So my birthday went well. I got roses, I bought a cookie and cheesecake for myself and talked to several people that I love dearly. Plus, I'm here in Ithaca and it just makes me smile, despite the fact that I had a lot of work due today. OK, actually, I had a lot of work I thought I had to do for today but I made the mistake of doing a reading that it wasn't necessary to do. -- a 50 page reading of heavy theory. On my birthday. Silly me. On the good side, I got to take a nice nap this afternoon/evening. Now I'm going to grade 11 papers and bam! commune with my kettle again. What shall I do with my kettle this time? What shall I do?