Those Perfect Days

Ever have one of those days when everything in the world seems to go right?

I had one.

It started early on Friday. We got up, took the boy to grandma's, then off to school for the husband.

I went over and interviewed for a job. It is the first job that I applied for and it was a tedious process. I called the number they gave, and a nice young lady asked me a bunch of questions. Now, this is the first time I've ever done a phone application, but, hey, what the heck. Once we were done, I was sent home to get my social security card (which I normally carry with me, but of course, not this time) I come back. They put me on a computer and, wow, I get to put all my information in again, okay. Then comes a typing test. Passed that. Then comes the "mock up test" where I get to run a simulater of what they do. Pass that with flying colors. Then comes the interview. Then I get to go to the floor and observe what they are doing. Then comes another interview, and another. Then back to the first guy who offers me a job.

I HAVE A JOB!

The starting pay is only ten cents less then what I finished the other job with. But, I will be working on Saturdays, which, pays a dollar more per hour. So, in the end. I am starting at the same pay that I had to work nearly two years to get at my last job.

Plus, I will have every Sunday and Monday off guaranteed.

This process lasted until it was time for me to go get the husband, which I did. Then the boy.

We decided, that despite being a little tight on money, we could afford lunch out. We went to a nice little place and I had wonderful stuffed pasta shells. The boy was wonderfully behaved and kept us laughing.

We got home, and the older boy came home from school. He got his report card. He's doing so well this year.

Then our daughter came home, she also got her report card. At midterm she was failing alot of subjects because she wasn't turning in her homework. So, she has spent the last two months grounded. No video games, no television, no phone, no friends over, no going over to friends. Her job was to come home, do her homework, and fill the rest of her time with chores. She was told that this would be the way it was until we saw an improvment in her grades.

She brought them all up to passing, and even earned a few A's and a B.

YAY! I was running out of chores!

So, I sit at the computer and pull up my email. Now, excitement shines through because Best Buy has sent us our reward coupons. See, if you use this little card each time you buy something, you get points, and they send you coupons based on those points. We started the program when we bought my computer, printer, digital camera, and all the fill in things that went with it. We now had fifty dollars to spend at Best Buy.

So, we all pile into our van ( did I mention we got to pick our van up from the mechanic, so now we have two running vehichles?) and we head up to Best Buy.

After much searching, we ended up with the Die Hard trilogy and a movie for the kids, and, one more for us.

But, because we are probably the last people on the planet who don't own the Lord of the Rings trilogy. we looked for that. They had all but the first one, at some outragous price and we decide to pass.

Head over to the used CD and DVD store we love to go to and Chris finds the first two. One of them doesn't have a cover, which, doesn't really thrill, but, they are less then twenty dollars. They of course, don't have the third one. We debate it a while and decide to go ahead and get the two they do have because they are such a good price. He goes to the car and I go up to pay. As he is looking for the disks, I notice he has an unopeaned one behind the counter, it's a dollar more. I ask about it and he assures me that indeed, it has not be used before, I trade them out, I mention I need the third, he says I'm in luck because he just got one in, did I want it. HELL YES!

Chris was grinning like crazy when I showed him. He was very excited.

We got home, tossed in Die Hard, and all settled in front of the television to eat. A very rare thing for us, so the kids were on their best behavior.

Chris moved to my computer to see about installing the second sims for me and I curled up on his spot of the couch to work on my sewing. My youngest calls it "yarning" and seems to be obsessed with watching me do it. I was content to have him curl up against me.

Saturday I woke up and my daughter had somehow managed to get the boys to help her in suprising Mom and Dad. She had fed them breakfast and cleaned up the house, including doing the vacuming. I wanted to weep the serenity of it all.

Today we are going to go to grandma's and grill burgers. I've had the meat seasoned for two days now. The children and I are going to plant my favorite flowers in the flower box we fixed last weekend while Chris helps out with repairs around the house. Grandma said she is going to buy German potato salad. The day looks good.

Life feels good.