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Five Awesome Things About Today

1. The greyhound has figured out that the back yard is ALL HERS. She will now act like a complete spaz and do wind sprints and laps. And then come inside and totally crash out on her bed. This makes me happy like you would not believe.
   
   
2. Fresh strawberries on Cheerios. I have finally figured out how much strawberry I need to cut up in order to have some fruit with every bite. Yay!
   
   
3. We found some boxes of thank you notes! I don't have to go out and buy any. Though, I'm out of stamps and my address labels still say the rental. Oh, well.
   
   
4. Books on CD are fabulous things for my commute. I am entertained instead of annoyed at the radio. Also, since most of the commute is with my cruise control set for 58 mph, I'm getting *fabulous* gas mileage.
   
   
5. It's Friday! Tomorrow is supposed to be lovely and mild. We're going to the Farmers' Market, TJs, getting more odds and ends from the rental, and free lunch at the Evil Empire's picnic. Then home to collapse/get things unpacked, hung up, put away, and organized.

What's good in your life today?

I am about halfway through Pendragon. It's an RPG system designed to let you play a Knight of the Round Table. It looks like fun, though I don't know if I'd rather run or play. Either way, I think I'd need to finish reading the game mechanics and then do some background reading on Arthur.

I'm also about halfway through Zoe's Tale, the most recent novel in the Old Man's War universe by John Scalzi. I've been reading his blog for a while and heard good things about his writing. I'm not usually a fan of sci-fi genre, but these books totally pulled me in. I have devoured them and am sad that soon I will be out of story.

Though yesterday dawned cold and dreary, I was happy. This meant that the farmers' market wasn't terribly crowded, even though we showed up later than I would have liked. We got some of the best asparagus ever, a ton of rhubarb, a huge bag of salad, and some other veggies and cheese. I love eating breakfast there - I usually get an almond scone, some cheese, and a pastry. It's all delicious and makes me happy. The mostly empty pan of rhubarb-apple cobbler and the nearly full pan of rhubarb coffee cake also make me happy. I love cooking!

My sewing room/study is now completely packed. I have put away all my sewing implements and the couple of in-progress projects. I finished up one final project that took care of a decent amount of upholstery fabric, as well as the old t-shirts, fabric scraps, and old pillows that we had stashed around the upstairs. There are now two big, slightly lumpy, and not very pretty pillows waiting to be transported to the new house. Seeing my room emptied out makes me a little sad, but also accomplished. Also, I don't need to buy more fabric for a long, long time. Seriously. I was finding fabric that I'd completely forgotten about and can't remember why I bought it.

Downwood also got me back into Puzzle Pirates. Since all of my skills are beyond rusty, I started a new character. I can now be found as either Jessilyn or Sabinei on Cobalt. It's a fun way to kill time and since my back is in a constant state of hurt, it limits the number of hours I can lose.

The townhouse is filled with stuff.  The truck is empty.  Food has been acquired.  I'm thinking it is time for a nap.  :-)

exlibris11235 was impressed with the box labeled "Balrog", though confused as to its minute size.  suibhne_geilt expressed admiration for the box labeled "Minas Tirith Gate" and the level of geekosity that it implies.  Me, I'm just glad that everything's unloaded.  Now, to the unpacking...

It's not good for the mental stability of an extremely hungry, mildly stressed-out, very worried, and generally cranky Sabine to spend her "I can't face packing another box right now" break by reading the news and checking out political blogs.

And by "not good" I mean "kicking the last couple of supports out from any sense of optimism or hope".

Not good at all.