I resent Halloween: it’s so close to my birthday that I long ago gave up trying to compete with all the parties going on then.<\/p>\n
I don’t announce my exact birthdate; that way I tell myself I’ll be less disappointed when no one remembers it. It doesn’t work, really. I’m not fond of cake; I’m tempted to throw things if someone threatens to sing at me – but I do wish someone other than immediate family would give me a drink and a kiss. It’s worse than average this year because I’m between jobs and therefore there’s little to distract me from my solitude.<\/p>\n
That said, my stepsiblings have invited me to get drunk this evening (which is not necessarily the nominal date of this post), and I think I’ll take them up on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I resent Halloween: it’s so close to my birthday that I long ago gave up trying to compete with all the parties going on then. I don’t announce my exact birthdate; that way I tell myself I’ll be less disappointed … Continue reading