*1302 - turning 26

It's been one of my more epic birthday weeks (though this is not much coming from the girl who refuses to explicitly celebrate it in general).  Therefore, I am sick today.  But it was worth it.

This year's celebrations involved a sous vide salmon party and six bottles of wine for five people, cocktails at the academy of science, a half day just for me on my birthday, dancing the night away, girl friends from NY visiting over the long weekend, several ridiculously amazing dinners, high/tipsy giggle fests all around, Sonoma tour that involved a limo for seven, many bottles of wine, gorgeous vineyard views, general debauchery, and impromptu salsa dancing in a winery courtyard:

And now it's time to knock myself out with cold medication and sleep for hopefully 12 hours.  I can't remember when the last time was that I had a good night's sleep.

*1301 - change

... is turning out to suit me very well.

All you need really are a few super-positives to hang on to--an old best buddy or a new cool friend, a regular dance class or new dancing experiences, a pesky kitty who somehow manages to be cute just when I'm about to throw her out the window ;), a good song to rock out to when noone's looking, a beautiful sunny day, a lovely city to explore ... I sometimes feel like I'm sitting in a train watching the outside flash by, industrial grey or sunset oranges or icy blues, sometimes slow and dreary, sometimes slow and gorgeous, sometimes fast and scary, sometimes thankfully, blindly fast.  But all these super-positives are sitting in my carriage with me looking out the window as well.  Maybe once in a while they decide to take flight and slip out through the crack of the window, whipped away by the wind or slowly letting go.  Maybe once in a while I put my arm out of the window and pluck a new one from outside and set it down next to me.

That's my philosophy.  Remember to look around in my carriage and realise that no matter what's flashing by outside, I'm blessed.