Life is good

Friday, got most of my personal belongings home from work. If I'm going to be walked out the door, I'd rather be carrying only a small pile of stuff.

Saturday, attended a beautiful Japanese Buddhist wedding ceremony. It was short, but not simple; it was bilingual; it was steeped in tradition and symbolism; it was truly lovely. At the reception, people who offered toasts spoke from the heart about friendship, happiness, love, continuity, family, and sharing. I thought back to the most recent wedding I had attended, one with a combination business meeting / awards-ceremony kind of flavor. By contrast, this one warmed my heart.

Paid bills on the plane ride back. Envelopes need only to be stamped and mailed. It feels good to have all the paper fiddly-bits done.

Immediately upon arrival, went in to work and got all my personal crap off my machines there. That lowers my stress level immensely. Where I work, if I remember the last round correctly, folks who get walked out the door are not allowed to touch a computer from the moment they are notified. I'm glad to have all my stuff siphoned off to a CD. I should've been keeping everything neatly organized and divided all along, of course, but I wasn't. I feel a whole lot better now. Whether I get laid off or not, either way, I'll be glad that things at work are much better organized.

Next I rearranged some furniture here at home. This room looks much better. Now I'm sitting at a desk that's a reasonable height for a computer, rather than at a second- or third-hand table that was always uncomfortably tall. jackiecat is curled up on the carpet, snoozing. Life is good.