i'm curled up, freshly showered, wearing fluffy socks and sipping home-brewed strawberry kombucha. tomorrow a new week begins, and Mercury goes retrograde again. i'm not a die-hard believer in astrology - in fact, i don't usually know about planetary shifts until after they happen - but my craptastic thursday and friday had me wondering WTF was going on, and it's nice to have something to blame, lol.

Aside from those two days (in which nothing life-detroying happened, just a bunch of small things that, when added up and combined with hormones, left me overwhelmed and in tears), life has been going quite swimmingly. my favorite garam masala was on sale, so i bought two; i hit my target number of clients for the week; E and i went downtown for barbecue at Slow's, had an amazing meal, and enjoyed our view of the abandoned Michigan Central Station (i'm not being sarcastic, the building is gorgeous and beloved by all); and i've made progress on both the crocheted shark that J requested for her impending kiddo and the cross-stitch project for Mom. Woohoo!

Saturday was cold and rainy, perfect for curling up to nap with my sleeping wife. i made her eggs and toast for "breakfast", then spent the evening pottering around...some cross-stitching, some cleaning, some daydreaming. we've been talking a lot the last few days about the bigger items i'll be bringing when we move in together, what big items she plans on keeping (the house is full of her grandparents' stuff, some of which is awesome, and some of which she really wants to toss), and how best to arrange things to our mutual comfort and liking. it's a little bit like playing Tetris, and there will be some negotiating, but in terms of style and preferences we're totally on the same page. (i confess to not being fond of the closets in the bedrooms or the cabinets/lack of storage in the kitchen, but those are problems that can be easily worked around once we have the rest of the house to spread out in.)

tomorrow, E is taking me out for breakfast, and then i have to go to the bank at 10am sharp to deposit my paycheck. other plans include at least 3 clients (as far as i know), going for a run, and working either on the shark or the crocheted ornaments for this year. it's way more exciting than it sounds. :o)

i'll leave you with a family history tidbit: my mom's first cousin was a model and was on a first-name basis with Elvis Presley. they used to hang out. crazy small world, huh?