Long live the den mother.
I already have lived long. The best I can hope for at this point is "longer."
Isn't that the best any woman can hope for, after all?
Anyway, thanks for the birthday wishes. I got a blender! From my mom! It's blue!
I told her I didn't need one, because the avocado green blender she bought when they moved into their avocado green kitchen in '78 is sitting in my kitchen cabinet, and it still works great. Besides, the old one matches my (her) avocado green hand mixer. (She has informed me that she is willing to get me a mixer in robin's egg blue to match the blender. I have declined. Why do I need a new mixer? The one I have works fine. Even if it
was featured as the murder weapon on
Columbo. In 1976.)
If I have the chance later I'll post pictures of the blender. Tomorrow I'm throwing a combination birthday party for both my kids, to distract people from my advanced age. I'll let you know if it works.
Oh, also, I got my MA degree in the mail today. That was cool.