Little tiny things that make me happy.
Tonight has been really really good. Well, the whole day has been pretty awesome.
One depressing thing happened, though. I found out that one of the ladies of my parish died this week. She had been very sick with cancer, but she'd been planning to do all these things, like travel to Israel, help with the Bishop's visit, etc... she was so full of energy I forgot she was even so sick. She was a neat lady. I didn't know her that well, but I'll miss her just the same.
As I say, though, the day was pretty awesome. I went to churchwomen's meeting, which is always fun and interesting. We talked quite a bit about some random things and then had quite a few things to get through, so it was a longer meeting than normal. R brought some soup and dessert bars over from the truck. I really enjoyed the soup.
Then, after the meeting, I came home and waited for the kids to get home. They got home and only had a little bit of homework, which is always good. Anna "stayed on green", which she does most days (their behavior system is like a stop-light, with the addition of orange between yellow and red). Will did pretty well, too, not even meriting a reprimand. That's a huge difference from last year, since it's a regular thing for him to get a lot of good days. That makes me happy.
Then, R noticed that one of my online purchases had come in. It was the part to the dishwasher R bought me earlier in the week. I couldn't use it because we didn't have the sink part. So, I ordered it online (making sure to use the dishwasher model number and everything), and got it in today. He installed it, and it runs like a dream. The kids giggle because it's a mobile dishwasher that hooks up to the sink, draining right through the same mechanism. They say the dishwasher is 'peeing'. It made me laugh, too, because that's essentially what it's doing. Dirty water out. Heh. Gotta love kids and their view of the world.
So, I'm sitting here with a good portion of the house's dishes washed already, having eaten a little chocolate, listening to my highest-rated music, just finished an RP with a friend over on ITF, and just ... blissed out.
Life is good.
When it is, I can look at those stupid things that trip me up and tell them, "Shut up." For instance, I was putting the second load of dishes in the dishwasher, and while I was doing the pre-rinse thing, something in me said, "See, this is why we can't have nice things," and I was perfectly able to say, "Eh, no, I've got plenty of nice things." They're just not all tangible.
I still have blind-helpless-stupid moments, and time-space-dysfunction moments and sieve-memory moments, but ... I'm doing well.
Something to remember when things aren't quite going my way.
One depressing thing happened, though. I found out that one of the ladies of my parish died this week. She had been very sick with cancer, but she'd been planning to do all these things, like travel to Israel, help with the Bishop's visit, etc... she was so full of energy I forgot she was even so sick. She was a neat lady. I didn't know her that well, but I'll miss her just the same.
As I say, though, the day was pretty awesome. I went to churchwomen's meeting, which is always fun and interesting. We talked quite a bit about some random things and then had quite a few things to get through, so it was a longer meeting than normal. R brought some soup and dessert bars over from the truck. I really enjoyed the soup.
Then, after the meeting, I came home and waited for the kids to get home. They got home and only had a little bit of homework, which is always good. Anna "stayed on green", which she does most days (their behavior system is like a stop-light, with the addition of orange between yellow and red). Will did pretty well, too, not even meriting a reprimand. That's a huge difference from last year, since it's a regular thing for him to get a lot of good days. That makes me happy.
Then, R noticed that one of my online purchases had come in. It was the part to the dishwasher R bought me earlier in the week. I couldn't use it because we didn't have the sink part. So, I ordered it online (making sure to use the dishwasher model number and everything), and got it in today. He installed it, and it runs like a dream. The kids giggle because it's a mobile dishwasher that hooks up to the sink, draining right through the same mechanism. They say the dishwasher is 'peeing'. It made me laugh, too, because that's essentially what it's doing. Dirty water out. Heh. Gotta love kids and their view of the world.
So, I'm sitting here with a good portion of the house's dishes washed already, having eaten a little chocolate, listening to my highest-rated music, just finished an RP with a friend over on ITF, and just ... blissed out.
Life is good.
When it is, I can look at those stupid things that trip me up and tell them, "Shut up." For instance, I was putting the second load of dishes in the dishwasher, and while I was doing the pre-rinse thing, something in me said, "See, this is why we can't have nice things," and I was perfectly able to say, "Eh, no, I've got plenty of nice things." They're just not all tangible.
I still have blind-helpless-stupid moments, and time-space-dysfunction moments and sieve-memory moments, but ... I'm doing well.
Something to remember when things aren't quite going my way.