Well it's a pretty good day

Days where just about everything goes right are rare, so I need to give yesterday it's props!

1) All Hail The Chief

When I saw Obama give the speech at the Democratic Convention in 2004, I thought "He should run for President. I would sooooo vote for him." Thanks for listening, Barack! I'm not going to go into a long-winded political speech, but, I think this is going to be a very good thing. It is change...and that's what you do when things are going terribly wrong. Do I expect things to be all rainbows and lollypops from now on? No. But I think things are going to happen. And I'm ready to be proud to be from the good ol' U.S. of A. again....

2) Working For A Living

Things at my Place of Employment have not been good for a long while. I haven't been happy anyway and found out a month ago that my job was being eliminated because of budget cuts. Last week I was offered another position at our agency.....a position I don't particularly want (for reasons that go on and on and on). But I am learning not to cut off my nose to spite my face as I get older and was seriously wrestling with whether to take it or not (there are a lot of little factors at play here). I thought I would have to make a decision rather quickly, but have learned that there are options, so I'm glad I have more time and that there are things that may change everything and make it better. Also, after about a week of not seeing any job postings I liked, I found two today. Sending out my resume always makes me feel like I'm trying. There may be hope.

3) Money (That's What I Want)

My parents got me a gift certificate to Amazon for my birthday so I could order an external CD burner. I ordered one at the end of September and learned a few weeks later that UPS showed they delivered it. I saw no evidence of said package. I wrote to the company I ordered it from and they simply wrote back and said "UPS showed it was delivered" I wrote to them and said "well, it ain't here" (you know....something like that) I didn't hear back. I wrote again and they said they'd check with UPS and get back to me. I didn't hear back. I went in to leave this company a negative review and saw someone else had left a comment that said Amazon's A-to-Z Guarantee got them their money back. I tried it. It worked!! Yay for the little guy!!

4) Roamin', Roamin', Roamin'

Things are going swimmingly with the Roaming Penguins! I really need to do a follow-up post with pictures and stories....people are so creative! But the best thing so far is a Yarn Penguin got to meet his Human Penguin! I sent a Marc Andre Penguin to Kaitlin and Nicole and they took him to see Marc Andre Fleury this weekend. I was beyond thrilled.....a real NHL superstar was holding this little thing I created.....just wow! And they explained the project to him, so it wasn't just "here, sign this stuffed animal" Our little roamers are making a big splash!

So, yeah, all the planets were aligned and karma smiled down on me. Doesn't happen very often, so I'll take it when I can get it!!