I got flowers from Adam today! Well... not really from Adam. I went over to a friend's house for dinner, and her husband (who is Adam's friend) brought me flowers and chocolate from Adam. Good enough for government work, as they say. I was pretty happy.
It's good to get out of the house. Now that it's warming up a little I want to be outside with the dogs more. Benji, the foster dog, has been driving me a little crazy lately with misbehavior. My family seems to be worried about me fostering, concerned that I'll get attached and want to keep him. I'll tell you what, it's not looking likely tonight. Max was on the couch chewing on a pressed rawhide bone and Benji came up and growled at Max until I took the treat and put it on a high shelf (to prevent a fight), and then Benji sat and cried under the shelf until my head was pounding and I gave in and gave him the bone. I'm such a wimp!
I've been unimpressed with my own strength in other ways lately. Caving in to these winter blues. Whining about deployment. Spending time wallowing in a funk instead of working on job applications, cleaning the house, cooking, or going to the gym. Okay, I've been doing all of those things, but just enough to get by. I need a dose of military discipline around here! I'm gonna have to give it to myself tomorrow, though. Tonight I just need some Excedrin and an early bedtime.
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postscript. I just Googled the phrase "good enough for government work" and discovered that the original meaning was "of a very high quality, passing stringent standards" although the current usage is "barely passing, close enough." Very interesting! I think it shows more about the creep of irony and cynicism than any changes in actual governance, but who knows.
