good things today:

three people won the super seven, which now goes back down and we can all relax...
getting to go home early from work
walking home in the rain
subsequently, hot shower, hot coffee, warm dog
quiet, with opera (not Oprah) and laundry when I got home
new friends at the lottery booth, one who brought me white chocolate
Roy's coming soon
leftover potato salad
Halloween preparations
the Saturday crossword from the Globe and Mail awaits
laziness............................................

yesterday on the way back from class in Burnaby I caught a ferry by jumping onto the cardeck from the rapidly rising ramp... had to walk through a barricade with flashing red lights to do so. And I got home early. (don't worry, I was in no danger, the ferry workers gave me permission, and someone helped me down, and I Did have a ticket...) Next I want to try driving my car over one of those bridges that folds up. Oh, wait, I don't have a car. probably for the best.

I have a doctor's appointment. I've had vertigo nastily since August, it's probably time. However, it's not until the 30th.

I'm sad today. Don't know why, exactly, just wanted to share that. I think it's because I've been so busy. I want to curl up in bed with the dogs and watch the rain. Instead I'm working on all my papers. Rachel's gone to Brownies, M and Kirsten have gone to feed Jane's cats, and Ian is meeting nice people online and shooting them. Warcraft. I can hear the gunfire, intermittently, from the basement.

Despite my self-induced panic, the transition has gone quite smoothly in the new booth. The new owner took over my old one on Wednesday last week, so I got my staff back. Liz likes the tvs at the new booth, although I'm not sure how she's going to like how busy Saturdays are. At least at Rutherford now (my new mall) we have two lottery machines so I can come and help her, which I did on Saturday.