ten good things

I’m borrowing what I’m sure Deborah didn’t mean to be a meme and running with it, because yesterday was a very stressful day and focusing on some Good Things seems like a great idea. So, Ten Good Things About Today:

1. The panic-inducing idiocy of the British government telling me that our pets would have to go into 6 months of quarantine upon arriving in the UK because Alaska was not on the list of PETS-approved *countries* has been resolved by pointing out that Alaska is in fact part of the United States. This garnered not only a very nice apology, but also the unasked for but *extremely* welcome information that we can get the pets out of Alaska however we feel like, but then need to put them on a PETS-approved route/carrier. It’s leaving the continental US that’s the important bit. Thank *God*.

2. I have new clothes. Ted and I had a shopping accident last night. Ted came away with 6 new shirts and a pair of leather gloves; I came away with new bras, panties, socks, 2 pairs of pants (teal cords!) and a skirt (!).

3. A fair bit of triage was completed yesterday. More will be completed today.

4. I am 44K into my novel. This is still a fair distance from being on the downward slope, but it’s a good start, and I’m moving forward despite, er, moving.

5. My husband doesn’t think I’m a horrible wife for not getting up and making him lunch this morning. (I’m only guessing about this, as he hasn’t verified it, but I’m probably right.)

6. My sassy glasses match my new teal cords. This makes me irrationally happy. :)

7. I have a new laptop which will run Photoshop and connect to the internet, thus allowing me to do the contract work which has not yet actually materialized. (It would help, probably, if I filled out the paperwork.)

8. I weighed in at 155 this morning. I haven’t been losing weight, but I’ve maintained this weight within a pound or two for three months now. That’s good.

9. I’ve gotten all the addresses I need and can now make up packages and go to the post office. This is more of an accomplishment than it sounds like.

10. I had very funny email from my sister this morning:

i have a bone to pick with you. It’s very hard to put a baby to sleep when you’re trying to turn the pages of Heart of Stone with your toes while it’s on the bed but you can’t stop reading to put the child to sleep. (the child generally wakes again when the page is turned, you see.)

do you see why that’s a problem? but now i have an even bigger problem. i’m done with it. ;/

11. (A bonus one) My new pants and skirt are Mixit brand, and I like those because the squiggle they use for the X makes the whole thing render as ‘Miz Kit’ in my brain. It’s like having my very own clothing line. :)