I will apologize in advance for the lack of accomplishing either goal in this but promise to return to both a and b in my next missive, which I am fairly sure is going to to be about Halloween costumes that I plan to embarrass my significant other with over the course of my life.
For now though, I will digress into a numbered list. Bookdock once told me that when I get worked up and stressed out over the demands "not sucking at life" is placing on me I should stop and name five things that I am thankful for. So here goes:
1) That it would appear that I am capable of keeping my sense of humor about me regardless of life's often difficult circumstances and trials. After all, with a face like mine, I better have something else to offer this world.
2) That I am genuinely challenged in my work. I had dinner with a friend on Friday in New York who is an accountant and absolutely hates her job. I don't know what I would do without my career.
3) That I will never be too old or too cool to get "seven-year-old-boy-on-Christmas-morning" excited about the opening day for the Cubs or the prospect of getting a puppy back in my life relatively soon.
4) That I have resilient relationships that have persisted despite vastly divergent paths. That I am and want to remain committed to the people that matter to me without needing a preface or footnote to that sentiment. Those people deserve my loyalty.
5) That I am growing up -- in painful and enjoyable ways all the same. I can see my life ahead of me and by whatever combination of hard work and reasonable fortune, it looks promising enough that I am excited to live it.
post-script: The Chicago Blackhawks post-season run didn't make this list solely due to my incredible superstitious streak.
Now, back to obscure 1990's references: isn't that right Olmec of Legends of the Hidden Temple?
You did not see that coming...-I Heart Palindromes
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