I wonder if other people get as excited about second hand leather jackets bought at stoop sales as I do. Twenty for the jacket and a few extra bucks for a couple of super cool fall/winter caps and I'm all aglow with joy, filled with enough goodness to last the rest of the day.

Plus I have enough diapers and wipes to last the next ninety days, a backup deodorant stick for me and a fully stocked fridge (including 24 ice cream sandwiches in the freezer) so I'm feeling pretty full of it right now.

It's funny how often I let things wane and then wallow in my own self-propelled deprivation. When in the groove of life, when it's all about flow, it's seems so ludicrous to let household supplies diminish, to let caffeine and sugar run my life instead of going running to stay fit and get mentally energized. But it happens. All the time.

Days like today inform me that there is a better way. Just like reading daily affirmations, it keeps me moving in the right direction. It allows me to quiet down just enough, settle into this chair at my writing desk to give it go, take those ten minutes to write as I've promised myself over and over again I would do. Most of the time though just as my ass is about to hit the cushion, the sock drawer begins hollering that it must be rearranged or suddenly the handwashables need to be attended to right this very minute. But today, for right now, here I am. Doing the work that I want to do rather than having my life be dictated to me by....who? Well, by me. But the School Marm, me. Not the gentle love-thyself me. Today it's all about loving myself and my brand new second-hand beaten up brown leather jacket.

And I just showered, gave myself a manicure, I'm drinking an ice cold Red Stripe on a Sunday afternoon. All while the wee girls naps in the next room.

Now this is what I call a perfect day.