#18kold

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My life might have been easier if I was doing laundry right now, but I’m just so not up for physical exertion. I also skipped the AC today, which... honestly I didn’t need it, and I’ll be happier for avoiding it given that I’ll probably need it constantly for the next few days, but it’s also made me perhaps a bit sluggish. Whatever. I’ll decide I don’t care enough, and maybe after my massage tomorrow I’ll buckle down to do it -- going from one ACed space to another, you know, it shouldn’t be too bad? 

I’m not sure about going to Manhattan Tuesday though; right now it’s predicted to be mid-90s, and I really shouldn’t be out for more than maybe ten minutes when it’s over 90 or so. As it is, I’m preemptively cursing the ten-minute walk to my massage tomorrow. I need it though -- the fallout of a couple missteps on my birthday testify to the depredations of aging.

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Make Music New York

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Happy Solstice, and happy birthday to me! Celebrate with me with music wherever you are, and if you’re in NYC, enjoy some of the offerings of Make Music New York! 

I’ll be part of the choir singing Mozart’s Requiem, starting 7pm, Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center.

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Since the Requiem was at the World Trade Center, it was a quick hop to the piano bar, so I went, and I stayed later than usual and thought I’d treat myself to a cab -- and then couldn’t find a cab, so I got home at 11:50 (I did get lucky, my trains came fairly quickly) and omg I’m so tired. Worth it, everything was good, but I have no idea how I’m gonna drag myself to therapy tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll at least sleep like the dead tonight. 

Also I may not have a voice tomorrow. I maybe belted a bit for a couple songs at Marie’s, and honestly even ‘a bit’ is not a good thing for me since my late twenties or something.

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Ordering lunch in ‘cause I’m laaaaaazy and it’s gonna cost a bunch but will also serve as dinner and very possibly lunch tomorrow, so whatever. There will be garlic, so I’m taking a ppi now, heh. I still have to go print 65 pages of music, but... apparently I’m leaving that for the last minute. Whatever, I woke up too early. 

I’m not sure I’m getting any phone calls today, which makes me sad (I have gotten emails and texts though). Maybe my aunts. BGF is at the beach, my dad’s partner is traveling somewhere today, and the main person I want to hear from is my mom with the story of the day I was born, so. 

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Also, I love this card my dad's partner sent. I'm putting it on my fridge.

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It looks like it’s gonna rain, but the forecast swears it won’t until late tonight. I really hope that’s true, ‘cause doing the Requiem in the rain last year was not fun. 

I want to do something nice for myself in terms of food, but I can’t get what I want (fresh gnocchi, lemon tart) around here without making it, and I’m definitely too tired to do that. I suppose I could search for a place to get it? But eh, too much effort, and I also want to just be quiet before I go out. Sadly, I’m not at all in the mood for my original plan, which was sweet potato tempura (another birthday tradition from my childhood). I have to remember to eat before I go out though! 

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I want a lemon tart (with fruit) for breakfast and someone should bring it to me! Other pastries might also be okay too, or maybe French toast in a pinch.