Although my birthday isn’t until tomorrow, Crispy decided we should do birthdayful things today since I have classes starting Tuesday morning (!). The main event was an excursion to the New Jersey Ikea via their cute little shuttle bus thing, which leaves from the Port Authority in Manhattan. We valiantly braved the Sunday afternoon crowds and I left with a bunch of fantastic kitchen stuff for fantastically cheap and tummies full of unpronounceable but mightily tasty Swedish food.

Tonight we’re staying in with Vice City and Masterpiece Theatre, because I am, after all, getting old; tomorrow’s plans include lunch at my favorite Thai place and home early enough to get some sleep before class. I haven’t had to get up before 7 in over a month now, and I don’t relish trying it on Tuesday on two hours’ sleep (or whatever).

Thanks to all you crazy Australians and New Zealanders who’ve sent birthday cards (what with it already being tomorrow there, today), to my folks for the gift certificate, to Crispy for the Ikea Adventure and this gorgeous Poe collection, and of course my Mothman plushie.