Good Things

The maintenance person from my property management company called me ahead of time to schedule his visit, as per my request, since I wanted to gate The Dog in the bedroom to avoid the possibility of an escape attempt. He arrived and fixed everything except for the issue I'd described incorrectly. When he saw I was home from work and he was still on the property, he knocked on my door to check and make sure everything was o.k. Which it is, since there is no longer a hole in my front door, a gap in my window screen, or a faucet in my apartment that I cannot turn off completely.

Somehow it has happened that I am working four-day weeks four times in a row. The week after that I am going to what I think will be a very interesting training on Thursday and Friday. I like my job quite a lot, but one must admit that this is pretty cool.

Last week, I was considering buying plane tickets to Amarillo for a family reunion and found out that Southwest will reprice your tickets if fares drop on your flight in the future. So I bought them instead of waiting, and I put it on my calendar to check weekly just in case. Fares for our flights have jumped $50 apiece since then. I didn't want to pay as much as I did to visit Amarillo, but I'm sure glad I didn't pay $100 more.

When C-Man opened his birthday present today, it really was what I ordered. Since I hadn't bothered to open the box it arrived in, it would have been awkward if it didn't turn out to be the Akira Kurosawa Criterion Collection Box Set. Which I got on sale.

I am sure the gnats in my apartment will be dead very soon.