This August after my birthday, I'll be heading out to Virginia with some distant family & relatives as somewhat of a trip to break the routine. I can say that my life is flowering & very enjoyable though a change of scenery can be rather exciting as well as also refreshing.

I'll be taking along my Nikon and the new compact holster which arrived half a week ago as well. Perhaps I'll get some nice beach photos.

My parents have agreed to watch my cats which I am thankful for but during my two week stay I'll likely be making calls each night to make sure they're all well and accounted for. They are so very precious and beloved to me after all.

As for birthday plans, I'm excited about them. I get the usual $100 which I'm going to split three ways in purchases- $50.00 gift card at Buckle in mall, fish eye lens for Nikon and reading materials I enjoy.
It was so hard thinking of some of the things I wanted considering I just usually buy what I want freely whenever.

I also decided to not have a decorated cake in favor of instead having a homemade blackberry cobbler made as well. For some reason these days heavy amounts of frosting nearly makes me want to vomit. Considering I'm slim though lots of fattening things repulse me, oddly. So I have no problems with craving bad foods. Naturally I'm having the cobbler made the healthy way as opposed to the disgusting calorie riddled way. [link]

As of right now my main mission is helping my tomcat Brighton by nursing him to health after being MIA for nearly a week having left when I spent time earlier with my Friends from Virginia. Poor little dear must have had a bad experience considering how clingy he is to me. He's crying if he notices I'm not within his line of vision so I'm staying close to him. I've also been feeding him fancy feast and cat nursing formula with the occasional cooked beef steak after being ground in a blender for easy consumption so he's an extremely pampered fellow after his ordeal. I was so worried during the days he was missing and yet thankful he is at home and at least not deathly ill or seriously injured in any way despite being thinner.

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nur Unwissenheit kommt in der Dunkelheit vorwärts.