October 23, 2006

Music: Barenaked Ladies Maroon
Reading: Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5.5
Quote: "My career had all the straight-line consistency of a tangled ball of yarn. Did I know where I was headed? Absolutely not! Did I plan my career moves in a logical progression? Absolutely not. There was no grand design. I was a California boy, stumbling cheerfully through life, succeeding, falling on my face, picking myself up and plunging ahead, holding onto some simple values, trying to live with a civil heart as someone said, always learning, always trying, always wondering." – "My Career" by John W. Gardner

Good things that happened today:
1. Seven rows of knitting done!
2. At work, I got to pet the doggy. And I sat on the floor, and he was so happy to see me that he was nuzzling into my belly and when I tried to get up he almost knocked me over.
3. Dickens knitting group. And the dog and kitten were both being ADORABLE! Plus tea and French pastry.
4. Discovered that there is a good French bakery fairly nearby.
5. Made it through five chapters of The Last of the Mohicans without dying.
6. Finished a chunk of stuff at work.