hm, small improvements?

[phinnia]

spent the day so far talking to adularia, eating lunch, doing some minor internet goofing off and playing around with watercolor paint.

several things;

• adularia is a fabulous girlfriend (i already knew this, as my girlfriends are both fabulous people. but it's always really great to have confirmation.)
  
• holy crap i really can spend nearly two hundred dollars at lands' end buying new shoes and work clothes and jackets without hardly trying, god everything is so expensive these days and that's with most of the stuff on sale.
  
• the previous statement made me both sound and feel incredibly old
  
• i am obviously not super fabulous with paints but i am not as bad as i think and i remember more of the various stabs at lessons than i thought i did. (i am trying not to give a damn about being zomgperfect and just let myself play with things.
  
• i'm hoping to unstick my brain by forcing it not to think about the normal things it chews on.
  
• it must have worked because while i was goofing around i thought of how the thing was going to start. (and don't worry, Lau Yuan will remain with us.)
  
• the past two days have been really good. clearly this early-bed thing is a good experiment and should go on.
  
• because we complained about the bus thing, kid is now last on the bus route home (because it's way easier on me if the driver brings him to the door and they can't leave the bus unless there are no other kids on the bus) and gets home at or around 4pm. (he loves the bus. it's a win/win situation.)
  
• madelines are my new favorite thing; they are so incredibly good. the perfect mix of cake and cookie. i need a madeline pan to make some at home.