It has officially been one week since my birthday. But, I
have now decided that I am not counting last Friday as my birthday. Today is
now my birthday.
Because today was like…top notch. I slept in a little late,
but my hair wasn’t doing anything particularly weird after I brushed it so I
decided I could shower tonight. I left on time, got to the station a little
early because I didn’t hit every light and, because of the three day weekend,
half the parking spots were empty so I could pick where I wanted to park. I got
a pretty good spot too.
One of my friends that usually takes the earlier train was
running late (not good for her, but good for me), so we got to take the train
in to together. And the train was mostly empty so we weren’t squished either.
And no one was annoyed with us. (Last time we were on the train, I was reading
and she came on and the lady I was sitting next to us got up and was like “I
wanted a quiet ride”. Like…we weren’t even being that loud. I mean, I have no
problem with her leaving. If she wants a quiet ride, then, by all means, it is
best if she changes seats to find people who aren’t going to talk. But the fact
that she said it and the way she said it was kind of rude. Why couldn’t she
just say excuse me and change seats? She didn’t need to tell us why. But,
whatever. It didn’t happen today.)
I got to work and free breakfast. Bacon, potatoes, and
scones. There were eggs and vegetarian sausages but I took a hard pass on
those. I almost tried a vegetarian sausage, but figured it would be better to
leave it to actual vegetarians would be more likely to actually eat it after
taking it.
Then, I got my eyebrows waxed, which 100% counts to why
today was great. Last time I got them waxed it went HORRIBLY and I got two
giant blisters under my eyebrows from chemical burns that faded into scars.
Thankfully, the scars have since faded away entirely. But today’s waxing (which
I was super nervous about) went really well. It was quick, she explained why
she choose the shape she did and asked for a lot of feedback to make sure I was
happy, and I had no reaction (physical)! Well…I mean, it was a little red,
because my skin is super sensitive. But no blistering, scaring, peeling, or
burning. So, I call that a big win.
Because I didn’t bring my lunch and took my lunch break but
forgot to pick up lunch, I was just figuring I would skip lunch today and maybe
get a snack on the way home, not a big deal. But then...more…free…food. An
event that ran today had too much extra food, so everyone was told to go get
some. And this wasn’t like sandwiches, salad, and cookies basic lunch, this was
a steak, chicken, salads (plural!), farrow, potatoes, risotto balls, and
macaroons fancy lunch. So, I had steak, salad, and potatoes for lunch and a
lemon poppy seed macaroon for dessert. For free.
Then, on top of all that, I got out of work at 3:00pm. Then
I went to Sephora and got a mini makeover, which was a lot of fun and killed
time. Because the first train from downtown towards home doesn’t leave until 3:50
(only 3:45 now). I could have taken the sky train. But the sky train takes
longer, is more crowded, involves switching trains, and is just kind of high
stress in comparison to the commuter train. And even if I left right at 3:00pm
and went right to the sky train, I would not have gotten back to the station
where my car is until approximately 4:00pm. If I instead do what I did by spending
30-40 minutes enjoying downtown, the mall, or just reading on the 3:50pm train
before it leaves, the train ride is short (23min from station to station) and
relaxing (ocean views). It isn’t as overcrowded, loud, or busy. And I get back
to the station at around 4:15pm. I arrive only 15 minutes later with a far more
relaxing trip.
So, obviously, that is what I’m going to do. With traffic,
you can’t even guarantee that there will be much of a difference in final
arrival time.
And then after I get home and say “hi” to my dog, Mexican for
dinner! And since (unlike on my birthday) there will be other people home, I won’t
be the sole person responsible for cooking dinner and cleaning up dinner. I
also don’t have to water the plants, feed the dog, walk the dog, and then put
the dog to bed. Which is a process, because she won’t make up her mind about
where she wants to be in the bed and then she really likes to be tucked in. I
can eat dinner (then help clean up obviously), hang out with my family, and
then go downstairs and play video games or read. Or really do whatever, because
I don’t have to wake up early tomorrow morning to take the dog out and give her
breakfast. I can sleep in! I probably won’t, but I have the option too.
So far, today has been great. My actually birthday…kind of
lame. I worked at a different location that was closer, so I was able to sleep
in a little bit. But mostly it was just like any other day with soup for lunch.
Then a can of lima beans and a brownie for dinner. I was supposed to go to
dinner with friends, but they had a bit of an emergency so we had to postpone
to another day. The brownie was only okay. And then I was tired from work and
the dog (and I also was getting over having bronchitis), so I went to bed at
like…9:00pm. And then I was up early Saturday. Overall…kind of a sad birthday. I
talked to my dad which was nice and he sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to me. But that
was about as festive as the day was. Today, on the other hand, despite the lack
of singing is far more festive and it leads into a three day weekend. So, I do
declare today is unofficially my birthday. Or, perhaps, it is just a sign that it is time to start celebrating un-birthdays.
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