When you get to be my age…

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…you are blessed to celebrate birthdays as opposed to just one day! :)  At least that’s what I have my family trained to believe! 😉

So, even though I don’t get older until tomorrow, last night there was a card and package at my desk. My Hubs got me some dark chocolate, a new 4 gb mp3 player and a nice card.

This morning I left bright and early to pick up Ashley & Trina to head out for our First Saturday in Winters, CA.  We had coffee and breakfast at our favorite coffee shop – Ashley bought me breakfast!  And, Trina gave me a handmade quilter’s pocketbook.  It is purple and green and holds a small cutting mat.  There are slots for scissors and other tools.  I love it!!

After our quilting time at Cloth Carousel, we realized that Trina didn’t have to work as early as I had thought (seems I might be the only morning person in our trio!) so we headed to a thrift store in Davis.  I love thrift stores, but this one wasn’t as thrifty as I’d like.  However, that didn’t keep me from making a purchase – or three!  I found a GREAT BIG black bag and 2 CDs.  Ashley found a beautiful shirt for work and Trina found some components for a family wedding in September.

When I arrived back home, the kids and Daddy had done their chores and decorated the house!  Nice!  Tomorrow I think we are going to have a quiet day at home (aka chance for Mommy to rest up and knit a bit!) and I’ve requested burritos from our local Tacqueria and a cheesecake from the local bakery! Yummy!

But that is tomorrow!  Today the kids are going to go shopping with Daddy – bless him – and I’m hoping to get a nap!

Thank you all for your encouragement earlier this week.  I’m so relieved that it’s not just me feeling like this.  I also took your advice and figured out what I want (cheesecake!) and will make it happen one way or another!  🙂

Stuff

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I’m feeling a bit down.  My birthday can do that to me.  I always struggle with dates that put me in the center of attention.  On one hand, I want the recognition, the love and validation.  But on the other hand I struggle with believing that I am worthy of it or that anyone will want to celebrate with me.  So then I try to act like I don’t really want to do anything special.  But then I get my feelings hurt when nothing happens. lol  Yeah, I’m a mess!  Poor Hubs!

But I’m also weary which always contributes to my low moods.  Sissy has been waking up 15 min after we go to bed.  We’ve comforted her, tended to her and then hoped she’d go back to sleep.  No luck!  So, she’s spent the last 3 nights in our bed.  And, she’s a bed hog and a kicker.

Also, I talked to the assistant to our adoption lawyer today – and she said it will take 6-10 weeks just to get our paperwork!!!  The case she’s working on right now took 3 mos.  Please understand, this is not to finalize the adoption, it is to just get their hands on our paperwork to start the process.  Then it will be a few weeks of sending documents back and forth for signatures and then it will get filed in the court system.  That will be another waiting time.  And, then – hopefully sometime this fall – we’ll get a letter saying it’s done!

Just typing this out makes me want to cry. Really she’s already our daughter…but we want to be done with different names and silly paperwork.  We love our caseworker, but it would be nice to see her a whole lot less often.  It would be nice to know we are done.

Maybe I should go try to get a nap.