Approximately Five

... more hours until I am no longer 22. I am praying my students don't remember this, because Monday will be a crazy day in the classroom if they can use my birthday as an excuse to digress/party/be obnoxious. I am also praying they never find this blog.

Birthday update: 1 broken laptop, 1 useless but well-intentioned candle, 3 albums of baby pictures at my parents' house, $40 in Victoria's Secret money, $25 in Borders money, and an aromatherapy massage(!) in a few weeks. And a $23 check which, I get the sinking feeling, will likely go towards more books. I realized recently that I am a terrible addict - my cheerleaders gave me a $100 American Express gift card, and my first thought was: I could buy so many books with this! But then I realized that my boots have holes in the soles and I am down to 5 pairs of usable socks (all of which are currently in the wash) and I have a VERY limited rotation of work clothes and I also now have a broken laptop which is going to, conveniently, cost about $100 to repair. I really think that I would stand on corners begging for money to support my book habit, if I had to. I'd definitely rather have books than clothing.

But you know what I'd really like for my birthday? A new job. One that involves me staying at home and reading and eating lots of Fig Newtons and possibly getting inspired to write the next great American novel. I think this is clearly in my immediate future.