Top 10 Things About My Life Today

10 - Hearing Layla's crying over the baby monitor, Carson came over to stroke it gently and coo into it like a mic, "It's okay, sweetie. Don't cry. You'll be okay."

9 - Carson's extreme pride when her crying [editor's note: coincidentally] stopped shortly thereafter.

8 - Layla's dropping a toy this morning and exclaiming, "Oh, doodness!"

7 - New books from the library (including two for me) and, on an unrelated note, Carson's long nap (2 hours and counting).
6 - An hour-long episode of The Office on tonight.

5 - Paul's encouraging of me to sleep in this morning even though I had a lot to do.
4a - A dinner plan ready to go.

4b - That dinner plan being pizza.

3 - Carson's and Layla's valiant efforts to be pleasant despite their both still having an unrelenting case of the yuckies.
2 - John & Jenn's anticipated visit tonight to help reinstall the bathroom stuff and hang out.
1 - The leaves are beautiful, the sun is out, the box elder bugs have decreased their numbers to a mere 100,000 outside our house (down from about 80 million), and the silver lining is shining once again (it appears to have been down for maintenance over the past few days, but it's polished up now and back in business).