Things today that were great: sleeping in, waking up to a phone call from a potential future employer, setting up a job interview with said employer, hot shower, getting dressed for work, receiving a phone call from another potential future employer, walking to work, putting out desserts (nibbling on chocolate ganache pieces that I had to cut off to make the cake prettier ;), slow morning allowed me to go to the co-op next door for a Builder's bar and a kombucha, chatting with co-workers about relationships, making whipped cream and serving it to an excited customer with a pavlova, tasting the soup (an amazingly tasty roasted butternut squash soup with gruyere), being told by a stranger that I have a beautiful smile (aw shucks), making myself a delicious salad while chatting with co-workers and boss about fitness, enjoying a delicious lunch which included the butternut squash soup (yum!), fun jokes at the lunch table, finding out that there was leftover soup that I could take home (yay! I'm gonna have a bowl when I get home!), informing my boss that I am job hunting, listening to music while cleaning up, making my way home to discover my roommate is completely moved out and left me with some things I needed (thanks girl), finding myself softened by her generosity, changing my outfit and walking down to my job interview, going to the wrong building but seeing a friend there that I had just been thinking of (wondering where he had said he was working now... Turns out it was there!), making it to the site of the interview and enjoying a relaxed and fun chat with the sales manager who conducted the interview, feeling confident that I made a good impression and finding myself surprisingly intreagued by the prospect of such a job, feeling it out as I walked home, stopping by an awesome bargain outlet and finding things I needed for my home (bath rug, dish towels, pasta strainer, cooking knives, batteries) all for super cheap! Realizing that I could go there for my curtains and rugs and stuff (everything, really), walking home and enjoying taking my new treasures out and putting them all away (my first set of kitchen knives! And even a block to keep them in on the counter! Cool!), taking a little nap, emailing the sales manager decisively saying yes I am interested in doing this job, giving it over to the Universe now, making the best chicken ever (marinated in the sauce from the leftover pork tenderloin from last week. Holy yum batman!) on top of spring mix, lounging about, fighting off sleep because I hadn't been to the gym yet, having a good conversation with my mom on the phone, cuddling with my doggie, watching my Zuzka video of the day, eating carrots and peanut butter, listening to Sean Connery recite a poem called Ithaca (a very beautiful suggestion to enjoy the journey of life while you are on your way to your dreams, savoring the waiting and becoming rich with wisdom and worldly experience along the way), finally mustering up the will to go to the gym, bundling up and singing my way here, arriving and kicking ass (enjoying the visible changes in my body as I jumped rope with high knees), stretching, lying in shivasana for a long while, anticipating a delicious bowl of soup when I arrive home.
It's been a good day. Full of potential changes and all of the ensuing emotions when such changes begin to take place. Excitement, ambivalence, curiosity, and more excitement. I can't wait to see what's just around the river bend!
Love,
Adrienne 
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