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And i need it…

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As I said below, it is birthday month. One of the things I miss most about being away from my family is celebrating all the birthdays and getting to eat yummy birthday cake. While I usually celebrate my birthday with friends, or even with family while on vacation somewhere, I hardly ever get birthday cake. Instead it is some decadent dessert from a restaurant (I’m not really complaining here, really).

With the exception of last year. The boyfriend went to 3 different grocery stores to find a small sheet cake (like an eighth of a sheet?) – white cake with white icing. We enjoyed it with a fine glass of red wine 🙂

But it’s October again, and I’m craving birthday cake. Will I be able to refrain from going to the store and buying a dozen cupcakes?

On a different note, the above image is by Wayne Thiebaud. I love the bright color in his paintings.

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And also birthday month – 7 close-family birthdays in all. The boyfriend did not believe me when I said birthday cards for the month would be between $20 and $30. I was right.

I wonder why the witches in Harry Potter don’t look like the one above? I’ve had this witch and cauldron music box since I was in third grade – around the time my parents split up. Ninny Hobson bought it for me.

It plays the theme from Phantom of the Opera. After my parents divorced I would cry at the drop of a hat, especially slow songs made me just bawl my eyes out (I can’t remember the specific songs, but occasionally I hear one of those 80s ballads and it brings back the memories). I would wind up this music box and just watch it turn, and I would cry and cry and cry.

It took a few years, but I got over it. I can wind it up now and listen to it without crying. Which is more than I can say for getting over “Good-Bye”. Any sort of good-bye still makes me tear up. As do natural disasters, movies with father-daughter separation (The Little Mermaid was hell to watch), and too much teasing when I’m in a mood. Oh, and extreme frustration and failure. Now you know how to turn on the water works.

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Kaput! Done for. Of course, it no longer says it’s snowing outside. And the indoor weather still works. So now I’m stuck watching the widget on my mac, distrusting it. It says it’s 82, but how do I know? My porch could be a micro-climate. It could be 83 out there and I wouldn’t know. When is the weather widget updated anyways? Is it real time, or is there a delay? I need answers!!

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