This One's for You, Baby

1. Spending the day with my birthday girl, who is 27 years old (!) and really could have chosen to spend the day with any number of other people. I am blessed to have such an spirited, intelligent, talented, and beautiful person in my life; lucky to count her among my best friends. Happy birthday to my baby, Celeste Nicole. I owe you a cake.
   
2. Mexican food from the local hole-in-the-wall; comfort food.
3. Extra RAM in my antique laptop.
   
4. Friday night sleepover with the grandkids. Cuddling on sofa, discovering the eight flavors of Necco Wafers, finishing (and loving) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
5. The sound of rain coming down hard on a corrugated tin roof.
   

Behavior

1. Basil's Bavarian Bakery DUPLEX Sandwich Cremes from the vending machine in the admin building ~ only $1.00!
2. Seeing my lovely friend Michelle on Wednesday afternoons, passing between classes with the softest hug.
3. The trend I'm seeing of American women happily holding hands in public, Japanese schoolgirl style.
4. Having my dog read my mind; behaving* perfectly (almost) on the train.
5. This makes me want to get out the glue gun, some rhinestones, and my cellphone.

*not getting up at every stop or every 2 minutes, whichever comes sooner

Trumped

1. The engineer person who held the train for me this morning
2. Bluetooth that works well
3. Cloudy skies, chance of rain: even though I need the sunshine, we could really use the rain here. Concern about drought therefore trumps SAD.
4. The wind kicking up, leaves scattering everywhere
5. Brown rice spicy shrimp sushi
   

Memory Leak

Okay, some whining first: I am doing this tonight because I don't want to bag on my commitment, not because I feel like it. My computer is running so slowly, it is painful. I'm pretty patient, but this is ridiculous. It appears that I have a memory leak (with already minimal RAM) somewhere and I just don't feel like continuing to put energy into it. But anyway.

Progress

1. Finished and submitted my first term paper of the semester (610/8000 words)
2. Poetic language possibly seeping into scientific paper
3. Operant conditioning when applied correctly really does work wonders with bratty dog
4. Absolutely love what I am studying this semester
5. Warm winter day
   

OCD Procrastinator*

1. Flair from my sister: "OCD procrastinator. Do it right, but do it later."
2. Once a week class that's done in an hour, rather than the advertised three hours.
3. Clean house.
4. No naked house cleaners.
5. Old baggy jeans. That are still baggy.

*Neglected to post yesterday, so this is Monday's; another one to follow!

Middle of the Ish

1. Waking up earlyish on a Sunday, with just a little prodding from Lilah
2. Going back to sleep midmorning on my comfy couch, sunlight warming me
3. Feeling on top of school (I usually feel out of control until midsemester, get it briefly together, only to flail my way to finals certain that I'm going to fail everything), and so enjoying it. Even though I've felt certain since the beginning about what I want to do, I get this shock of joy that I really do love the field I've chosen.
   
4. Lila making piggish noises out of pure happiness
5. Getting to bed earlyish, with a good-so-far book: Special Topics in Calamity Physics