Five Good Things: Random Friday Edition

001. Tom made me sit down and watch TV with him on Wednesday night, even though the sink was completely full of dirty dishes and the counters needed some serious help. “You know how they do that thing with heroin addicts where they lock them in a room and don’t let them have any heroin?” he asked. “Well, we’re going to try that with you and cleaning.”  And you know what? It worked. I even fell asleep on the couch.

002. Turning off all the lights except for the tree and cozying up in my slippers, even if I’m more likely to be eating Honey Nut Cheerios out of the box and hollering at Iron Chef (“OYSTER ICE CREAM. Are you watching this? He’s making OYSTER ICE CREAM.”) than demurely sipping some peppermint hot cocoa and listening to Burl Ives.

003. True story: We tried this new place for beers last night and the bartender was rude and condescending and horrible, so before we left we tilted the whole bowl of complementary matches into my purse. Mature? Maybe not. Satisfying? I mean, YES. Plus we needed matches!

004. My Amazon order came yesterday, full of Christmasy excitement and happiness. Nothing says Holiday Time like a giant box full of nifty gifties on the stoop.

005. This weekend: gift-wrapping, cookie-baking, Netflix-watching, contacts-getting, coffee-drinking, apartment-tidying, plus Abbey’s Hannukah party and a trip to the Christmas Pops on Monday night.  I am so happy.

Bonus! This song is so nerdy, and I love it so much. I’ve been rocking out to it on Pandora Christmas all week.

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