birthday: brief

my birthday is drawing to a close and i have mixed emotions.

there were great things about the day, not-so-great things about the day, and plenty of contemplative or melancholy moments amid the fun, morning-long quest for free stuff, the afternoon of photo-ops for bernard, and my evening at home by myself.

i was going to write about it all when i got home earlier, but i’ve decided to let it marinate overnight instead.

oh, and i didn’t have any cake today. i know. but that’s how it goes sometimes.