It is tempting to use this blog as a forum for complaints about my life. Like tonight, for instance. I’ve definitely had better evenings: I destroyed my Halloween pumpkin, I burned the bacon that I was going to put into the quiche that I didn’t make because I forgot to thaw out the crust, and then I almost destroyed the dinner that I was making as a backup. In the larger scheme of things, my job is uncertain at the moment, and the last few months have been challenging for us in many, many ways.
But when you get right down to it, who wants to read about a person’s misery and woe? Not you. Not me. And that is why I have a Bottom 10, anyway. So instead, I’d like to use my blog this evening to tell you about how really wonderful my life is. First, I am lucky enough to be married to my best friend. In addition to really loving him, I also really like him, and we have a great time together. Not everyone gets to say that. While I’m something of a hypochondriac, I have been fortunate to have very good health and relatively few true illnesses. I may live far far away from them, but I am very close in spirit to my parents and my three sisters and their families, and technology allows me to know them, even from a distance. I can say with pride that I have known all four of my grandparents–two of them are still living today, and I talk to them every weekend. I had a fantastic education, with good, supportive teachers who worked hard to ensure that I and my classmates went out into the world prepared to do anything we wanted to do. My convoluted career has given me invaluable skills, great opportunities, and an understanding of many different walks of life, and has introduced me to a variety of fascinating people. I have made many, many good friends over the years who live all over the world, and I know I can turn to them when I need their support, their advice, or their memories. I could go on and on, but I think that gives you an idea: I have a good, good life.
Tonight as I was starting my second dinner of the evening and fanning away the bacon smoke from the kitchen, I remembered all of the things that make my life so well worth living. And instead of bemoaning a short series of unfortunate events and reflecting on all of the things that have made life difficult lately, I decided to pour a couple of glasses of champagne so Jamey and I could toast our awesome future. That’s a much better way to end the week.
I hope you enjoy this week’s lists. Have a happy, safe Halloween and a fantastic week!
top 20
- having a good life
- Halloween
- inspiring stories
- this clip of Billy Joel in the Actor’s Studio
- This year’s World Series. I really wanted the Rangers to win, but it was a great series nonetheless.
- good people
- Jamey’s never-ending fight with the possums outside
- Stephen Colbert
- the VW Passat commercial where the guys learn Spanish
- mimosas
- my sister Jackie’s blog
- The new iPhone. I don’t have it yet, but I’m seriously considering getting it because it’s SO COOL.
- Halloween
- the Houston Texans
- fast forwarding through the commercials
- iCloud
- salmon fillet en papillote
- the fun 60’s fashions on Pan Am
- rain
- glorious fall days
bottom 10
- Ruining my jack o’ lantern. I’m not quite as artistic as I thought I was.
- a disappointing trip to the mall
- pointless meetings
- my dirty floors, that I failed once again to vacuum this weekend
- calories
- the battery on my computer that runs out in half a day
- being perpetually clumsy
- panic attacks
- traffic
- swimsuit shopping
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