Today has been the best day!


Badminton was so much fun this morning. I've decided to give everyone a Badminton Hustler names. We're still playing "triples" which isn't technically correct, but the class is overly full, so we have to play 3 on 3. On my team, we've got: Spike Harv, Laurin (whom I haven't figured out what to call yet) and Killer (she named me that). And on the other teams that we faced today, I named Johnny: Bullet McGee, and the two other Jons: Red Jon and Tennessee Jon.


After Badminton, I had my other classes. But then I went to run some secret errands. (B wasn't feeling so well last night, so I stopped by the mall, since it was the closest bookstore, and I bought him some presents.) Then I went across the way, to a Hallmark store, which I usually try to avoid, but I wanted to buy him a card as well. I ended up buying a card for my Nana's birthday and for Lindsi, but then I checked out the clearance section and I saw a bunch of cool stuff for 75% off--now I usually would never say that about a Hallmark store--but I was able to find some birthday presents for my mother-in-law. And I couldn't help myself, but I bought one of my professors a 2004 calendar, because I'm in his office for an hour and a half every Thursday and the man is living with a 2003 calendar. Now, using a year old calendar wouldn't necessarily be that bad, except 2004 is a leap year, so all days are shifted over, not one day, but two days. So for $2.95, I bought him a pretty American landscapes calendar, because looking at the 2003 calendar is driving me insane.


Then I went to Target to buy some printer paper, and a new white bra since my old one ripped in half recently (no, and stop thinking it!). Well, Target must have been going through a huge clearance thing, because everything was red-tagged! So I bought of pair of new sweatpants for $3, and a necklace for $1.98 (I don't know who'll get it, maybe B's sister), and those really fancy pens that Target tries to sell for $8 or $9, marked all the way down to $1.48, so I bought one for me and one for B. And the bras were on sale, too. So I bought two, that way I won't have to worry about it for a while.


But then I mistakenly went down the candle aisle, and I was so good! I didn't buy any of the yummy-smelling candles that were all on clearance. I swear, 'clearance' is my weakness.


Then, when we got home, we had two messages waiting for us. 1) The Two Towers anthology box finally came in at the comic book store, and on top of that, they have a sale going on where all back issues of comic books are only 25¢ and all graphic novels are 10% off.


And the second message?


Lesley University called to tell me that I was accepted to their Creative Writing MFA program. I wasn't home, but it was a message on the answering machine.


So much good news today. Almost too much to handle!




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