New Beginnings

Here's a breakdown of last week:
- Grandma passed away
- I got a cold and couldn't sleep all week
- Work went south; two people laid off as well as my boss's wife.

Hellish week. On the bright side, we've just rearranged the living room and "library", and Ben is currently wandering around me puttering with potting soil and newly purchased mesclun mix, peas and tomatoes for the beginnings of our indoor garden. Who needs land when you have a 3 x 4 window that gets great sunlight? Oh yes!

I'm lounging in our "Man just walked on the moon!" chair found at the now defunct EQ3, and basking in the sound of Nick Drake, my favorite sensitivo. The house is clean and really feels good. The kind of good where I visibly feel myself sigh and think, "ok. Things are possible." It's always the small but very important things. The I-can-make-it-when-the-world-feels-like-shit good. We can make food! I can wash clothes without shrinking them! We can pay our bills!

I don't ask for much.