Ready for the Fall

I love the changes that the Fall season brings. The weather is cooling down, the large crowds at Disneyland are dwindling, I get to bundle up in sweaters and blankets, drink hot chocolate and tea, and anticipate all the holiday/birthday madness for the rest of the year.

Coincidentally, I usually don't look forward to my own birthday. The one time of year when I feel I can be more outspoken about what I want to do, there's always someone trying to change my mind, to get me to do what they want to do. Or uninvited people who tag along which I could really care less about. My voice is less heard than any other time during the year even though all I want to do is have fun with family/friends and enjoy hakuna matata.

Usually, I just end up being disappointed by the end of the day for one reason or another.

Not to be selfish, but isn't this my day? I try to plan ahead things because people are busy on the weekends and I want to make sure that everyone who wants to participate is able to. When I'm telling you what I'm thinking about doing for my birthday weekend, don't try and discourage me from my thoughts and think that I don't have other people that I want to celebrate with.

I try to be accommodating with my friends and family and compromise when we are out doing things. My birthday falling on a weekend is something that hasn't happened since I've moved to SoCal and I want to spend it the way I want to spend it. I will compromise on the little things, but not the big picture which is the location.

Well the above rant may have been a waste of my time. This birthday may not happen the way I want it to anyways. I just called customer service and there are no reservations for that weekend.

Just. Freakin'. Great.

I'll do more research on other places to go because I really want this birthday to be special and exciting, and something that I haven't done before.

I was going to post about the Olympics, but I'll leave that for after the Closing Ceremony on Sunday. Maybe by that time we'll have a little more information on all the scandals and I can have an accurate rant on all the sports that are "judged".

Will our heroine escape the controlling claws of the people she calls "friends" and defend the birthday she's always hoped for?

Tune in next week, same bat time, same bat channel.