ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

Arrive home at 9 after a full work day and minor surgery. Find all off street parking is taken.
Do you continue driving around and then give up, parking many blocks away? No, you do not. Instead you grab a mother hugging shovel and you make your own parking spot.

Boys of Summer, meet Man of Winter.

Whirling Dervish

I am grateful for two truths in my life:

1. Kids seem to like me.
2. My friends are Good People.

The first is a plus because I believe children are skilled at detecting phoniness, and if they enjoy having you around - even (or especially) when the promise of gifts is nil - then that bodes quite well for you.

The second occurs to me after virtually every outing with friends. Knowing those you spend your free time with are all folks who

• would never cheat you
  
• would have your back in a fight and
  
• generally aren't shitty people
  

is not only reassuring, but also reflects on the kind of person you yourself must be.

So cheers to that. Carry on.

Half a zillion & counting

Woke up earlier than preferred so's I could get my teef cleaned today. Still a champ in the brushing department, it seems. I enjoy my little victories.

My dentist was a cutie, too. And now I sit, reading while nullifying my annual cleaning by sipping coffee before work. Sitting by yet another cutie.


One of these days I'm actually going to date one of them, I recon.

clowns'll eat me

It's four in the morning and I still haven't fallen asleep yet - most recently because the showtune "Under The Sea" is stuck in my head.

I'm seriously considering cancelling tomorrow morning's dentist appointment.