happy birthday to me

Today marks the 26th anniversary of my birth. Not much is planned in the way of celebration since money is tight, and I’ve been busy today with school work, so I sent hubby out to run errands.

I finally accomplished the closet-purge project that had been on my agenda for so many months, and sent away 3 garbage bags full of clothes to donation and/or consignment. So that’s a relief; no longer will I have so many ill-fitting and/or out-of-style clothes to dig through when trying to find something to wear. Hopefully someone can purchase them for much less than I paid for them new, and perhaps I’ll make a buck or two off of the consigned items…

Tonight, as a little birthday celebration of sorts, Hubby’s taking me to his work for a wine class. It’s mandatory for waitstaff at the restaurant, and he talked management into letting me tag along since his attendance will preclude any real date we might have otherwise had, and it ought to be a little fun anyway. I like wine, and I like learning, so free learning about free wine would seem to be a good thing.

Spring is in full bloom and the days are slowly but surely getting longer. And while the pollen is irritating to my eyes and sinuses, the blossoms and verdant greens are rejuvenating to my soul. And although I’m not looking forward to the increase in temperatures, the increase in daylight hours certainly helps my energy levels, and the balmy breezes, sunny skies, and temperate 70-degree days are a welcome change from the grey-cold days of winter. How wonderful it is to live on a planet with such lovely variation as the earth provides month after month and year after year!

So I’m glad to be alive, appreciative of the opportunity for another year ’round the sun, and eager to discover what awaits me in the future. Uncertainly and disappointment have characterized these last few months, but right about now I’m feeling rather okay about both the present and the future. As my grandmother used to sing: Que sera, sera; whatever will be, will be; the future’s not ours to see, que sera, sera. I’ll take comfort knowing that I’m strong, smart, and capable, and I’ll make the best of whatever might be.

~ by tangle on March 23, 2009.