Birthday Hijinks
Dec. 17th, 2012 10:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
przedThanks to everyone for all the lovely birthday greetings. It definitely made my day more special.
It was sort of a low key birthday, but very nice for all that. I started by skiving off this afternoon. I had half a personal day I had to use by the end of the week, and I was thinking of using it later in the week, but I decided fuck it, took this afternoon off. I met the Sweetie for lunch (had a lovely butternut squash ravioli at a bistro near his work), renewed my driver's licence (as one does on one's birthday in Canada), and then went home and watched POI and Top Gear until the Sweetie got home. Then it was pick Ros up after her Cantonese class and go to a nice Chinese restaurant for dinner, then cake and pressies at home.
The cake was awesome. It's our usual white chocolate mousse birthday cake from the caterer who did our wedding, but the Sweetie made it even more awesome by having them put a certain logo on the top.
Since I can't have chocolate, the logo is yummy licorice.
Here's me and Ros and the cake.
And here's two of my presents. My various fandom were well represented this year. There was the Take That logo on the cake, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. DVDs, and a Sheffield United match scarf for Sean Bean. Yay!
In non-birthday news, I finished my Yuletide story yesterday, got it back from my betas today, and they have declared it doesn't suck. Which is a relief. It was oddly easy to write, and I was fearing that meant it wasn't any good.
Tomorrow is my last martial arts class before I do my first belt test at this school. Aiiiieeeee! I am strangely nervous, considering I'm really not fussed about whether I pass or not.
Also, as of Saturday, our mortgage is sort of paid off. Yay!!!! Now let the retirement saving commence in earnest!
It was sort of a low key birthday, but very nice for all that. I started by skiving off this afternoon. I had half a personal day I had to use by the end of the week, and I was thinking of using it later in the week, but I decided fuck it, took this afternoon off. I met the Sweetie for lunch (had a lovely butternut squash ravioli at a bistro near his work), renewed my driver's licence (as one does on one's birthday in Canada), and then went home and watched POI and Top Gear until the Sweetie got home. Then it was pick Ros up after her Cantonese class and go to a nice Chinese restaurant for dinner, then cake and pressies at home.
The cake was awesome. It's our usual white chocolate mousse birthday cake from the caterer who did our wedding, but the Sweetie made it even more awesome by having them put a certain logo on the top.
Since I can't have chocolate, the logo is yummy licorice.
Here's me and Ros and the cake.
And here's two of my presents. My various fandom were well represented this year. There was the Take That logo on the cake, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. DVDs, and a Sheffield United match scarf for Sean Bean. Yay!
In non-birthday news, I finished my Yuletide story yesterday, got it back from my betas today, and they have declared it doesn't suck. Which is a relief. It was oddly easy to write, and I was fearing that meant it wasn't any good.
Tomorrow is my last martial arts class before I do my first belt test at this school. Aiiiieeeee! I am strangely nervous, considering I'm really not fussed about whether I pass or not.
Also, as of Saturday, our mortgage is sort of paid off. Yay!!!! Now let the retirement saving commence in earnest!
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Date: 2012-12-18 04:19 am (UTC)Well hey, this looks like a great birthday and your mortgage paid off to boot. \o/
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Date: 2012-12-18 10:25 am (UTC)Fantastic news about paying off the mortgage, that's a great position to be in.
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Date: 2012-12-18 12:56 pm (UTC)And a belated happy birthday to you (completely forgot yesterday, sorry!)
And yummy looking cake!
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:36 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2012-12-18 01:21 pm (UTC)You will do fine with the belt test! My son teaches karate and my oldest daughter is a belt below her black (in their style she's at brown), so I know you can do it! My youngest got her black in high school. I wish she still trained. It's a sport my family enjoys and one of the few I can watch. *bg* Best to you and do post about your success.
Oops. Hit post too quickly. I haz more to say (unfortunately, eh?).
You and Ros look fabulous! And I have to say, the very last line about your mortgage is actually the best news in the post! Wow, congrats. That's my goal right now, not owing a single thing but monthly utilities and living expenses. I'm close but not quite there... Go P Go!
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:39 pm (UTC)I'd probably be less stressed about the belt test if they hadn't let me keep my old hapkido belt instead of starting at white again. It's meant I had to learn four belts of techniques before I could test. But I'm sure I'll do adequately. ;-)
The mortgage was our one big piece of debt, and I'm hoping never to go in debt again. (Of course, when I called the bank to arrange the final payment the first thing they did was try to give me a line of credit. ::headdesk::)
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Date: 2012-12-18 03:22 pm (UTC)What thoughtful presents you had, just how it should be. Many happy returns of the day!
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:23 pm (UTC)Love the cake! And you and Ros look fabulous together too... and so many congratulations on paying off the mortgage - that's brilliant!
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:42 pm (UTC)I do rather wish you didn't have to renew your licence on your birthday. It's annoying when your birthday is a week before Christmas. (I could do it early, but where's the fun in that? *g*)
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Date: 2012-12-21 09:32 pm (UTC)Good luck on the belt test and congratulations about the mortgage!
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Date: 2012-12-22 04:10 am (UTC)The belt test, alas, didn't happen as I went down with a horrible cold I'm only just getting over. But the mortgage is still paid off! \o/