FINALLY got internets in the new apartment!  I don't know how we three managed to survive without it so long, haha.

Today is my birthday.  It's meh.  Birthdays often are, aren't they?  It isn't even an exciting age...23.  Boring.

FH gave me a present...lots of books about fish and fluffy things with little magnetic penguin bookmarks and a squid button for my bag.  It was sweet.  Also apparently there's a card in the mail from my parents.  Also also there have been several "happy birthday!" posts on my fb wall.  Other than that, business as usual.

I'm going to a potluck tonight for a friend's going-away party.  FH & Y said it was up to me, since it's my birthday.  And I said that her going away possibly forever back to her home country and our saying goodbye is probably more important than my birthday and besides, it isn't like we'd made any other special plans or anything.  So we're going.

On the bike ride to school today I was cranky with myself.  You are so selfish, my brain said, why do you think you deserve special attention today?  But then I told myself that I am not selfish to want to be spoiled sometimes and I am not selfish to want to be appreciated and it is okay to feel upset and/or sad.  So I guess at least I learned something in therapy...

Speaking of bike rides...the new apartment is farther away from school than my old one.  So now it is an 8-mile bike ride (4 there, 4 back) every day instead of a 2-mile walk.  That plus whatever else exercise I do, which usually isn't much (except on boat days).  I'm a lazy panda.  So I'm glad of the extra distance because it forces me to bike more.

I've been eating.  I don't like it much.  I guess I'll get into that later maybe.  Right now it's time to bike back to school to meet FH and go to potluck...

Love you guys.