I have a new bicycle….

I feel really good today, same goes for most of yesterday and Sunday too. Which is awesome because up until about then I’ve been feeling really crabby and upset for no particular reason at all. I was afraid I had another depression coming on, or otherwise would never be happy again. But it’s not so and I’m eating mints at my desk right now, basking in the enjoyment I just got from Brad Cran’s poem 2010 Handbook for Entering Canada. Go read it now so you can also be glad that Vancouver has a poet laureate who makes meaningful commentary.

I think that besides the poem, my new haircut and my new bicycle are helping out on the joy front. I like the way I look, and I have a sweet new ride at the same time! And somehow, the cycling is easier than I remember it being back when I used to ride to work every once and awhile (and was way out of shape). I’m learning all about the Vancouver greenway plan as a result of looking up bicycle outings I can take M. on in the spring and summer which is another cool offshoot of the bicycle – it’s something her and I can do together (along with B. of course!)

Our studio is coming along beautifully even though the yard is all churned up at the moment. The paperwork for the Gibsons house is signed off and my realtor offered to pay for a cleaner as a thanks for my business. That means no oven-scrubbing for me (thank-you very much) on the 28th.

And I have flowers to plant in the boxes out front and the sun is supposed to shine straight through the upcoming weekend. So that’s how I’m doing, despite my Olympic angst which I’m working to minimize as best as I possibly can (focus. focus on the positives….)