Here and there.

• I bought vacuum cleaner. A Miele. I love it. It's black and silver, though I chose it for other reasons. However, it coordinates very well with my home's color scheme.
• I vacuumed the whole apartment the day I brought it home. There are no longer little rocks on the floor in the 3-foot (half) radius around front door. And Booboo was pretty comfortable around it, which is a huge change from how he was with the previous vaccuum.
• At the store, the registration process for the 10-year free warranty (!!!) asked for the reason for buying a vacuum. There was not an option for "My ex left me for another woman and took the vacuum cleaner with him." So the guy at the store said I should just choose "Replacing a broken vacuum."
• My new Miele rolls behind me so easily, like a happy little puppy following me around. It was on sale, plus I even got an extra $40 off because I took one that had an almost invisible scratch on the bottom. Honestly, I probably did more damage to it on its maiden voyage around the apartment the other day.
• You know the risk I talked about in the last two paragraphs of this post? Well? It worked out!!!! It's really almost a miracle. Like..."the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too." Yeah, I am pretty excited about the artistic opportunity. And it's affirmation that good things can happen when we risk.
• I've been going once a week to a drawing studio with models since January. I really enjoy the time drawing and come out of there feeling much better. And I now have lots of drawings of people....au naturel. 
• Next up? Ballet. I am hoping there might be a spring or summer class I can try... 
• Booboo is still being extra affectionate. It's so nice to come home to him.
• Today I was walking home and unsure if the tears that escaped my eyes were because it was so cold or because I was sad.
  
• I haven't been using lip balm, and my lips feel less dry than they have in ages. Way better than when I was lip balm addict. Is lip balm a racket?
• I really should buy a ladder. I need to change some light bulbs at some point.
• And a new ceiling light. I have been using a little lamp and some candles to compensate for the lack of light while dining.
• Oh, my new computer now has all my data on it and is set up for me. Ahhhh. I am very thankful for all the help I had with that.
• I am going to go eat a chocolate cupcake with really amazing peanut butter icing. These are amazing and are probably my favorite cupcakes ever. However, when I made these most recent cupcakes, I did not have time to do the amazing one's cake part, so the ones I have now actually have a different cake which is fine. But I did make the delicious icing of the amazing cupcakes. Yum!
• The other day (actually the night I was making the cupcakes), I had to run to the corner store to go get eggs. Mid-recipe. Oops. Anyhow, I grumpily bundled up then stepped outside. It was about 10:30 p.m., and everything was covered in glittery snow. It was magical. The grumpiness evaporated, and I was just thankful to have had the chance to see another night with glittery snow.
• Speaking of snow, it is still very much winter here.
• But spring will come one day. I know it.