Virtue 10 - Day 1

Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

Honestly, dear reader, I think I should get a pass on this one.  I am, after all, in the middle of a divorce.  While controlling my tongue isn't much of a challenge (see "repression" in an earlier post), you can't expect me to control my thoughts.  That's just not fair.  And Ben was a very fair man.  He wrote the Poor Richard's Almanac, after all.  If he wasn't a fair-minded guy, he wouldn't have shown such consideration for the poor, now would he.

I await your decision.

On another note - today sucked.  I had several unexpected "drop-ins" on Friday who sucked my time away, so I started the day behind.  I then responded to what can only be described as an obscene amount of e-mail requests - I actually sent 15 e-mails in my first 2 hours at work - and guess what - 2 more drop-ins.  So, I basically gave up on trying to get anything major accomplished, and just worked until 3, when I stopped and left.  Some days you just have to do that, I guess.  But I face a desk of half-finished crapola tomorrow, and that makes me cranky.

Oh, and when I got home, I started to do the dishes, cut my finger on a freshly-sharpened knife, and dripped blood all over the floor.

AND I have a Planning Commission meeting tonight, which will be 3 hours with the entertainment value of, oh, watching paint dry.

But - in the interest of our virtue - I present:

SINCERELY AWESOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED TODAY

1.   My Zumba DVD's arrived in the mail.  If you don't know what Zumba is, well, welcome to Planet Earth, Google it and be envious.

2.  I registered for the "Write on the River" conference in Wenatchee, joined the Write on the River club (yes, there's a club, what of it?) and requested my appointment with a literary agent.  It cost all my "fun money" for the next 2 months or so, but it will be worth it.

3.  I got out of finishing the dishes because I was bleeding everywhere.

4.  Synthia is making dinner so I don't have to cook.

Well, there you have it.  Day 1 is in the bag.