Every night I sleep disastisfied, knowing that another blog post goes unwritten. But it's my birthday and I'm allowed to do what I want. Today's to-do's go in pending.
Forty eight is a satisfying number. Balanced. Grown up. Steady. Is that really me? Can I identify with being 48?
Existential questions worry me.
Should flip-flops still be my main footware in the summer? When will I feel at home in lipstick and high heels? At what stage do I buy a bata? And why do I jump out of bed in the morning thinking of a new tool I'm trying out, or a new project scheme, and forget to do last night's washing up?
Maybe this year will be more on target. Balanced. Grown up. Steady. This year that's going to be me.
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Well happy birthday! Don't worry about the number, just give thanks for the energy.
Posted by: Harry | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 09:25 AM
Thanks Harry. I love the number... just don't know if I fit into it!
Posted by: Bev Trayner | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 11:12 AM
"Every night I sleep dissatisfied..."
Hurry, learn to sleep more satisfied or you will grow sour wrinkles...
Happy birthday!
Posted by: josien | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 11:33 AM
oh noooo ... not wrinkles!
Thank you!
Posted by: Bev Trayner | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Happy Birthday, Bev! An essential and warm smile to an existential question!
Posted by: magda | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Warm smiles welcome. Thanks!
Posted by: Bev Trayner | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 02:28 PM
well, you're a very young 48 if you ask me.
and IMHO, if you haven't bought yourself a bata yet, you never will, especially if last night's dishes are still in the sink (ah, we have so much in common... is it an english disease, i wonder).... and as for the flipflops... well, er... only if you start getting hairy toes!!!!!
Posted by: lucy p | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 04:42 PM
Whew .. I'm relieved about the bata.
(Lucky you said something about looking young for my age - who knows if the potential one-legged one is out there...)
Posted by: Bev Trayner | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 05:19 PM
Grow up? How about GROW EVEN MORE INTERESTING!!!
Happy Happy Birthday
Posted by: Nancy White | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 08:07 PM
hey!
both would be good...
Posted by: Bev | Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 11:06 PM
I'm always for being yourself - even if it's about wearing shoes that you really like, playing with scary research methodologies or thinking about new tools early in the morning...
Happy birthday from our little family!
(and the sun in Russia feels almost like in Portugal, only without all those delicious sweets :)
Posted by: Lilia Efimova | Friday, July 13, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Lilia ... accompanying you round shoe shops in the US was the catalyst for acknowledging and assuming my own shoe fantasies! Similar pattern with research methodologies :-)
I held a baby yesterday and remembered your sweet, scrummy, little one.
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