Thanks, -t and Laura.

Matt, megan, Cashmere - sorry to have missed your actual birthday, but I hope today is good!

Oh, that's rough, JenP.

I literally have no idea. I want to be able to walk into a new stylist and, rather than a pic from a magazine, hand them some notes and say, "do this."

I hear that. I'm only seeing this stylist for the second time, as the stylist I've had since I moved to San Francisco is in the wind. Instead of taking pictures from a magazine, I brought reference photos of my own hair last time, and new stylist said that actually was more helpful.

Mostly I just need to decide if I want to go with a taper cut like usual or do something dramatique.

I am sorry to have laughed at that. That was just plain cruel.

You absolutely should have laughed at that. It was a sad trombone moment.

In cometely light news, I found some Fall clothes I liked at Kohl's today when I made an Amazon return. So I bought them.

Of course, it's 80 degrees here today, so I'm not wearing any of them right now.

ETA: Thanks, shrift.

That sounds like a lovely birthday, Matt.

All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey. Going to take a ride to where my son lives about 45 minutes away.

Who else heard the Mamas & the Papas sing this? Just me?

So sorry, JenP.

I brought reference photos of my own hair last time, and new stylist said that actually was more helpful.

Noted! I'll try to remember to take a selfie next Good Hair day.

Of course, it's 80 degrees here today,

There was a guy from DC at the Con I was at this weekend. I was chatting with him & talking about how hot & humid DC was on my bday and he just kept saying, "people forget DC was built on a swamp."

Who else heard the Mamas & the Papas sing this? Just me?

I was trying to fit the rest of the post into the rest of the song.

The meter is a bit off, but the Mamas & Papas in my head make it work.

Auspicious day -- Happy Birthday to Matt, Cash, and megan!

Thanks to everyone for the best wishes. I can't help but think it was also ita's dad's birthday as well.

I have an appointment tomorrow with the blood pressure specialist and Kaiser asked me to check in now, so I did, and one of the pre-appointment questions is “is this a work-related injury” and I said no but now I’m vaguely wondering if it could be what with the stress from work for the last, um, however long it’s been. Probably not, right?

I got this question, too. For something that would likely (hopefully?) not be work-related. Never seen that before.

I spent much of my birthday stressed about not being able to find my new Real ID, stressed about missing a delivery I had to sign for, and stressed about a health-related thing. Unsurprisingly, when I did get to Kaiser, my BP was high! Everything seems to have worked out for the best so I'm really hoping when I have to go back for the inevitable BP follow-up it is back to a respectable number. God I hate getting old.

Happy Birthday, megan walker!

Have you heard about the Bennington College podcast?

I was trying to fit the rest of the post into the rest of the song.

Same

Sorry about the stress, megan! And the high BP. I am looking forward to my inevitable BP follow-up today as the specialist has a very spa-like atmosphere with a comfortable chair and dim lighting and aromatherapy IIRC - probably why my numbers go down into the acceptable range when I go see her