More Like "Blarrrgh"

Well, it wasn’t a great birthday, what with driving 70 miles in an attempt to get my driver’s license renewed. (It’s my own damn fault: I kept forgetting, and today I had to head out there twice because I didn’t have my social security card the first time around.) I’ve been in a crummy mood all day and I’m not sure why, but I think I slept poorly or something. Not the best kind of birthday.

At least I got to listen to my Pirate Playlist while I did all that driving. Nothing like singing along to the Real McKenzies’ “Cross the Ocean” to lift the spirits

Plus, my aunt sent me a jar of honey from her beehives—damn good news, since the Annual Hayfever Apocalypse is in full swing and Lemon Zinger with honey is the perfect way to fix that—and a small package of appropriate cupcake decorations to complement Mom's card:


Is anyone else confused by the fake beard on the parrot in that card? Everything else is fair enough by me, but why the beard?

Oh, and the pumpkins I was despairing over have started to, uh, pumpkinize. They’d better grow fast if they want to get ripe before the mid-October freak blizzard, but at least I don’t fail completely at pumpkin!

Probably with a bit more sleep and a round or two of Super Luigi Galaxy, things’ll be better. And if not, I’m sure another cupcake will do it.