I think it is centered around the fact that I just got a haircut – a real haircut – in a salon and everything – for the first time in months. But I’m having a really good moment! I gave a good presentation and then got a quality award at work today (a real award – it came with cash! – which we’re now planning to use on our trip to NYC), Andrea had made her great pizza for dinner, Wrenny clowned around with me but was careful not to knock me over, chatted with the girls over dinner, Andrea says to go see Ryan’s play on Saturday, Obama is probably going to win the Democratic nomination, the dogs gave me a nice greeting when I came home from my haircut, I have a bag of BBQ sunflower seeds in my hand, and the sky is as blue as could be! Zippidee doo da!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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