Yikes, askye. About the woman.

I decided to go with red for the background and black for the path, Laura. All the trim on my house is red, so I think it might work. I ordered 5 bags of each to be delivered tomorrow, so if I hate it once I see it on the ground I can revise.

In more fun news, my sister and I saw the comet tonight. Clear mountain skies = visible comet. Woot! Next time I'll bring binoculars, but it still was obvious.

Hooray comet!

Oh, that's excellent. Skies being what they are around here (hazy seacoast) my chances are slim.

There are several reasons why I don't enjoy waking up unwillingly at 6AM, but one of them is that nothing is happening on the internet.

Sometimes nothing happening on the internet is a good thing. I have to confess that I have been venturing in less frequently.

Not such an early bird myself this morning because I was up late. Read until almost 2! Partly because 18 year old across the way had a late noisy birthday party. It was fun noise so I didn't mind, but I will tease him when I see him.

Sorry, Dana. I can't regret being asleep instead of entertaining you, though.

Timelies all, I'm celebrating my super uneventful birthday this year by first sleeping in (yay!), enjoying a nice leisurely cup of yummy cold brew coffee with oat creamer, and some chocolate banana oatmeal cookies. Currently over an hour in to a Zoom call with my Mom thanking her for the whole birth situation and planning for an impending visit. She's so sweet, sent a packaged Jamaican rum cake in the mail along with fancy sparkler candles so I can celebrate in style later. Oh, and remote Jackbox games online later this afternoon. I'd rather be at a F2F catching up with super cool people, but screens will do for now ;)

It has also been pointed out to me that Pix Patisserie (the super fancy top-notch dessert place in town) now has a 24 hour "Pix-o-Matic" dispensing machine of amazingness that might even be worth the drive. Or maybe I could bike? But it would be a super long bike ride and while the trip there would be lovely, the jouncing and bouncing on the return trip would not be good for a fancy delicate patisserie. OOOhhh, and they also a doing a temporary pop-up with "Meals 4 Heels" including what sounds like my ideal dinner: "GTP (GETTIN' THAT PAPER) – Tom kha roasted cauliflower, sweet potato noodles, pickled cucumbers, truffled tomatoes, mint, Thai basil, cilantro, honey saambal sauce, toasted coconut & veggie furikake." Assuming it's not already sold out for day, it being a Saturday and Portlanders loving their noms, I might be having a truly amazing dinner tonight. Yay!

Happy birthday, erin_o! That does sound like an amazing meal I hope you get to enjoy it

Super yum! Happy birthday!