What with the chaos in our lives of late, the arrival of my birthday was a mild surprise to both Margie and me. It wasn’t until mid-morning that she wished me a Happy Birthday, and I averred that, why, so it was.<\/p>\n
According to my contract, I’m supposed to understand Life, the Universe, and Everything now. But I don’t. Damn. You’d at least think, though, that my complexion would clear up.<\/p>\n
We actually spent most of the day resting and relaxing and recovering from our stay in Faerie. I cannot question the quality of the food, drink, or fellowship (not to mention child care), but it’s always good to be back home and grounded in reality. I sort of like my reality, most of the time, so being away from it can sometimes be stressful.<\/p>\n
Margie fixed me a faboo dinner of lambchops, peas and potatoes, finished off with a slender bottle of dessert Zinfandel. Yum. We watched the first disk of Fellowship of the Ring <\/i>(having sadly realized that waiting until we could watch the whole thing in one sitting was doomed to failure), relaxed, and enjoyed ourselves. <\/p>\n
Margie offered as a birthday gift to replace our digital camera, which I dropped the day we left Orlando. No damage, save to the door to the flash memory, which now will not close, except with tape. I’d made noises earlier about replacing it, but now I suggested I’d rather invest in a 5.8GHz cordless phone system, to replace our 2.4GHz system which locks up our home network about half the time people call our house. She agreed, which made for an even happier evening.<\/p>\n
Then lights out and to bed, which was a very fine place to end a very nice day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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