Things have changed.

I woke up at 6:20 am, to the sun rising and a clear sky. A chilly, nice-feeling morning, when I took the dog into the backyard. In the past two hours, the outside has been transformed to a murky-brown overcast of pre-rain. Wait, no, as I was typing this, I stopped to look out the window and now it is officially raining. Leaving the house is going be a bit harder now.

Also, I don't understand why large companies that are making money discontinue products that are amazing. I am wearing the most perfect t-shirt in the world, except it is imperfect that I don't have more of them in various colors and sizes (I mostly wear mediums, but sometimes I want larges). I found it in the clearance bin at TJ Maxx and in my looking online, can find no more anywhere else, everyone is out of stock and its not being made anymore. It is soft and well-tailored and held up after being washed. O! Universe, why, must I bear this cross?

My Presidential Tax Refund went through right before the weekend. Ok, I am spending some of it on non-needs, like a few meals out and a $10 necklace, but most of it I'm putting into a savings account and start drawing out monthly deposits from my paycheck too. I'm finally starting one of those damn things. I've been following the pay-down-your-debt-first strategy for the past couple years, and I'm far from done with that, but I want to do both because I figure, if some emergency comes up, or even smaller cash needs like an unexpected plane ticket ot medical bill or something, I'd rather have cash to pay than have to reload the credit card balances and put myself back in the same boat. Also, its a sort of philosophical/political act for me, of going against the unsustainable ways our larger economy and microcosm economies are perpetuating. Even though I'm sometimes strapped for cash a few days before a paycheck, I can't honestly and in good conscience say I live paycheck to paycheck, since I'm sure my privilege, education and good looks, er, friends, I mean, could get me a few months time to straighten it all out; but even so, I don't always have the luxury to act in every minor way of resistance I would like to do with money. So it feels good.

Even though I still kinda want to buy some bottles of cologne from Lucky Scent, and new shoes, and new clothes, and maybe a new ipod. Hey, I'm human.

Let's go make a family.

vfc found this first. Its making me all warm and runny inside with its simplicity and earnestness. Plus, this is a favorite song of mine. I remember being a kid when it came out and my best friend and I would giggle during the lyric in my subject line because we like "they're talking about making babies! That means having sex!!"

This video is recommended for People Fond of 80s R&B Love Songs. And Ukulele Aficionados.

Happy Monday. And I have a feeling I might be posting a lot today to make up for lost time.