You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older, and now you're even older!

It's my birthday! Well, it's almost over now, but it has been my birthday, and it was a very good one! Mike gave me breakfast in bed and a foot rub this morning to start the day off right, and I got presents from my folks and from my extended family. Mike bought me The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, which I've been wanting to see, and some drop-dead gorgeous red roses. So pretty! And we went to Red Lobster and spent the card his folks sent us, and I had King Crab and snow crab legs, and a strawberry pina colada. The rest of the money will go to bills, but it will feel nice to have made a dent, and I feel good to have had such a fantastic birthday dinner. It's a very auspicious start to a new year. Twenty-four is a very nice, round number, divisible by many things. And hey, I'm still in my first quarter-century, for another year, anyhow. Love to you all, I'm going to bed.