I totally hit three successive critical successes today, on my quest for The Golden Passport.
Critical Success the first: My mom found a copy of my birth certificate at their house, so I didn’t need to brave the Isle of Norwalk.
Critical Success the second: Though I was hit by someone’s evil Level 8 Create Traffic on the 10 Freeway, I successfully cast Change Appointment to 12:00!
Critical Success the last: I don’t know if I had cast a Charm Person on everyone there, or if I had truly walked into a lair of wonderful, kind, benevolent Government Employees . . . but every single person there was SO NICE!!! (nod to Teen Girl Squad).
I was stunned at how helpful, polite, patient, and reassuring everyone was.
The woman who processed my application was so great, I asked her if I could drop a note to someone, letting them know how kind she was, and she said — get this — “You don’t need to do that, I’m just doing my job. I’m glad I could help you.”
Can you believe it?!
And my iBook came back from Apple three days early, so I was able to pick her up today on my way home. My iBook is named “feynman,” but I call it a her. Is that weird? Sort of, huh?
I picked up a blogging book at the book store to use as a reference when I put the final touches on my class for the cruise, and . . . I’m in it!! I had completely forgotten that I’d done the interview, but it’s right there, and very funny, too. The book is called “Blogging: Instant Strategies for blah blah blah (if you wanna see the whole title click here.) The book is by Biz Stone, and it’s not only funny . . . it’s USEFUL too!
Oh, and one other really nifty thing that happened today: When I drove to my mom and dad’s house to get my birth certificate, I saw a sticker on one of those diamond-shaped, reflective yellow signs that means “Don’t drive here or you’ll regret it.”
It’s our Thought For Today:

“You are a beautiful person.”

When I read that, it put a huge smile on my face, filled me with joy, and I said, out loud, “Thank you, sign!”
Awesome 🙂