I turn 26 today. I’ll save myself and you the decadent excess of moping on about what I don’t have, or publicly ruminating on the things that I am blessed to have.

Welcome Cool Ferris wheel!

Last year’s birthday was firmly in the shadow of the pandemic. This year’s birthday is still substantially in the pandemic’s umbra, but it was a little less dark thanks to the vaccine, time, and music.

Last week I celebrated a birthday in high style.

After a leisurely morning where I got to spend time in the beautiful late summer day with my favorite four-legged buddy, I returned to a lovely stack of birthday presents. Lauren got me:

• a new sleeve for my laptop
• some awesome Fox racing biking shorts
• a SUPER-AWESOME tote bag with an Olivetti Valentine typewriter on it