Happy birthday!

Yesterday it was my birthday

I hung one more year on the line

I should be depressed, my life's a mess

But I'm having a good time

OK, so my birthday was really two days ago. But I think this Paul Simon lyric is incredibly apt—I'm still feeling pretty sunnyside up for someone with no job and no real income. I like to spread my birthday celebration out over several days and this year it was even sweeter for having the free time to have bistro breakfast with a friend one day and an afternoon hike and picnic lunch another. I've stayed late at the beach, gone for afterschool cupcakes, and lingered at Starbuck's, still believing that opportunities lie just ahead. Hope and gratitude are alive and well. 

It's going to be a good year. 

Into the woods

Dig my new flashlight: 

I'm going on a full moon hike tomorrow night and I'm responsible for my own lighting, the small skinny one i keep at home to fish dog toys out from under the bed isn't going to cut it out in the woods. I'm terribly excited, we're going to roast marshmallows—haven't done that in years, I prefer mine just lightly tanned—and we're invited to take a midnight swim. Not sure about the latter: on one hand it would be an incredible tactile experience; on the other, it's just soooooo Friday the 13th. Everyone knows it's the midnight lake swimmers who get it! 

Today's small pleasure

A much-needed pedicure, and Jelly Apple polish. I love when you can't stop admiring your feet.