I can't say these are earth shattering life markers I'm hitting...but seeing as I'm in a in place in my life where I discipline myself to make my bed right away as a preventative measure to not get back into it...I have to say, I have accomplished quite a bit today and it's not even 2:00 pm (as I write this)....

1) For the first time in the TEN YEARS I have lived without a parking space (a miracle in itself...you have to live in my neighborhood to truly understand the degree of skill, faith, and adaptability this circumstance requires), that I was home (i.e., not at work) on a street cleaning day, I REMEMBERED TO MOVE MY CAR BEFORE GETTING SMACKED WITH A $45 TICKET (trust me, this is huge)!!!!!!!

2) Less ground-breaking, but important nonetheless: I did my laundry, and hand washed my delicates (boring, and, yet, so necessary).

3) I bought a REAL CHRISTMAS TREE (another first)!!! And we're not talking some Trader Joe's little bush, this is a genuinely cut-down, tree that's going to get dry and brown and shed needles all over my apartment till late January (my life rocks)!!!!!

4) Made it to Wireless Coffee Shop Land before 1:00 pm (yet, another first) (the earliest I have managed to get here, so far has been 3:00 pm).

Just for today, I can have a successful morning.