've been meaning to write an entry for a couple of days now, but just haven't had the time. Work is insanely busy (my boss wasn't kidding when she said I would be stunned by the pile of work waiting for me after my two-week absence) and, by the time I get home at night, I'm too tired and dazed to do much more than crash in front of the TV.
My mom's doing better -- she's back at work, and saw the doctor yesterday. I still hope she gets a second opinion, because I don't trust that doctor any farther than I could drop-kick him, but that's really up to her...
Tuesday was my birthday -- 28, gasp! It turned out good, in a quiet sort of way. Got to work and found identical email cards from my mom and my aunt (it was a cute card, so I didn't mind) and one very sweet card from a reader, and a Happy Birthday email (in huge red letters) from a friend. On my way home from work, I stopped to buy cigarettes, and got carded for them (which always pleases me). When I laughed and told the clerk that it was my 28th birthday, he said "Happy Birthday!" and gave me the cigarettes for free. Went on home, and my roommate gave me a bag of birthday loot -- a set of pillowcases to match my sheets (she'd given me new fluffy pillows for Christmas), a set of wineglasses (very pretty), a bottle of wine, and two lipsticks. The day before, I had gotten a package from Joanne, which was a book and the funniest toy I've ever seen -- it's a little plastic man (he kind of looks like one of those Fisher-Price Little People, or maybe an overgrown Lego person) called Tommy Toot. (That name sounds vaguely dirty to me, for some reason...) When you blow into the top of his hat, he makes a squacky noise like a duck on helium, which is amusing it itself, but even funnier when you realize that the sound is coming from somewhere underneath his pants. It cracks me up -- and had me in hysterics giggling when I was demonstrating it to my brother over the phone, and my roommate rushed into the living room, thinking there was something dreadfully wrong with one of the cats...
So all in all, a quiet but nice birthday. My mom is planning to come to Boston to take me shopping as soon as she's feeling up to it, and the weather improves (the drive from Vermont is no fun in the snow.) I just finished reading a book Joanne sent me, (Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett -- it's hilareous) and started reading the book Sean sent me for Christmas (A People's History of the United States). Today, my friend Dana is coming over, which means I really have to go buy her a Christmas present today. (She and I never manage to exchange gifts until long after Christmas -- this year, we're even ahead of schedule, which is why I'm all unprepared.) So, I'm going to go shower, and get ready to hit the mall. Have a good day!
Posted by Mary Ellen at January 6, 2001 11:12 AM