happy birthday to me!

Yay, it's my birthday! :) This morning I lit the candle that I decided was my Birthday Candle, and I will soon be headed to work. (We have an annual Work Thing today, plus we already had Monday off as a holiday, AND I took last Thursday off for dentist stuff. So it seemed like it made sense to work today.) Due to the Work Thing, I'll be starting the day by driving to a New Place -- very exciting! (And terrifying. Because I find driving frightening, but I also know it's good for me to push these things a little sometimes. It'll be a fun adventure! Hopefully!)

My goal / hope / wish for this year is that I will learn (and put into practice) some new coping strategies. I worry a lot about things I have absolutely no control over, which is naturally very stressful! And not really necessary! Or helpful! In any way! Plus, it takes away time and energy from doing things that would be more satisfying and just generally more awesome. So yes! Let's do this!