Yesterday was an awesome day. And I don't even have a reason for it. Here's what happened yesterday:

* I went to Walgreens.
* I continued to be sick as a dog, with congestion all up in the house and a giant sinus headache.
* I ate a mediocre pecan danish. A pecan from the danish stabbed me in the gum, and then my gum swelled up.
* My mom went outside and returned to tell me that someone, at some point in the day, had totally BACKED INTO MY CAR OR SOMETHING and there is now a huge dent in the driver's side rear door.

But all day yesterday, I just kept thinking, "wow, today is an awesome day! It's gorgeous outside, and life is great and the jasmine in the front yard smells so wonderful!"

It was great, but I kept wondering if someone had replaced my regular coffee with Folgers Crystals granulated MDMA.

And today--today is ALSO SHAPING UP TO BE AWESOME! FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER! I would be worried if I wasn't so satisfied.

Unrelated to being caught in the crossfire of random awesomeness, but definitely not detracting from it at all, I've come across a not unattractive, not unintelligent fellow on the internets. (And possibly most excitingly, he is an L.A. native! It is too sad, this thing about me, where if you were born in L.A. I automatically think that's the most intriguing thing about you.)

And now, I am off to CARPE this fantastic DIEM! Which I will do by sitting on the couch, hacking up a lung, watching basketball and smelling jasmine (when my nose works). Just like yesterday.

Oh! Oh! Here is another awesome thing that happened yesterday: my great aunt sent me an afghan she had crocheted expressly for my use. I had no idea she was up to such shenanigans. And it kind of wonderfully smells all over like old lady, but in the comfy safe way, not the musty stale way.