1. My new corner desk, second-hand from Craigslist! It fits in beautifully. My other desk now serves for research and writing longhand, stretching out to my right. The room looks lovely and big. My monitor is now more than fourteen inches away from my eyes. I am very, very happy. I have stacks and stacks of books to relocate, because we took out the tower bookcase that was to the left of my desk, but half of its contents are already neatly ranged on shelves in my closet.

2. HRH, who not only went to get the desk but put it together and helped me rearrange things in the office. He even sat patiently with me as I thought about which wires to fish through where under the desks, and disconnected and reconnected the subwoofer three times for me.

3. The phone call that came about two hours ago, telling HRH that he had a full-time permanent job as the Creative Arts Tech at the college. (Yes, yes! We are over the moon!)

4. Going to the blood clinic all by myself this morning, not stressing for the hour I waited (read a third of eBear’s Dust, though, which certainly contributed to the all-round positive experience), and not passing out when they took six of the large vials of blood. In fact, I didn’t even feel dizzy afterwards. The technician was wonderful; I barely felt the needle slip into the vein.

5. The warm fog that has been around all day. I wore my polar fleece jacket out this morning, and drove home from the hospital with my window rolled down and Handel’s Water Music on at a decently high volume. We had windows open in the house today, too.