this morning i've eaten 2 donuts and 5 pieces of bacon, and i don't care. it's my birthday, dammit.
i'm 35 today, and a long time ago i would have thought that this would mean that i'm definitely a grown-up. but i don't really feel grown-up. in fact, i'm not really sure how being grown-up would feel... but i'm pretty sure i don't feel it.
i like that my life is different than others', with a different list of priorities. i drove past a golf community this morning, with giant houses built 20 yards from each other, and thought, "i'm glad i didn't end up like that!" also, there's a tour group at the station this morning, and one of the participants brought her screaming baby with her. i'm also glad i didn't end up like that.
35 seems a good time to assess your position in the world. 40 seems a better time to do it, though, so i'll shut up and save it for 5 years from now.
i had a nice time with charo yesterday afternoon at fearrington's folk art festival. i appreciate folk art but am not the avid collector that charo is... she bought something like 9 pieces yesterday (but got a good deal on all of it). it was a beautiful day, and we had fun chatting with the kooky artists.
then lisa & i saw "the triplets of belleville" which totally rocked. i knew little about it (other than it was animated and half the people at my party were raving about it), so i was surprised to discover that there is no dialog. regardless, the storytelling was superb. the characters were quirky and loveable. especially the dog. just good fun all around. still, i'm sure "finding nemo" will crush it at the oscars next weekend. alas.
when i was little my mom used to make us popcorn on the stove, using bacon grease as the fat to pop the kernels. ray & i decided on a whim to try it ourselves last night. i forgot how hard it is to make popcorn outside the microwave. we burned a good portion of it, but the ones that didn't burn tasted good! i remember mom popping batch after batch, then dumping it all into a paper grocery bag. she'd roll down the edges to the height of the pile of popcorn so we wouldn't have to reach in so far to get to it. by the end of the night the bag was totally soaked with bacon grease. it was heaven.
this morning i had a really nice birthday love note waiting for me on the bathroom sink. i'm going to make myself a stir-fry out of the leftover bell peppers for lunch. i think some of my co-workers are scheming to present me with a cake this afternoon. tonight i'm going out to dinner at the pizza palace with mary & lisa. it's going to be a great day.
Posted by xta at February 23, 2004 11:57 AM | TrackBack