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3-2-1, 1-2-3, What the Heck Is Bothering Me?

Carl Winslow

I really like my birthday. Not just the fact that it is a day devoted to me, but the actual date. I always felt lucky to have been born on this day and like it was much better than everyone else’s for the following reasons (bear with me, real bullet points not working):

– The number is 3-2-1. I always thought this was really cool

– It sounds nice. March 21st.  March. That sounds like a cool, hip month. Not like November (sorry people born in November). Combined with the twenty-one, it just sounds perfect.
          – I always liked when doctor’s offices or insurance companies or anything ask me my birthday and I get to say “three-twenty one”

– The number 21 is my favorite number. I think it would be even if it wasn’t my birthday because it is such a great sounding number. Twenty-one. 
          – I also think 14 and 24 sound very good too. I wouldn’t mind a birthday on one of those days as a second choice.


– The quaters associated with my birthday have meaning for me.
          – December 21 was my father’s birthday
          – September 21 is the day I met the boy
          – June 21 – nothing yet but still special

– Rosie O’Donnell’s birthday is March 21, and when she had her show, on this day the entire audience consisted of people with this birthday. Sadly, I didn’t know about it until it aried. Missed camaraderie.


– March 21 is the first full day of spring. The vernal equinox.
          – If I was born on the first full day of winter, I don’t think I’d be bragging about it.

– March 21  is the first day of the Zodiac year 
          – It is the first full day of the sign of Aries, considered to be on the cusp of Pisces and Aries. I tend to have more personality traits of Pisces, but both can apply to me.

– For no real reason other than it is mine, I always thought March 21 was just a fantastic day to have a birthday.

 I know this list is really, really odd. Thank you for indulging me.

My 26th birthday celebrations will include:

Tonight – sangria and tapas
Tomorrow – dinner at Russian Tea Room with the boy
Sunday – blogger meetup brunch (not related to my birthday but exciting nonetheless!)
Next Friday – Peter Luger with mommies!

Note to all: The next Henry Day will be Wednesday, March 25. Mark your calendars and remember to enjoy that day.

Quick Eksusize Update
Last night was a sub in spin. She teaches at my gym, just never when I go to class. She was upbeat and peppy and got everyone innvolved. She kept dancing (both on and off the bike). The music was perfect. I have never liked music as much in a spin class as this time.  And she had us to so many jumps and sprints that my heart rate got up high on its own and I was just having fun — I particularly liked when she would have us do 4 seconds sitting, 4 seconds in 2nd position, 4 seconds in 3rd, 4 seconds sitting, over and over. Sometimes it would alternate between sitting and 2nd, or sitting and 3rd. Every time it made the class interesting and I really loved it.

Barney Butter
I used the HangryPants free shipping code back in January to get some chunky and creamy Barney Butter after reading the raves on all the blogs. I popped open the chunky first because I enjoy chunky peanut butter more than creamy. It was very tasty and eventually I made my way through the jar (eating straight out of it). Then came the time to open the creamy. And wow. What a difference! It was the creamiest nut butter I ever tasted, so delicious and smooth. I have been eating a little bit straight from the jar every day. It really satisfies my hunger when I need a snack, and I don’t even have much of it at one time (partially because of my tummy, partially because of practicing self control). I’ve taken to eating it with a plastic knife rather than a spoon to slow me down. My jar is almost finished, and while I will not be ordering more for awhile (it is expensive, especially with shipping), I am so glad I tried it. I never would have thought I’d prefer smooth, but I do — and it is easier on my stomach.

Thank You
Aunt Dale, thank you for the card! I know you read this so I thought a public thank you would be fun.

Carob Almond Butter Cups, Rollerblading Horror Story & Walking to Work

Thank you Mallories and Matt Matt for a wonderful birthday present — Homemade heart shaped CAROB ALMOND BUTTER CUPS!

Carob Almond Butter Cups

Can you tell it is heart shaped from the picture? Mmmmm…. FYI, my birthday is Saturday, March 21!

