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Jul. 30th, 2007 05:45 pm
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My birthday is starting early this year - my first present has already arrived, from my father. He got it from an online auction, which explains why it is so early.

He got me a home theater system. I'm stunned. I can only imagine that he got an amazing deal on it (my father brings new meaning to the stereotype of the tight-fisted Scot - and if he read that statement, he would agree with great pride). It certainly looks like a fairly nice system, and what we've set up so far sound great (no rear speakers yet).

Rich is very excited about it, and spent the majority of his day off getting it set up and playing with it. Although he says if he turns into an audio geek and starts spending money on more equipment, he's totally blaming Dad.

The first movie we stuck in was the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It happens to have thunder in some of the opening scenes. The sound was realistic enough that the cats started looking around, and went to hide under the bed, as they do during actual thunderstorms. Much amusement for the humans.
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So, as I left work to go to school and then begin my three-day birthday weekend, I got in a fender-bender. Way to begin life at 30.

And, of course, it was my fault. And it was almost just like the bump incident before, where I was going maybe 5-10 mph, except this time, the guy in front had a minivan. Which means his bumper was significantly higher than mine, which means I hit him (actually her) not with my bumper, but with my grill, headlight, and hood. So now my car needs like $4000 of work.

On the bright side, USAA is being very good about it. I am definitely with them for life.

And, I continued onto class, which was interesting enough that I managed to completely forget about my car for 2 hours.

But I was still so wired from the accident and the Coke I has during class that I couldn't sleep until like 5 in the morning. So Friday, I'm trying to sleep in for my birthday, and my Dad calls at 7:30 (am), to wish me a happy birthday before I leave for work. Who the heck goes to work on their birthday? And on other occasions when he calls, who leaves enough slack time in their mornings to have a phone conversation? Not me. But he always calls in the mornings, not the evenings. I didn't answer the phone, but it still woke me up. And then other people called later on, but while I was still asleep.

So, it wasn't the best birthday ever. But, it was my 30th, so it wasn't going to be. I was depressed for a little while, but everyone I talked to said they had that too. And I felt better by the end of the day.
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Usually, I am very good about remembering birthdays. But for some reason, this year I have managed to miss (or almost miss) virtually everyone's. I did manage to remember my father's, and my grandmother's, which is one week after Dad's. But I forgot most of my friends' until weeks afterwards, almost missed my boyfriend's, and had to be told by my stepdad that it was his birthday that day (he didn't particularly mind I forgot, he was just commenting). And the crowning touch, I just remembered about my Mom's birthday yesterday. Today is her birthday. Luckily, Amazon can do next-day shipping when you order early enough, but I really prefer to go out and think about what to get people, and this time I just got something from her wish list.

In general, I love to give presents, but I am so broke right now I haven't really been able to do it. I feel so bad, even though I know most everybody understands.

I wish I knew why I am blocking out birthdays this year. And I wish I had enough money to buy presents. Maybe I'm blocking because I know I can't get presents anyway.

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