Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Da

This is a picture from my 23rd birthday in 2006. Joe worked with my parents to take me on a surprise-ish trip to St. Louis. It sounds silly now, but we were both broke students who managed to bust out of our respective towns and have a nice couple nights in STL with good food and a zoo visit! It was great. I'm not even sure why I'm holding onto this, but apparently I've decided to embrace the sadness of another birthday without Joey. On the bright side, I don't have the flu this year. Last year, as I sort of mentioned, I laid in a hotel bed because I'd come down here to pick up Joey after he graduated from his last training and in the process acquired Georgia flu. (Which I'm pretty sure could kill a person faster than any swine flu.) Anyhow. Joe laid in the bed with me - he'd ordered take out sushi and Thai food, which I tried to eat. It was rough. I'm sure it wasn't that much fun for Joe either, and I know he'd wanted it to be something special since he'd been gone the year before. In 2007, I spent my birthday in Mississippi with my Oma and Aunt Barbie while Joe was in training. It was a good night at P.F. Chang's, and one of the last nights out with Oma - she died just a couple weeks after that. Ah, if you can't tell, I've had sort of a bluesy evening. I really don't like my birthday, which still isn't even until tomorrow. By that, I've decided to keep drinking until it's over...which is going to make work a little tricky. On the bright side, though, Publix here now carries my favorite wine - Giovello pinot grigio. I have looked in many states for this wine...over a period of years. Perhaps it's a true birthday miracle, or just maybe the universe is giving me the green light to in fact drink until it's all over. My birthday that is - not my life. Good Lord, I don't want to get myself 1013'd. PS. In the state of Georgia if I ever get my clinical license (to be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker), I can involuntarily commit people for psychiatric evaluations. What up?! :-)


Ooh, regarding my Facebook fight, I found out that I have been blocked, which I'll admit really bothers me. I've never had a cross word with this person until the FB incident, which I thought would just be over and done with when we'd both spoken our respective pieces, especially since we've both been therapists who counseled others in the ways of coping and communicating appropriately. I mean shit. The only time I have ever blocked someone was after a series - like months - of political comments etc that I eventually just didn't want to deal with anymore. But damn, I apparently offended this dude so badly on just one occasion that he is done with me. I just think it's a shame, especially since we were friends in the outside world, albeit not besties, prior to our friendship on FB. But of course shit happens. However, please, friends/family, if I ever offend you to the point that you're considering ditching me, come to me and talk to me about it first. C'mon, let's at least try.

On that note, I remember now that I sprayed Scrub free in my shower like four hours ago. Ta Ta.