Home. Neurotics. Happiness.

Husband is home!  And he is just as giddy as I was, to arrive home after so many months of travel.  It's awesome.  He, too, is now infatuated with cheese graters, and entire closets full of clothing options, and seemingly-massive kitchen space!  He's the best.  He promptly did dishes, and whistled happily the whole time.  Aw….

And we ate massive amounts of lasagna and sparkling juice…

And then, we put on hats and went for a walk, because it was finally above freezing!  And we felt very dapper, for a whole hour until we realized there were 4000 lbs. of gear and dirty clothes that we had to sort through.  Oops.  Oh well.  =)

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Today’s happy list is unorthodox, but fully representative of this past week, as I tried to settle back in, and went rather nuts.  And then, I tried Pollyanna-ishly to find the upside of my craziness... hehe

Reasons to Be Glad If You’re Rather OCD/Perfectionistic:

- You never, ever start eating the second half of the chocolate box; that taut, cellophane divide is just too intimidating.  This is great for one's holiday health.

- You return all graphic t-shirts whose designs are even slightly crooked.  This actually saves alot of money.

- You re-edit each blog post at least ten times.  Yes, after hitting the "publish" button (which was already preceded by a dozen edits).  Especially, you'll fixate each paragraph’s ending, gauging if it bleeds needlessly onto a new line, and you'll adjust your phrasing to emphasize the correct words.  This prevents most heinous typos.

- You often win “guess how many beans are in this jar” contests.  This can be lucrative.

- You always know what time it is.  And when asked for the time, you may also volunteer the weather forecast and today’s major headlines.  This makes even grumpy people laugh.

- And why yes, all our refrigerated milk/meat is arranged by expiration date! 

     … isn’t yours?