5 grats (to balance out the suck...)

1) The non-verbal autistic boy and his mama who were dancing in the produce aisle at Trader Joe's yesterday. He was grunting and smiling and flapping his arms and she was smiling and happy for him, not embarrassed or apologetic at all. I heart them.

2) I dreamt that I saw Neko Case at the Rialto theater and met her before the show. In my dream she gave me three joints rolled in purple paper, though in real life I don't partake of the ganja, nor as far as I know does Neko Case. Wonder what that means???

3)Got to sleep in due to my half-day. That was nice.

4)Mostly clean house, mostly full fridge, mostly complete to-do list.

5)Got some really good extra-long spaghetti from Trader Joe's. All semolina, imported from Italy and cheap!