kriadydragon | I'm Going to Hurt

I'm going to be so sore in the morning, and tomorrow is when I head into the Animal Shelter.

Mine was a most interesting B-day today. For weeks, now, I approached my B-day with only a few presents in mind - White Collar season 2, A-Team season three and some weights. Instead I get a fish tank, a new desk in order to accommodate said fish tank (soon to have fish come Wednesday), and A-Team will have to wait until Christmas. White Collar 2, however, has just been ordered.

Then I spent all day putting together said desk, which required the use of a loooooot of muscle, and I'm going to pay, I just know it. But, dang it, it was worth it, and I'm glad I let my mom talk me into it. Not only is my writing area no longer horribly cluttered (a drawer and cubbies, yay!) it won't squeak to drive me insane when I type. It also looks so much nicer.

But, yeah, I know what you're going to say - putting together a desk isn't exactly any way to spend a birthday. But we did do fun things, I promise, like go out to eat and watch Thor. To be honest, it was all quite a pick-me-up, even putting the desk together (the feral cats who I feed all came into the garage and hung out with me. They may be shy but they're so cute!) I woke up in one of those "oh, crap, I'm another day older what have I accomplished!" moods and I wasn't feeling too festive (normally I love my B-day). But then we headed to Wal-Mart, got the fish tank, got the desk and I was feeling much better. No, I'm not one of those people who feels temporarily better when I buy things. I think it was more a wish coming true deal, because I have been wanting fish for a while but never got any because I had no place to put them. Now not only do I have a place to put them, I have a better place to type at to boot!

I also made the decision to make more of an effort to find contentment in the here and now, and enjoy what is rather than worry about what should be (hope that makes sense). I'd probably accomplish a lot more if I did.