And keeping with a tradition I can recall as far back as the age of five, I seemed to have picked up an illness of some sort. The tired and achy kind. Hopefully it won't progress further. But, yes, it wouldn't be my birthday without me facing down a cold.
Now, on to the good. There was cake! Chocolate with chocolate frosting from scratch. No mixes. From my bestest friend in accounting. Tomorrow will be lunch out with the girls and the guy who runs our mail room. Why he hangs out with us so much I don't know. Actually, he's a married male who has an excuse to hang out with seven women. Never-mind.
Work was also interrupted by my constant trips to my Flist. You are all much too sweet and kind and generous. I actually had a Sally Field "You like me. You really like me!" moment. (Feel free to slap me.) I also was the beneficiary of a lot of Bamber. From
My plans this evening were a bit wacky. I had them, canceled them do to illness, felt well enough to meet up for a bit, had my friend cancel because she was pissed off with her husband, picked up takeout on the way home, only to have her call me and decide to come over (with takeout) because see needed a break from her husband. Least I could still veg. We watched home decorating shows and mocked people. Caught a commercial on Sci-Fi for 'Doctor Who' (her channel flipping puts mine to shame) and found out she and hubby are 'Who' fans, but were clueless about the "cute" (her word) new Doctor so I ended up burning her copies of the last series while she was here.
The DSL arrived yesterday...and is still in the box. Too tired to deal with it yet. And I received
And I have to share some other things that have made me very happy the past couple days that had nothing to do with me.

Ok, it's now time for a shower and sleep and nip this bug in the bud!
::Hugs:: to you all. :)