happy birthday

Dear FutureMe, You're writing this on your birthday last year. It is one of the "suckiest" birthdays you've ever had so far. You were fighting back small tears a minute ago. Here's what happened. 1. your mom's birthday package (The Sims Party Pack) did not come in the mail as expected for the last 4 days. 2. ONE dvd came in the mail and it was cracked in half. (you were expecting more.) 3. McSweeney's sent you a rejection email for your submission. Shouldn't be a big deal, but it made you want to tear down your blog and question your competency as a language arts teacher. Or...potential competency. You just took the SAE last saturday. 4. You are currently sitting in a hovel ,(packed up apartment,) getting ready to move to daytona beach. THeres barely any room to move and everything is dirty. Remember all this? Probably seems petty to you now, you're probably laughing. Stupid stuff, right? Well, it's probably just your diet that is depressing you. (toast and fruit.) Anyway, you're ignoring some taped ER because you don't want to go anywhere beacuse Nic took your car. You're stuck at home. Nothing to do. You don't want to work. You hate substituting. I hope you're having a nice birthday today. Should be a Friday. Perhaps you're working. I hope you've been enrolled in grad school. I hope you've made all the right choices and discovered what you want to do with your life. Hang in there. Happy Birthday.