Looking Up

Maybe there is a hint of more relaxed, stress-free times ahead. Or maybe I just don't feel like being miserable.

We've been sick. Abbie was not alone. Last night was the first time this week that everyone slept in his own bed. It was a relief not to be sleeping with Abbie. I get no rest like that. So, we are all varying degrees of ill today, some a little congested, some a little horse, all better than yesterday and ready to feel better.

Guess what Josh did this morning. He applied for a new job. Even if work doesn't come through as promised, we aren't going to sit in this holding pattern forever.

I was sad that I couldn't go to taiko last night. I was more excited than usual to be going. Don't know why, I guess I was just in the mood. There's always tomorrow!

Do you think my lottery ticket is going to win tonight? Well, neither do I, to be honest. But I'm still enjoying the idea of paying the house off and buying us all some new winter socks.

You know what I'm in the mood for? Going to see a movie! And smuggling candy in my coat pockets. Or...going to the U.K. for a few weeks. (You might think that one of these is slightly unrealistic. But what you don't realize is.....they are both equally unlikely.)

Things are pretty not bad. None of us are in the hospital. Jake doesn't have cancer. The good car and the crappy car both still go forward when you turn them on. The house keeps out the cold and the wet. And I have a chocolate bar hidden in my dresser. Emergencies, you know.

On to current events: The balloon kid. Eh. Don't want to talk about it. Lousy people. What else is there... Extortion, Politics...Hmm.... My favorite story in the recent news is the African king who was working as a nurse's assistant in the northeastern U.S.A. until the socio-political climate in his own country was such that he could return home and assume his crown. Yay! I think all leaders should have to have done some work in hospital-type settings prior to beginning their work as leaders. Whether he is an altruistic humanitarian or not, he certainly seems that way. I wish him luck!

In a movie mood. See any good movies lately?

In case you are curious, the job Josh is particularly interested in is shift work, and pays 17 dollars/hr. He told me today that that was like winning the lottery for him.

Off I go to make frozen totinos pizza again! Pretty yummy!