Making headway? or treading water?

Last night: Pleasant dinner after work with pandaulf and Small Cute Boy.

Subsequent trip to the Watertown/Arsenal Mall in which I completed all desired tasks on three principal errands = great success, despite not getting there until 8:20pm due to bus schedule suckage. ( shopping minutiae )

On the outbound trip, finished reading Winter's Tale (which I bought at Arisia). Must... reread... immediately! On the return trip, finished reading a pretty cool article on Esther from the Journal of Biblical Literature 120:4 (yeah, a little light reading, I know, but I did like it) for my women's tefilah group meeting/Purim seudah this Sunday evening.

Got home and delivered musicjill her music stand, which she'd forgotten in the car upon returning from the retreat last Sunday. Stopped off and bought OJ and, since I was in the Store 24, eggs. ( brief digression on eggs )

Got into bed at 11pm and began reading Girl with a Pearl Earring, which I received as a Valentine's Day present. I totally dig it. ( details )

Proceeded to have dreams involving illicit kisses with someone on whom I have a minor crush IRL (who is older than me, and married, although he isn't an artist). Gee, I wonder where that came from.

Got, if not 8 hours, a good 7 hours of sleep. This, too, contributes to noticeable dream activity. Felt pretty good today overall. Maybe that's the sleep; maybe also the new skirt. :-)

This afternoon: Got a call from someone new at the place I do freelance catalog work for. ( more good news )

( And the rest of tonight's to-do list: )

So overall, I am at least making some progress on the logistical front. I'm still not sure about the emotional/interpersonal front; there, in particular, I still seem to be treading water more than anything. But perhaps the above is enough for one or two days.