Another birthday comes and goes. Life goes on. I don't expect anything as I already have more than enough to keep me occupied. Good thing, because this one was about as much of a non-event as I could expect.
The first of, say, 3 things that were out of the ordinary was a lunch with a co-worker. It was under the pretext that I helped her out while she was out of the country. I didn't do much, and I really just played interference for the normal nonsense that we encounter. She wanted to take me to lunch, and considering my lack of expectations for the day, how 'bout doing that on my birthday. It wasn't a fancy meal. About the cheapest that still offered an excuse to be at a "sit-down" restaurant. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli. Exciting huh? But it is what I wanted.
I came home to a quick conversation with the family before everyone departed for their various ways. Ellie gave me the card above and mentioned that she would be making me a cake. That she did, but when I came in to get a piece of it, there was a bit of frosting on the left and right side with most of the middle of the cake devoid of anything, including the crust of the cake...or whatever you call it.
"I can't frost it, Dad."
"Before I attempt it, are you sure you put everything in it that it called for? It seems fragile."
"Yes, Dad, I made it right!" STOMP, Stomp, stomp....
"OK, I guess I'll do this then."
It was a simple matter of amount and pressure. So I iced my cake. And I ate some. Alone. Watching the latest Marvel movie to hit Redbox.
I did rent Antman and the Wasp. I can't say I was disappointed because my expectations for superhero movies are non-existent. I came to the end with the phrase, "I'm done." playing over and over in my head. I didn't like the first Antman and I really rented this for Tracy to watch. I can't suspend my disbelief anymore. The characters don't act like regular humans would. It is just all forced and the physics behind any of it are confounding to me. It's just not fun for me anymore.
At 8:30, Tracy still wasn't home from work, and I still am not recovered from the last time change. So I went to bed. I have a lot going on at work, and I wanted to hit that early the next morning anyway.
Woohoo!
