Good Things

1. sunshine, finally

2. off to Minnesota tomorrow! i get to see my family, including my lil baby nephew and lots of lil baby second-cousins. plus, 4 days off work next week!

3. Maggie offered to kittysit for Tatiana, a total relief. i was so worried about her being alone for six days. people say cats can't tell time, why? you can't know unless you are one. Tati knows when i get home every day and she acts all needy when we've been gone 24-48 hours (and sometimes tears up the apt. or poops on the rug), so clearly she's aware of time.

4. Michelle joined the group and got her special key chain. it says, "Welcome" and "Just For Today"

5. i love that my wife has the same first name as Michelle Obama, because everyone knows M.O. is the bomb. i love our president and his wife. they are so great. i'm so... yes! proud to be an American

6. incidentally, i found out that Maggie's ancestors are also from the Ukraine, near Hungary. so this fact contributes to my theory that we instinctively re-manifest historical facts- to repeat and solve and re-connect, including the idea of past lives- does that make any sense to you?? it makes total sense to me. like, our ancestors were pals (me and Mags), at least, they went through similar oppression at the same time, in the same part of the world. the difference is, her ancestors were Jewish and mine were Mennonites. this has to be one reason why we connect(ed) and stay together as friends. she was my first friend in New York and is my longest standing friend here. in addition to our ancestoral commonalities, this might be because of her delightful, dominant personality... i love ladies who are dominant. my Michelle is totally dominant (so is my mother). in fact, she's at a social workers conference right now, dominating, as she just texted me. she said she's dominating with smarts, and i know it's true.

7. on my lunch break, i'm going to take a walk down to the little park on 29th and the Hudson and lay on a bench or on the pier. i love it.

SEVEN is a good place to stop, on a list.