The Rain of Luck

At the beginning of this week, I've just been hitting a really lucky break. I mean...real luck, like astounding, out-of-the-blue things that are making me think the universe is really shifting its gears and giving me a break.

First off, like I mentioned before, I managed to score an 80% on my second business calculus test. I felt pretty good at that triumph, but at the same time it almost felt like a present. Somehow. I accepted the grade with gratitude. When I realized that had a "lucky break" I didn't think anymore would occur.

And then, literally out of the blue, I read a mysterious email in my inbox. The email was from LiveJournal. That email stated that a fellow LiveJournal user actually gifted me a paid account for a year! I don't know what inspired allah_sulu to just give a random guy on a dying blogging site a $25 gift, but I thought that gift was truly an epic example of random kindness. On top of the new account level, another LJ user gifted me a random virtual gift to me, too (bad_acid). It was a wind-fall of LJ-goodness. So now I have all these features that I should really begin to utilize, but I've been busy with the monumental yard work I still have to start.

And speaking of the yard: While I was driving all over Urbana to various green-houses, I experienced more luck, too. I was at the green house on University Ave (I forgot the name) shopping for prairie grasses and flowers for the dead corner of the back yard. While I was at the check-out aisle, I looked over my shoulder and saw a really nice wind chime that was made in Texas. I looked at the price and I could see that it was $60. I was like, "What the Hell," so I bought the wind chime. The manager who was checking me out told me that since that wind chime was there for a long time she was going to give me a discount. I was pretty excited about that, but I didn't expect a 25% discount on an expensive item! The wind chime was originally $60, but the new price was $45. I saved $15...and I think that is luck, too! I mean, again, how many random -- but awesome -- events can happen back-to-back in such a short amount of time?

On Monday: A good test grade; A gifted paid account on LiveJournal.
On Tuesday: An unexpected discount at the green house; The LJ virtual gift.

So...does luck run out? I'm about to start a huge yard project that will either be great, or atrocious. I would really like the hard work I'm going to do to be actually worth it. I want, first off, the dead corner of the back yard to look nice...instead of burned by the sun. I also want to do something nice for Kevin since he has supported me, and still supports me still; I guess I'm trying to make my half of the relationship amicable. I want to say that I did "something" for him without him nagging me to start something, or finish something, or to try something new. The yard project will take several days. I know this. The yard isn't the only thing I have to do. I also told Kevin that I would surprise him with a chocolate cake. Hell, I've never made one of those before. I'm worried that I'll ruin the cake and I would have wasted the time and energy into a botched recipe.

Anyway...that is the future, and the future is unknowable until I observe it. The yard...I'm hoping...will be OK. The cake -- which I promised Kevin, which means I have to bake it -- should be OK. The house will be OK when I clean it, too. The house chores are the least of my problems.

I have quite a bit on my plate for the foreseeable future.

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