housing update: the seller's agent is out of town today/tomorrow. she got the bid, and thanked our realtor for the bid; john used the words "lovely bid" so i'm hoping that means the agent thinks the bid is a green light; the downside is that the seller won't see the bid until sunday ( Read more... )

it's my birthday in 2 days. i like my birthday because it's one of the very few days in the year where i don't feel guilty and/or lazy for doing whatever i feel like. i can actually revel in feeling happy, relaxed, spoiled, special, and/or any of the other ways i'm made to feel on my birthday. it's also mainly just an excuse to eat a lot of pastry ( Read more... )