What ho? A foe? C'mon, you wanna piece of me?
My evening carpool told me tonight that I was in such a good mood that I needed to cut the dosage of whatever I was taking and add more sedatives. Why am I in such a good mood, you ask? I'll give you 10 good reasons:
1) My parents are coming to visit this weekend! They will arrive tomorrow night, where I will greet them with a dinner of Orange Chinese Chicken served over Toasted Almond Rice Pilaf, with a side of Spinach/Spring Greens with Lavendar Dressing and an assortment of wines, and a dessert of Strawberry Pie. Saturday we're going to Lincoln Park to go down to the beach (weather permitting, if not, we'll go shopping!), possibly a lunch of cioppino from the Thriftway and then to see Dame Edna at 5pm, followed by a nice dinner out. Sunday will begin with my dad's Sausage Gravy, and then we'll see, but they'll return home at some point that day. And yes, they're bringing Misty!
2) They're also bringing another bookcase, which means they also got to bring the rest of my books (at LEAST double the amount I have here now. More books, hooray! Although I need more books like I need another hole in the head. I'm just starting on my floor-to-ceiling library I WILL have someday.
3) Their arrival means that my apartment must be in ship-shape, therefore it is aaaaaaaaaaall clean. How delightful! And with SO little effort. I'm never living with a man again, I've pretty much never had any nasty stains in odd places since I've moved here. And I got a pretty bouquet to enjoy, with lilies, orchids and chrysthemums, in purples of course!
4) I gained half a pound this past week, but I've still lost around 12 lbs, and that's just peachy any way you look at it. And I've started exercising, in the form of ballet classes! I started on Wednesday night, and I think I'm really going to like it. I miss dancing, and this will be great training by real professionals. The instructor said I did really well, but I'll have to work with my knees a lot, because they're hyper-extended (which dancers actually desire, but makes me have to compensate to acheive balance). My legs are a little sore, but in such a good way.
5) My glasses finally fit, so I wore them today and got loads of compliments!
6) I always knew I loved the British!!!
7) Ice Age is on TV to keep me company while I clean. Fabulous movie.
8) We've got this delicious new tradesman in at work, and he was in the office today and smiled at me. I would consider jumping him, but I think I'll just admire the prettiness from a distance. It's almost sit-comish how I could sigh over him. Yummy.
9) I totally destroyed my jade plant, so I got a little ivy plant at the store tonight. My mom told me she's bringing me over a plant too, and there's a nursery just down the street a ways, so I'm going to get some soil and plant my heather and shamrock seeds that I got abroad. A little tast of the British Isles at home, awwww.
10) The strawberries I got for the pie are the biggest strawberries I think I've ever seen. Some are nearly as big as my fist! And very sweet, just perfect! I'm glad I bought 4 lbs of them!!!
So there's 10 things I like about my life right now. What are you enjoying right now?
Oh yah, and Lyssy sent me this today, as a token of her feelings for me. Likewise, honey! =P
1) My parents are coming to visit this weekend! They will arrive tomorrow night, where I will greet them with a dinner of Orange Chinese Chicken served over Toasted Almond Rice Pilaf, with a side of Spinach/Spring Greens with Lavendar Dressing and an assortment of wines, and a dessert of Strawberry Pie. Saturday we're going to Lincoln Park to go down to the beach (weather permitting, if not, we'll go shopping!), possibly a lunch of cioppino from the Thriftway and then to see Dame Edna at 5pm, followed by a nice dinner out. Sunday will begin with my dad's Sausage Gravy, and then we'll see, but they'll return home at some point that day. And yes, they're bringing Misty!
2) They're also bringing another bookcase, which means they also got to bring the rest of my books (at LEAST double the amount I have here now. More books, hooray! Although I need more books like I need another hole in the head. I'm just starting on my floor-to-ceiling library I WILL have someday.
3) Their arrival means that my apartment must be in ship-shape, therefore it is aaaaaaaaaaall clean. How delightful! And with SO little effort. I'm never living with a man again, I've pretty much never had any nasty stains in odd places since I've moved here. And I got a pretty bouquet to enjoy, with lilies, orchids and chrysthemums, in purples of course!
4) I gained half a pound this past week, but I've still lost around 12 lbs, and that's just peachy any way you look at it. And I've started exercising, in the form of ballet classes! I started on Wednesday night, and I think I'm really going to like it. I miss dancing, and this will be great training by real professionals. The instructor said I did really well, but I'll have to work with my knees a lot, because they're hyper-extended (which dancers actually desire, but makes me have to compensate to acheive balance). My legs are a little sore, but in such a good way.
5) My glasses finally fit, so I wore them today and got loads of compliments!
6) I always knew I loved the British!!!
7) Ice Age is on TV to keep me company while I clean. Fabulous movie.
8) We've got this delicious new tradesman in at work, and he was in the office today and smiled at me. I would consider jumping him, but I think I'll just admire the prettiness from a distance. It's almost sit-comish how I could sigh over him. Yummy.
9) I totally destroyed my jade plant, so I got a little ivy plant at the store tonight. My mom told me she's bringing me over a plant too, and there's a nursery just down the street a ways, so I'm going to get some soil and plant my heather and shamrock seeds that I got abroad. A little tast of the British Isles at home, awwww.
10) The strawberries I got for the pie are the biggest strawberries I think I've ever seen. Some are nearly as big as my fist! And very sweet, just perfect! I'm glad I bought 4 lbs of them!!!
So there's 10 things I like about my life right now. What are you enjoying right now?
Oh yah, and Lyssy sent me this today, as a token of her feelings for me. Likewise, honey! =P