November 2002

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I've spent a lot of the weekend writing thank-you notes. I got some wonderful greetings for my birthday, and some wonderful gifts. While I won't thank everyone by name here, I do want to thank Wendy for her kind words.

The day itself was good. It was warm and sunny, and the morning batch of e-mail greetings was a grand way to begin the observance.

We had already arranged that my office birthday celebration will be held next week. I asked for the deferral since at least two of the seven of us had appointments that would overlap a lunchtime or early afternoon gathering. So you'll be hearing about that next week. Meantine, there were lots of greetings for me. The most amusing was from Younger Partner, who sent it via office e-mail. It was set up as a normal file-opening request from him, which means an attachment containing the client data. This time the supposed client data sheet said, "Happy Birthday, Becky!" in very large blue letters.

Most years, I have a birthday meal with one or more of my friends. This year a scheduling conflict on their part made that not happen on the day, but that's planned for Tuesday. The longest-term friend in that group called to arrange that, but the call began with a lovely version of "Happy Birthday." He called me at work, and since I answered that particular call and he recognized my voice, he just started singing. That was fun and wonderful, and yes, he sings rather well.

Later in the afternoon I needed to run an errand. While I was in the grocery store, I bought myself a birthday present, a small teddy bear. She's blue-gray in color, with a red dress. Office dog Zoe thought I had bought her a new woobie (dog toy), but we carefully explained to Zoe that this woobie was just for me to play with, not for chewing. The bear is home with me for the weekend, but I believe she'll be an office bear. And after having her for a few hours, it became clear to me that her name is Betty.

Betty Bear

I'll let you know how the rest of the celebrating goes.

November 15
Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, here it is my birthday again. I am not sure what the day will hold; I'll fill in those blanks later. In the meantime, a report. I did not get what I asked for last year, which was applications from candidates to be the male to capture my attention and bring some romance into my life. I got some lovely mail with many good wishes from people who were not applying for the position. All those were much appreciated. But I did not get what I wanted --- applications from serious candidates.

So I thought a rerun was in order. That's right, folks, the application period to be the significant male in Becky's life is officially reopened. The information about such is the same as last year, and for your convenience, here's the link again. Applications and good wishes both are welcome, and those of you who already know you're not candidates are welcome to read just to learn a llittle more about me.