small satisfactions

With Karen gone for a few days (law conference in San Diego, and then to Pasadena to prepare for her mother's 99th birthday party, this weekend), PLUS the full moon, I hardly slept last night.

Instead, I spent hours (or so it seemed) compiling a list of all the things that had to be done today. There were almost a dozen, and, as of 12:30 pm, all but two are completed, including doing the first major lawn-mowing of the year.

Now, I can coast for a couple of hours.