It's the little victories that count. Those, and the word "jalopy." (3 Good Things From 1/26/10)

The only thing bad about a half day of work is the full day of work that follows it. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that lottery ticket I bought yesterday is a winner, so by tomorrow I may be 'puting from Hawaii. Here's the 3 Good Things from yesterday I'll use to keep me cheery today:

1. I'll lead with a classic: leftover pizza for lunch while driving home listening to sports talk radio. I had a deposition in Milwaukee -- the reason I got to come home early after finishing that up -- and the ride home allowed me to eat my lunch as I drove and listened to sports talk radio, combining two of my favorite things (sports talk radio and not working), plus lunch was leftover homemade pizza, which meant I hit the trifecta.

2. Mr Bunches and I found a third car that works on his Hot Wheels track. Mr Bunches got a double-loop Hot Wheels track for Christmas, and we regularly run his collection of Hot Wheels down it. Up until yesterday, only two of his nine cars made it through both loops on a regular basis, with the others crashing. But we found a red jalopy yesterday that also makes it through the loops.

3. I worked ahead on Sweetie's Tuesday Presents. Yesterday, I gave Sweetie her Tuesday present -- an "electronic" scented candle that's not really electronic. It's a candle-shaped and candle-scented and candle-feeling thing that has a light instead of a flame, so Sweetie can have all the romance of a real candle with none of the scorched-cat-fur smell of a real candle. I had that present early, and I was able yesterday to get next week's Tuesday present, so I'm ahead of the game.