Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Coming back to life

My schedule is slowly returning....got up this morning, drew a new card, and went to the gym. The card I drew was Divine Mystery. It seems like a "get out of jail free" card in Monopoly...I think this is the one that people must hope to draw, nearly on a daily basis. Divine Mystery is to open yourself up to what is possible, and see what comes along.
Today was nearly a perfect day. I don't mean that we won the lottery, or that Andy surprised me with some whirlwind romantic get away, or anything that would make it a stereotypically perfect day.
So what made it perfect? The little things. The little things seemed to line up. I had errands to run, and I remembered everything that needed to be done. There weren't line ups at the bank or at the store. I went in to Zellers with a list of things that I needed, and I came out with only things that were on the list (with the exception of a tube of contact cement that I need for a home repair. Granted, it wasn't on the list, but as far as "impulse buys" go, this doesn't register on the treating yourself scale).
I came home to a spotless kitchen, something that I have been working very hard to achieve. On the spur of the moment, I was able to throw together a beef stew and home made rolls for dinner. And I cleaned up every step of the way. The kitchen is still spotless. It does help that I made the rolls with the aid of my new breadmaker (BEST purchase EVER!!! I got it on Sunday, and this was my third creation with it. This will have paid for itself by the end of the month at this rate!).
The feeling of accomplishement with a list of errands done, a good homecooked meal, and a sparkly kitchen. That made for a fantastic day.

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