It was my birthday this week, and in between freaking out about being 38 (!!!!!!!) I was taken out by some good friends almost every night.
I got to get a tarot reading ( in which I learned that for the millionth time by the millionth psychic, YES, I will eventually get married and have a family -- and I can read my own cards, so I saw she wasn't lying-- although I did get a little huffy and say, "WELL? WHERE IS HE? I'm 38!!! TICK TOCK!!") and eat cake with Dani. I got to have breakfast and receive all manner of fun vintage gifts from Joannie, Jeannie and Irv, and eat cake ( Joannie told me "I'm 4, and we had cake at my birthday. When I was 4..." 4 is a big deal, y'know! ). Kit and I watched a movie and ate cake ( we had Red Velvet cake which is what I'd been wanting!!!) . I got lovely presents from Sassy and R in the mail (Sassy seriously picks out the best clothes for me from BR and will be hired as my stylist as soon as I make it big. R sent me the U2 by U2 book that I'd requested. I called him and said, " I got this box in the mail and what could be in it? Hmm! Oh my GAWD!! It's that U2 book! WOw! How did you KNOW???") . Last night my friends Lori and Arnie took me out to dinner at this hip place in Los Feliz called Electric Lotus which had the best Indian food I think I've ever had (but this time, I ate pie , and not cake). And finally, I've been really blessed with all the birthday wishes coming in from family and friends in general coming my way. It's been a great amount of love and fun ( and dessert).
Which is exactly what I wanted and exactly what I got! I'm grateful for all of it, and for the grace that made it happen. I feel very fortunate. I needed it, too....I wanted to celebrate all I survived and after it all, still feeling glad to be here. I also wanted to laugh....there have been too many tears and not enough laughter, and they should at least balance out, from time to time, I think, you know? Laughing feels so good after crying so much this past year, and I only hope there's more to come. I'm certainly going to be working on making it so!
And so let it be so...
I got to get a tarot reading ( in which I learned that for the millionth time by the millionth psychic, YES, I will eventually get married and have a family -- and I can read my own cards, so I saw she wasn't lying-- although I did get a little huffy and say, "WELL? WHERE IS HE? I'm 38!!! TICK TOCK!!") and eat cake with Dani. I got to have breakfast and receive all manner of fun vintage gifts from Joannie, Jeannie and Irv, and eat cake ( Joannie told me "I'm 4, and we had cake at my birthday. When I was 4..." 4 is a big deal, y'know! ). Kit and I watched a movie and ate cake ( we had Red Velvet cake which is what I'd been wanting!!!) . I got lovely presents from Sassy and R in the mail (Sassy seriously picks out the best clothes for me from BR and will be hired as my stylist as soon as I make it big. R sent me the U2 by U2 book that I'd requested. I called him and said, " I got this box in the mail and what could be in it? Hmm! Oh my GAWD!! It's that U2 book! WOw! How did you KNOW???") . Last night my friends Lori and Arnie took me out to dinner at this hip place in Los Feliz called Electric Lotus which had the best Indian food I think I've ever had (but this time, I ate pie , and not cake). And finally, I've been really blessed with all the birthday wishes coming in from family and friends in general coming my way. It's been a great amount of love and fun ( and dessert).
Which is exactly what I wanted and exactly what I got! I'm grateful for all of it, and for the grace that made it happen. I feel very fortunate. I needed it, too....I wanted to celebrate all I survived and after it all, still feeling glad to be here. I also wanted to laugh....there have been too many tears and not enough laughter, and they should at least balance out, from time to time, I think, you know? Laughing feels so good after crying so much this past year, and I only hope there's more to come. I'm certainly going to be working on making it so!
And so let it be so...
posted by Jessica @ 6:40 PM
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