Alive

Today was one of those rare days when loads of things went well.

I'm fully prepared for not to be like that but I'd like to at least pay tribute to what went right, after a shaky start.

after the too-long early telecon, I woke the Cat up at the right time. I later learned that he was happy about it.

when I got to McHida, Starbucks was open, so I went in and got a frappuccino and hot chicken sandwich.

My iPod played all the right stuff on my way to work.

I was focused about finishing my article when I worked this morning.

It dawned on me at lunchtime that thd article deadlind wasn't tomorrow, but in 7 days' time.

As I was getting ready to send an e-mail to TW about the flat, the Cat rang and texted to say that the landlord had accepted my application! Next step is contract, said he!

I rang TW to impart the good news. This led to the sort of entirely reasonable question0you get from a man who's supposed to leave for Honolulu in 4 days...

When DHB asked me if I'd verified the exact flag values during the real-time check, I was able to confirm that they were right, even though I'd done it on the fly.

I bought two Haruki Murakami books months ago and selected which one to read first in no particular order. I finished early this week. The second one picks up where the first left off.

There followed another meeting by telecon, then more contact with the cat and then I came home late. But met the Cat at the station for tantan men.

As I left the train station, I felt alive for the first time in months...