My birthday

Today I recognize another trip around the sun, and I have completed 53 rotations.  Normally I would say I "celebrated", but that isn't quite the case today.  My day began a little roughly, as the last dream I had before I work up was about my friend who passed 20 months ago.  In the dream, Ryan was there and he was good, and then I woke up and realized none of that was true.  Because I hadn't slept much, it made me incredibly emotional, and I couldn't stop crying, even at work.  I wasn't at work long, though, as I had offered to make the 70 minute trip to Thomas's house in order to be there for some utility work that needed completed.  It was expected to be a quick fix, and I was looking forward to my afternoon off on a lovely day!  Instead, I was there 5-1/2 hours while everything under the sun went wrong for these poor utility workers, and I finally made it home at almost 7:30 this evening.  My wonderful husband brought in dinner, and now I'm ready for bed.

One other note, my sister has been worried that she has seen some cognitive decline in my mother.  I wasn't convinced as I hadn't seen it, but the fact that Mom never sent me birthday wishes today certainly is notable.  I'm not going to lie, September and October have been emotional and a bit stressful.