Monday, February 07, 2005
finally, a resolution I can keep!
So my birthday's this week. I've given myself $50 to spend online, and am having a hard time deciding what to get:
* Iron Jawed Angels (HBO movie about the fight for women's voting rights, a film with a few flaws that I loved anyway and have been wanting for months now)
* the first season of Angel (I think this was on sale a few weeks ago, and could kick myself for not getting it then as an early birthday present, but oh well) or the complete Firefly
* some mundane stuff from my wish list that I wouldn't buy otherwise
* a semi-nice bookshelf (either a short one for the kitchen/cookbooks or a large one for my fiction/nonfic)
The problem is when I have money, I can never remember what I wanted to buy when I didn't have the money. It will probly end up being books. It always is.
I'm also trying to figure out how to enjoy the day. Tuesdays are days on which I work from home, so I think I'll get stuff done tonight and take Rabbit into town nosing around used bookstores, the library, and other places Ben doesn't like to go tomorrow morning, followed by a lunch at a Rabbit-friendly restaurant and some park-visiting if the weather holds (maybe a picnic? It's been nice and warm the past few days.). Then I'll take a nap with Rabbit and paint my nails tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow night Mom is watching the baby while Ben and I go out to dinner, and she's going to keep her overnight since she's watching her Wednesday while I'm at work anyway. I don't know what we'll do after dinner, but I think the day in general will be pretty fun. Last year bit because I kept waiting for other people to help me enjoy it. Lesson learned.
Next year I'm going for a birthday week, for each of us, but this year I think we'll enjoy being in our own house for our birthdays too much to worry about that.
* Iron Jawed Angels (HBO movie about the fight for women's voting rights, a film with a few flaws that I loved anyway and have been wanting for months now)
* the first season of Angel (I think this was on sale a few weeks ago, and could kick myself for not getting it then as an early birthday present, but oh well) or the complete Firefly
* some mundane stuff from my wish list that I wouldn't buy otherwise
* a semi-nice bookshelf (either a short one for the kitchen/cookbooks or a large one for my fiction/nonfic)
The problem is when I have money, I can never remember what I wanted to buy when I didn't have the money. It will probly end up being books. It always is.
I'm also trying to figure out how to enjoy the day. Tuesdays are days on which I work from home, so I think I'll get stuff done tonight and take Rabbit into town nosing around used bookstores, the library, and other places Ben doesn't like to go tomorrow morning, followed by a lunch at a Rabbit-friendly restaurant and some park-visiting if the weather holds (maybe a picnic? It's been nice and warm the past few days.). Then I'll take a nap with Rabbit and paint my nails tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow night Mom is watching the baby while Ben and I go out to dinner, and she's going to keep her overnight since she's watching her Wednesday while I'm at work anyway. I don't know what we'll do after dinner, but I think the day in general will be pretty fun. Last year bit because I kept waiting for other people to help me enjoy it. Lesson learned.
Next year I'm going for a birthday week, for each of us, but this year I think we'll enjoy being in our own house for our birthdays too much to worry about that.
