hat in the air

if you are of my vintage you will remember the mary tyler moore show where while the opening themesong would play "you're going to make it afterall" she would walk halfway through an intersection, twirl around and throw her hat up in the air. in a moment of a sort of revelry and joy about where she is in her life.

well, except for the fact that it's 80 degrees, sunny instead of cold and snowy and i'm not wearing a hat to throw up in the air, and i'm not in the middle of an intersection (and instead sitting in an adirondack chair photographing a woodpecker on a nearby tree)- that's kind of how i feel right now this minute.

i really like my new job. i like the hours. i really like the people. i really like my new city. i really my new apartment that i will move into in September (and saw again yesterday.) i'm just happy about everything that is in my life right now.

that is not to say that i'm not unhappy about some things that aren't- but hey, if you can't have everything, it's pretty nice to have at least a few nice things.

then to top it off, i found out today that i will make just a wee bit more monthly in my retirement check than what i thought i would plus they sent me a nice little check to make up for the amount they shorted me in the last two months.

seriously, it's my lucky day of a lucky time in my life. i should buy a lottery ticket.

i really might make it after all myself. who woulda thought it?