Today I turned 22.

It didn't really feel like much of a birthday. I suppose as you get older a lot of those little gratification holidays stop being as big a deal for you, and become more about reminding yourself to do something nice for others, taking time and showing appreciation. And in the true American spirit, purchasing them things. Because everybody loves things.

I think we're also officially postponing my aging until Thursday, since tomorrow Tabi is pretty booked.

Today just didn't go well.

I was tired and stressed from classes, came back and craved a nap but didn't have a chance. Concentration wasn't what I liked, but I managed ONE post. I wanted to do more.

And then things wound up in motion and upset my kitten.

This fact made me particularly unhappy, and I took a good bit of time trying to help her feel better. I certainly don't believe she's just forgotten or gotten over anything, but she has seemed to be a bit better, at least calmed down about it all. In the mean time, however, she was exceptionally rude and disrespectful to me, and that is not going to go without being punished. That SHOULD have happened today, but by the end of it all I just felt drained as could be.

And now we've been working on money, and plane flights (and me trying to figure out if MSN's bad voice chat can be replaced, or if it's just that my school internet is terrible). I need to solve that chat issue before it drives one or both of us nuts. And all in all today has just... lacked charm. I think that progress has been made, but... it's been such a lackluster day.

Tomorrow I'll try again and try and make it all a bit better.

At least I'm finding I'm really looking forward to sending my kitten that text in the morning. Let's just hope I'm awake and feeling well enough to permit my memory to not get terrible on me as it sometimes does.