Last year, Mallory made me homemade peanut butter cups — complete with a delicious cookie shell!  Also, little banana bread chocolate pieces. The year before, loaf of BANANA BREAD! You might remember the story of me eating it straight from the box on my walk home from the post office. Good times.

Back to this year – um, YUM! I LOOOOOVE carob, so much that I tend to talk about it to anyone who will listen. I can’t buy bags of carob chips because I eat the entire bag, so I am limited to getting it as a topping when I go out for frozen yogurt — which is very often in the warmer months!

And Mallory was just telling me about the delicious almond butter she and my brother got  from Whole Foods. That’s what she used and it was perfect, gooey and delicious — just how I like it! I popped two in my mouth as soon as I  got them and had 2 more with breakfast this morning.

Beautiful Night in NYC, Rollerblading, Walking, Shred
Last night was such a beautiful and warm night in New York, so the boy and I decided to skip the gym and go for a long walk. We walked up Pier 1 at 70th street and then along the Hudson River uptown and it was so wonderful. There were so many people out running, walking, biking and rollerblading.

I am SO excited for the entire spring and summer with all this at my fingertips! I plan to walk, run, rollerblade and relax out there! Luckily the path is smooth so Missy and I can take our rollerblades with no fears.

Last summer Missy and I had some interesting experiences with our rollerblades — the highlight (lowlight?) being in Central Park, unaware that there would be steep hills, speeding downhill at super fast speeds with no idea how to stop. I was SCREAMING “MELISSAAAA, MELISSAAAAAAAAAA!“, unsure if she was in the same precarious situation as I was. She was. A woman with a baby carriage had to run out of my way — luckily my screaming alerted her. I feared for my life. I looked to my right — wooden fence. I looked to my left — metal fence. I knew the only way I could stop was to crash into one of the fences. Which would hurt less? I decided on wooden (in retrospect I believe this was the wrong choice), but luckily it never came to the point of me crashing. The ground finally leveled. We took a break and decided it couldn’t get that bad again, so we should get back on the trail and skate some more. Not a minute later we were in the same situation. A group of children on some sort of trip were walking across the road and I was headed straight for them.  I was going to run over children. Luckily I was able to get around them as they started to head off the path.  We took off our rollerblades and walked home.

Rollerblader Beginner

And the first time we skated last year, on the boardwalk, someone told us that we looked terrified for our lives. We were! So obviously, I am looking forward to skating on this smooth, flat surface. I also hope to get up early and run outside there! And of course more long walks to meals with the boy. I love warm weather!

I have another idea I would love to try out. The path along the Hudson River runs all the way from Battery Park City (where I work) to the Upper West Side (where the boy lives). I just looked it up, and it is about 5 miles between work and his apartment. Now I really want to walk home from work on the river! AND I want to wake up early and walk TO work once the weather is nice! How long do you think a 5 mile walk would take? I’m thinking an hour and a half – NOT BAD if it means avoiding the subways and getting in my eksusize while going where I need to go.

I used to walk to and from my job that was 2.4 miles away from my apartment every day, even in the cold weather. I feel like once I changed jobs and started taking the subway I stopped being as fit. So I am excited to have this 5 mile walk every now and then! If I do it twice in a day I will have 10 miles walked and can just relax when I get home, no gym needed!

Back to last night – we walked until we reached the entrance to Riverside Park. At that point, we ventured out into the streets and strolled along, admiring the beautiful brownstones and thinking about where to go for dinner. We walked and walked, had dinner and walked home and even though I was so tired I knew I had to figure out the DVD player so I could go back to Level 1 of the Shred.

I played around a little and found a way to get the DVD player to work (but in black & white) — the only problem is that it means the cable box will not work. So I have to move the cords back and forth. While this solution is okay for now, I need to figure this out for the long term so everything can be plugged in at the same time.

But I was able to do Level 1 which was most important right now. It felt so good to go back to where I currently am with my fitness level — and I will be able to do it every day. In black & white, but who cares. Phew.

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