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[clevermanka]

My birthday was yesterday, whoop-whoop. I'm not much of a birthday person. I made a batch of almond flour gingersnaps and ate all but three of them and that was nice. Other than that, meh. I'm happy for people who do enjoy them (although I will never remember to send you a card), they're just not my thing (also having a birthday in the dead of winter is a drag for party planning).

I am outrageously fatigued and experiencing not-insignificant levels of executive function failure. I used "unappropriate" in a conversation this morning.

I'm leaving for an eye exam at 2:00 today where they have to dilate my pupils. It sometimes takes me days (at least overnight) to recover anything resembling normal vision after that so I'm looking forward to an evening of sitting in darkness with loud music, doped out of my mind.

Comments

[elayna]

Happy Belated!

I hope the dilation isn’t too painful.

[clevermanka]

Thank you! And yeah, fucking dilation. My eyes are burning just thinking about those damn drops but that's nothing compared to the hours/days of fucked-up vision afterwards. WE HATES IT.

[writedragon]

Gawd, I hear all of this. Sympathies from the virtual-'verse. I'm not too big on birthdays either, enjoy gluten-free baking, am tired today (it's rainy and cold and gray here and bleh), and hate hate having my eyes dilated.

In the words of Scarlett O'Hara, "Tomorrow is another day". I sincerely hope the world is better for you tomorrow.

[clevermanka]

[clevermanka]

BTW, this is the cookbook with the gingersnaps recipe. I've had good luck with all the sweet things in this cookbook, but the savory ones have been hit and miss.

[writedragon]

Ooh. Thanks!

[calystarose]

Sometimes I use the 'wrong' prefix on purpose because it changes the flavor of the word a little. Like, disinclined is different than uninclined. Ya know? :D

I hope your eyes recover quickly so you don't have to bother as much *hugs*

Nice re: gingersnaps. That sounds fun and yummy! :D

[clevermanka]

The gingersnaps are delicious. And yes, you're absolutely right--sometimes it is more fun/effective to use the not-actually-correct word!

[minoanmiss]

Happy birthday! Hooray for your having been bornified!

[clevermanka]

[seascribble]

Happy birthday, glad you survived it. Good luck with the dilation. <3

[clevermanka]

[baronjanus]

May the rest of your year be much happier than the day! :)

[clevermanka]

[write_out]

Happy belated! The world is infinitely better with you in it. (HUGS)

I hope the dilation wasn't too terrible. God, that really sums life up these days, doesn't? HOPE IT ISN'T TOO SHITTY.

[clevermanka]

Sadly, yeah, that's pretty much...perfectly accurate.

[mrs_d]

Happy birthday!

[clevermanka]

[mrs_d]

BEST GIF EVER

[clevermanka]

Well, there's also:

[mrs_d]

A compelling counter argument!

[roseconnelly]

Happy (Belated) Birthday!

I hate that my birthday is 2 weeks before xmas, SO MUCH, that I just learned to not care in the slightest.

I'm not a big card person, either, but I am a food person and if I can get my life right so I don't forget, I can bring that over. Next year.

[clevermanka]

Next year's for me is one I might pay attention to. =D