… to me.
I had a good day, other than the fact that I had to work all day. Honestly I didn’t accomplish much anyway. I just wasn’t in a working mood. I had lunch with some friends from church and that made my day special. Shiloh and I spent our evening being lazy and watching So You Think You Can Dance (on dvr). I haven’t touched a school book all day. I’ll work on that tomorrow again.
I’m working on a (mental) list of things I want to do before I turn thirty. It can’t be too complicated, since I only have one year, but I’ll try to post it when I take the time to actually write them down.
Oh, and my family surprised me with a big birthday gift this year. (Which is really unusual. We don’t do very much for birthdays now that we’re all adults.) My dad called me this afternoon and told me that he and my mom, my sister and BIL, and my brother are going in together to buy me a laptop. They thought it would be useful now that I’m back in college. Right now I use my parent’s desktop computer, but it’s not very convenient on weekends when my parents are in town because the computer is in the livingroom. I failed a math quiz last weekend and I totally blame it on the fact that my dad was watching tv while I was trying to do my quiz. I don’t know any of the details about the laptop yet, because my dad likes to compare everything, so he hasn’t decided on one yet. I’ll leave that to him because he knows way more about them than I do.
After writing that last paragraph, I just realized that I’m the only “poor” person in my family now. None of us are rich, but my brother is making pretty good money as a construction superintendent (he just got promoted), my brother-in-law makes good money and my sister does decent too. My dad is also a superintendent and my mother just got her nursing degree a couple years ago. So I’m the only pathetic one. The first born child in me hates that. But at least I’m working on it. Not that I’ll get rich teaching, or eventually as a librarian, but at least I won’t feel like everyone else is supporting me. Right now I can handle the basics, but anything extra is almost impossible. Even the basics aren’t easy, and I don’t pay rent.
Anyway… Didn’t mean to get into all that. Okay, back to my laziness. I think I’ll catch up on Flash Forward now. (Shiloh’s in bed. I wouldn’t watch that one with her awake. It might scare her.) What, did you guys actually think I would use my lazy evening to catch up on sleep? Nah!
8 Comments
October 29, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Oh, I forgot to mention that I kept my birthday a secret from everyone at work today. My office manager texted me this evening and said she felt bad because she forgot. I didn’t tell anyone on purpose, so I told her not to feel bad. A few minutes later another lady I work with texted me to say happy birthday. I may be in trouble tomorrow. lol.
October 30, 2009 at 1:55 am
Happy birthday! Shiloh’s vid is very cute. Can I also add that you sound really relaxed despite all the busyness. And even though you feel bad about the earning thing, it’s great to see how positive you’re being about what you ARE doing. It’s inspiring
October 30, 2009 at 10:43 am
Happy Birthday Jenn! Sounds like a great day.
October 30, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Happy Birthday to you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and were able to relax too.
The laptop sounds wonderful too..I’m sure you’ll get to use it plenty!
God bless Jenn!
October 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Happy birthday and what a great present!!!!
November 1, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Happy belated bday, Jenn!
November 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hey lady! I haven’t read blogs in forever! Happy Birthday late, late, late! Sorry about that. I am so gld to hear that it wasn’t “lonely” as it has been in the past. I totally understand the whole “woe is me” feeling for birthdays. I am sure you are just so totally busy you didn’t have time to feel sorry foryourself or even think about how lonely you could of been. It’s a good thing!
November 4, 2009 at 11:24 am
Yea for a laptop! That’s awesome! I need to catch up on my Flash Forward as well.