… H’s birthday today… spent first hour of the morning wrapping presents and writing a card…

… my Amex card was rejected at a store yesterday… no reason for that as it is up to date and there is no spending limit… looked at the account this AM and there was nothing suggesting the reason for the rejection…

… alcohol last night… the end of the day got a bit tense and frustrating, the Amex rejection… cash flow tightness at a moment when i want to be generous… H in one of their self flagellating moods… how easily i run to the bottle at the end of the day if it’s been at all a tense one…

… today is a new day and we will have fun one way or another…

… slept through the night… woke up about 3:45, almost 7 hours sleep…

… i seem to be distracted this morning… time to move on…