Number 1 I took into hand just yesterday - because I am no slacker. Marched into Sephora and said, "Show me how to do a smoky eye. Please?" I learned that light eyeshadow goes DOWN and dark goes ABOVE (I'd been doing it backwards all this time). Bonus, the saleswoman and I did a little Gagnam Style dance when it came on the stereo and then we were BFF makeup/Korean rap friends for a few beautiful minutes.
Bacon, though, pfffflllt. Tried again this AM and there was still those flabby white ends, too-crispy middles. I dunno. When I have like an extra 5 bored minutes standing in front of the stove with a package of cured pork strips in one hand, iPhone in the other, I will definitely maybe YouTube how to cook bacon.
What else about 35. Well, I'm decided to be assertive - advocating for what I both need and want - because I'm old enough to know that I won't be happy unless I get those needs/wants and I don't want to do things that I begrudge/be unhappy so I might as well try and not think I deserve less for all the reasons I've previously talked myself out of something I want or into something I don't.
Know what else is a simple, but highly effective, thing? Storing cheese in Tupperware upside-down in the fridge.
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| Wonder what's in those containers? Guess we'll never know... |
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| Oh, wait! Helloooo Manchego and Florette! |
Bacon, cosmetics and storage tips aside, I had a rad birthday. My sister took me for a "blue collar" night with homemade bowling shirts, a few games at the alley and topped off with cocktails at a jazz bar. It was a fun night, and totally welcome after another near-miss adoption roller coaster ("There's a baby going home with someone tonight!!" - one hour later - "It's not you.") A lot goes through my head and mostly, my emotions, during that hour. It's really hard. Bowling and old fashioneds and sister time helped.
Then on my birthday day, darling husband surprised me with a leather "Executive Desk Chair" - so nice for all that working from home I do do. Then dinner at my favorite place where you get a view AND get to really truly dine - Crow's Nest. It was lovely. Whilst there Jim may have given me the most perfect gift (for me) ever. A tropical vacation fund in the form of a check - it represented all the time he took to save up for this, a forward-thinking present giving me something to look forward to (what keeps me going is having future plans), and then the gift of planning - all that research and figuring out and taking care of details ahead of time (now, WAY ahead of time) so that there's nothing left to do when we travel except show up for flights and relax.
So, I'm returning to that post from the day we left Hawaii this past March, Such Sweet Sorrow, when, hating to leave, we listed our top 5 "must dos" for when we returned. This time, definitely seeing an erupting volcano (has to be Big Island for that reason), ukulele lessons and also paddleboarding (for me) and surfing (for Jim). Then there're the turtles... Well, 2 weeks on the Big Island's rustic Puna Coast should help us meet all these holidayin' goals, yay! I found the most amazing vacation rental and just booked it. Happy birthday to me!!
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