Helpful Advice

This one is for all the men out there...

If you want a happy relationship with a woman you should acknowledge her birthday. Don't make her prompt you for good wishes and don't let the day slide without so much as a note. If you got yourself a good, scrappy, low-maintenance woman (such as myself) you don't have to do much, just acknowledge it. If you can't get a gift by the date due to busy schedules or whatnot, just write a note- it doesn't even have to have Hallmark stamped on the back- just a note that says you're thinking of her and there will be something for her on such and such a date. Don't be wishy washy about it, just firmly apologize for your oversight and give a strong twinkling, Clark Gable man-smile and move on.

Something just came up that I found really funny. Sullivan and I were invited to a special school breakfast this morning for parents and kids who have had perfect attendence since September. Yes, we can all talk about how lame perfect attendence is, but that's not the point of this story. The funny thing is that the Perfect Attendence Breakfast has been postponed because of the transit strike. Has anybody heard if they walked off the job or not? I haven't turned on the news yet... but I thought it was funny that we will not be able to attend the Perfect Attendence Breakfast.

Everyone, thanks for your wonderful wishes. They were a bright spot in an otherwise uber-sucky day. But no worries. Today is another day.