Birthday.

October 21st, 2007 | Category: health, friends and family

Today is my birthday! I am 32 years old.

In the past year I have:

… lost 60 pounds.
… gotten to know my house really well.
… spent time with people I hadn’t seen for years.
… entered my 10th year of being a book cover designer.
… nearly ended my longtime struggle with insomnia.
… gone back to wearing eyeliner.

Five of those things are major, and one is less so—you can probably figure out which one—but this really sums up a good, long year for me. I’m glad to have gotten back to doing all of this, too. I’m having a hard time remembering exactly why I ever stopped doing it.

17 Comments so far

  1. Adam October 22nd, 2007 12:41 am

    I’m so glad I know you!

  2. m October 22nd, 2007 1:41 am

    And I wish I knew you! Can you, at some point, talk about your insomnia issue? Because sister, I just don’t sleep. Not without a prescription–it’s been going on for about three years.

    Also, it’s a great list of accomplishments you have. Again, happy birthday.

  3. DiP October 22nd, 2007 7:31 am

    Let’s both continue to work on number 3!!!
    Have a great 33!!!

  4. Jaimie October 22nd, 2007 10:14 am

    Wow - that’s a lot to accomplish in a year.

    Congratulations, and happy birthday.

  5. kat October 22nd, 2007 12:52 pm

    Happy Birthday - those are outstanding achievements!

    Congratulations on all of them :D

  6. katie October 22nd, 2007 12:53 pm

    happy birthday!!!

    wow!!! what a wonderful, accomplished year!!! i hope 32 is just as good to you!

  7. sulu-design October 22nd, 2007 12:55 pm

    Happy birthday! It seems we were born one day and one year apart. I’m super impressed with your weight loss. Reaching my weight goal was the biggest accomplishment of the year for me (15 pounds lost here), and I’m so happy to read of your amazing success. I’ve loved following along with your blog, and wish you much happiness in the next year.

  8. anh-minh October 22nd, 2007 1:29 pm

    Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Also, congrats on your accomplishments this past year. And I am super-glad you’re blogging again!

  9. gabrielle October 22nd, 2007 1:34 pm

    Happy Happy Birthday! Nice accomplishments - I wonder what’s in store for you in the next year? Glad you’re blogging again…

  10. Kristina October 22nd, 2007 2:11 pm

    Happy birthday!!!

  11. frannie October 23rd, 2007 5:14 pm

    i can’t believe you lost 60 pounds! so proud. you are teeny teeny tiny.
    and i’m so glad you can finally sleep. -_-

    xoxo

  12. Ev October 23rd, 2007 5:49 pm

    Hi there! Happy B -day! We share the same Bday!
    I just discovered your blog and love it!

  13. lena October 24th, 2007 11:47 am

    OK, I am delurking because after reading this I went to ‘about’ and it clicked - literally. I read Absolutely Vile and loved you and the site. I found you here a couple months ago and something seemed vaguly familiar about this pretty girl and her lovely life. What a ding-a-ling I am for not clicking about…anyway…happy birthday!

    And congrats on all those accomplishments! Those are super ones. ((I lost 45 pounds three years ago and it is so nice.)) Have a great year - there’s lots of new eyeliner out there that’s not like it used to be. :)

  14. Anna at D16 October 24th, 2007 12:46 pm

    Hi Lena! I definitely remember you from AV — nice to see you here. :)

  15. momo October 24th, 2007 8:33 pm

    Happy belated birthday, Anna! What a year you’ve had. :)

  16. tamiko November 30th, 2007 3:14 pm

    I’m curious. How did you loose the weight? I love your site by the way. And your dog! How cute.

  17. Anna at D16 November 30th, 2007 4:03 pm

    Hi Tamiko, I wrote a little about my weight loss in the comments here. :)

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