*happy dance*

Today is a happy day. Would you like to know why? ...because I've declared it as such! *smiles* A few items on the list of good news are the following: 1. The weather is fabulous; a dreary day at about seventy degrees so far. 2. I woke up with a smile on my face. (weird, eh?) 3. My socks don't match, and I like it that way. 4. There is a squirrel at the door, doing its best to get inside. 5. I was only paralyzed for (brace yourself) one hour yesterday! 6. I'm coming home tomorrow! 7. I can't really think of anything to put here, so we're just going to say that I'm thankful I made it to the number seven, because it is sure to be my favorite number! I have decided to leave my walkman behind at the house today while I go into the office. I am happy enough that should I decide I need music, which is probable, I will sing something! I am going to try to buckle down and actually focus on some science. Something tells me that my treatment is going to go remarkably well today. I am full of elation. In the words of Relient K, "It's funny how you find you enjoy your life when you're happy to be alive." I'm not really looking forward to the car ride home tomorrow, but the end is worth the means. I will try to make time to work on my story later today, but I won't make any promises. I'd like to say that I'm sorry for being so inconsistent in working on it. The likelihood of me working on it a bit more when I'm home, in Iowa, is higher than of it being worked on here. So, you may just have to wait until late tomorrow night or Saturday. Sorry folks. My plans while I'm home include visiting a youth group in Winterset that is filled with a bunch of old friends. *sighs* Good times... It will be nice to see them again. I'd also like to get my best friend to come and stay the night with me at least one of the nights I'm home. Other than that, I'm just going to wing it! I'm sure everyone has their own agendas for when I'm home, but I figure I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride, smiling all the way. I would really like to move home for good sometime soon. You're probably sick of hearing me whine and mope about living so far away from everyone, but it's a lot harder than you'd think. After over five months of living in Branson, I want to go home. *sigh* Oh well, enough of this sorrow! I'm getting better, so I will be going home. I will be reevaluated during physical therapy today. We'll then see if we can figure out a date when I can be released to do my exercises on my own in Iowa. w00t! Well, as it seems, I have not eaten anything thus far today. My stomach is grumbling at me, "blub blub feed me blub blub", or something along those lines. I guess that's my cue to exit from the stage. I send you my love! God bless you. *waves happily*