it's not life that matters but the journey...

Ah, I think that the heat may be actually leaving us - at least for awhile. Today was hot until late afternoon, and the the clouds rolled in, followed by the major thunderstorm and heavy rain. and now I actually feel cool air coming in the windows! I was talking on the phone with iilii and she was surprised how loud the thunder was in my part of town - it was so loud I jumped out of my chair at one point! crazy midwest weather!

Before I forget, more thanks are in order:

THANK YOU dawnie1970 for the awesome birthday card - I got it in the post today!!! You are the best!!! and thanks to my great LJ friends for the birthday greetings - this is the best birthday I've had in awhile (even though I didn't get any presents yet - my mom and sister are going to send me a gift certificate for new clothes - yay!!!)

I was so happy - I got four - that is FOUR birthday cards today in the mail - three from family and one from dawnie!! yay!!!!! And at work they had the birthday celebration for the April and May birthdays along with the singing and the terrible, cheap cake!

I've had enough of cake really. I bought a cake for myself yesterday, and it ended up being too sweet. I never thought that you could really have too much chocolate, but this cake was a bit too rich, and since M doesn't really like sweets so much, I'm basically eating it alone - thank goodness I bought the "baby cake" rather than the regular size ones that they have at the grocery store! oh and I bought some cherry sherbet the other day - but it tastes too much like chemicals. anyone know of any recipes that use sherbet so I don't have to waste it?

oh, and our car, that we bought just two weeks ago, wouldn't start today. I think it was the battery, which may have died because the dome light inside the car was left on. I hope that's all it is! I can't deal with car problems now...

well, since I'm pretty tired, movie reviews will have to wait until later. I've got to say my bit about the following movies: "Highway" (with Jake Gyllenhaal); "Batman Begins" (which I saw once before, while I was in Japan); "Howl's Moving Castle"; and "Intermission". Three out of four were good! Guess which one sucked and you get a prize!

ooh, I just remembered that I have some wine in the fridge. wine and chocolate - what a combination!