Good Things

I should have known this was going to be a pretty good day when I liked what I saw in the mirror shortly after I got up. That doesn't usually happen!

I have had a cold for the last couple of days--a head cold with some chills and aches at night, being unable to breathe and sneezing my head off at the same time. So, I have not had a normal night's sleep for two nights in a row and have also been worn down and tired.
But, I was happily surprised when I finally dared to look in the bathroom mirror after I splashed cold water on my face this morning. I was expecting a puffy, red eyed hag, and yet...I looked okay. More than okay--I looked pretty darn good. Even my nose seemed to have lost that red color and my eyes looked almost back to normal. A small thing, but it made me feel like I could take on the whole world after that.

And good, reassuring things kept happening throughout the day.

R got up with no trouble, in spite of it being a dark and rainy morning, prancing into the kitchen in a cheerful mood(my kid is a normally sweet thing, but not a morning person at all ).

We swapped accessories this morning--I asked if I could wear a certain fun necklace of hers(above) because it went perfectly with the otherwise boring brown outfit I was wearing, and she wanted to borrow a certain scarf of mine. I just love that we now often share clothes and jewelery.

I walked the dog in the mist and just as I got back in the house with her, it started raining. Perfect timing!

Right after I opened the shop, a customer came in to pick up a framed print and she was ecstatic about how it turned out. A little praise and positive feedback is a good thing first thing in the morning on the job.

Then, about fifteen minutes after she left, a couple(they looked vaguely familiar, but everyone in this town does after a while, even if you can't remember their name) came in and said they found a checkbook right out on the step outside our door and showed me a fat checkbook(loaded with notes and cards), with a few raindrops on it. It turned out to be the checkbook of the happy customer who had just left!

If the wrong sort of person had spotted that checkbook lying there, it would likely have been gone, right? Instead, these were the decent kind of people who make you feel a little more reassured that most people are good and honest. I called the customer and left a message about her checkbook after thanking the two people who made sure they tried to find the owner of it.

The rest of the work day was easygoing--no annoying customers--not a one(unlike Monday, which made me want to scream). Then, when I got home, R was still in a happy mood and looking so cute--with my scarf tied around her neck loosely and it matched the turquoise blue of her Chuck Taylor sneakers exactly.

Now, she is off at a friend's house, getting ready for tonight's dance. She didn't go to one all year, but wanted to go to this one, so...it makes me wonder if there is a certain someone of the opposite gender??

At any rate, I am waiting for Mr. F to get home so we can go out for some dinner since it is suddenly just the two of us.

I just hope I didn't jinx myself by gloating about my good day--it ain't over yet.

And, yeah, I did see this and it is scary and depressing that this sort of thing seems to be happening more and more. And I do realise that it isn't such a good day for a lot of other people. Just appreciating what I have today, that's all.