Once in awhile...

...the bubbling hormones recede long enough to take a breath, look around and appraise your own life with a fairly clear eye.

Once in awhile, you get to work from home with your laid-off-but-making-a-new-go-of-it-fiancè. You get your work done before 6pm and you have time to make a simple dinner together.

Once in awhile, you realize things are basically okay. Nothing big is happening, but nothing bad, too. Take another breath. You get to do that, too. You get this day; this simple, no big deal, day that feels like the best day of your life, so far.

...and once in awhile, you realize, you sure have a lot of cats and that sure is a wonderful feeling.