What a beautiful morning

I can already tell that today is going to be great, this despite going to bed at almost midnight and getting up at my usual time of 0430. Why? Well, first, I was able to get out of bed; that’s always something to be thankful for, although it’s easy to forget sometimes. Next, I finally got the book review template to work the way it should– if you look on the right-hand column of this page, under the “What I’m reading: dead trees” section, you’ll see some links that now connect to a MySQL database of book reviews. I still have some kinks to work out, plus a huge backlog of reviews to type in, but the basic feature works OK and the template doesn’t look too bad. Try it out.
The big news is that late last night we spoke to our REALTOR and got the full scoop on the offer. The money’s a little low, but they want to close very soon, which suits us just fine. We issued a counteroffer, which we, our REALTOR, and the buyer’s agent all expect to be accepted. Hopefully by the end of the day we’ll have a contract, which is the other reason today has such great potential. I also get to play hooky this morning and take the boys to the Space & Rocket Center. What else could I possibly ask for?
Update: a friend of mine who lost his job as an Exchange admin a couple of months ago just got a new job. Good karma all around!