Birthday

It's my birthday today. I plan to do absolutely nothing. I got two packages in the mail from my mom, one of which I knew was a [top secret family recipe peanut butter chocolate chip cookie] cake (both because it's all I asked her for and because of the dog's incessant sniffing), and couldn't help but break into after having the box in my house a few short hours and the other of which will remain a mystery until I decide that it's party time for my cats and the dog and I.  I plan on... well, yeah. I stick with my first statement. I plan on doing nothing. I'm going to stay in my house all day, and maybe go to McDonald's for a happy meal. (My childhood choice for birthday lunches, delivered to school by my mom if I was very, very lucky. Of course, as an adult a "happy meal" really just means anything off the McDonald's menu.) Depending on how whiney Charlie is, I may end up having to go to the dog park, but other than that I don't plan on leaving the house or seeing anyone.  Oh, except I have therapy at 3pm. Boy am I going to have a lot to talk to her about with the break in and everything from the weekend... Oh, and jury duty. That's another post in and of itself. Can you imagine my reaction to a jury summons? Yeah, not good. I just sent a letter back requesting a hardship excuse today. I'll try and share it with you soon.

Self portraits from when I was in Vegas for a photography conference last month...

I got a little personal on my work blog today. I hope I don't regret that. I have another post scheduled to go up at 9am this morning so it will be pushed down pretty quick, but still, I hope it's not too personal. Everything with Matt is so personal and.... sacred? It's hard to share even vauge details without feeling insecure. I haven't been putting myself out there much on my work blog since it all happened... (I'm realizing this just now as I type...) and I used to talk about personal stuff all the time.  But today is different. I hope I don't regret that...