Whoa! O_O (woo-woo warning, but positive news)

This morning I was in the shower when I heard the phone ringing. I decided to stay in the shower, rather than leap out dripping wet, which was my instinct. You see, I just *knew* it was someone calling about a summer job for my child. I sternly reminded myself that we have an answering machine.

When I did emerge from the bathroom, demurely clad in my robe, I went into my office to check the answering machine. No light was blinking. So I ran downstairs to see what the caller ID device had recorded, as I was still certain it was a job offer for the samurai. (Who had been alseep when I went into the shower. Although, when I emerged, I'd noticed her door was open.)

My kid was downstairs reading the paper. And she had been awakened by the phone, and gone in to hear the message while I was still in the shower, and, since she'd heard the message, that was why the light was no logner blinking.

It had been a prospective employer calling her to ask her to call him back. And yes, when she called a few minutes afterward, it was a job offer, which she accepted.

So that will take care of the teenager's car insurance, and she'll have some money left over. Plus, he is very flexible and if she wants to work some hours during the school year (her dad and I want to make sure she doesn't work too much -- her *real job* is school), she can.

Friday Five

What makes you feel good?

1. What is the one outfit/piece of clothing/accessory you own that makes you feel incredibly good whenever you wear it? Why?

My great-grandmother's locket that my grandmother gave me to wear at my wedding -- and when I tried to return it to her afterward, she told me to keep it. It is a connection to her and to ancestors I never met.

2. What do you do to make yourself feel better when you're in a funk?
Lately, work in the garden. When there is no garden (as in winter), I really don't have a plan. Need one.

3. Has anyone ever surprised you in a way that let you know you were special? How?

Yes -- a LJ friend whom I've never met in this lifetime gave me a paid LJ subscription! (I was floored.) Am glad I found out who it was!

4. When you are having a "good day," how do you spread the happiness to others?

By being supportive, maybe? I work alone, so there are not lots of opportunities for RL interaction during the day.

5. What is one thing that puts you in a bad mood, no matter how good you were previously feeling?

There is someone in RL, anonymous, who keeps "reporting" me to the Humane Society, the local Animal Inspector, etc., saying my horses are in a bad environment/not being cared for. At this point, the Numane Society people and the Animal Inspector know this is crap, they have come here and see the horses are happy and well cared for (yes, I wish, wish, wish I could get them pasture, but I cannot), but they are obligated to come and investigate. They have no problem with my situation.
The latest complaint was that my paddock is "too muddy." We have had the wettest spring on record here!! And there are dry places for the ponies to go. They are smart, and they don't stand around in mud.

Sorry, went off on a rant there. But when this anonymous asshole calls and I then get the obligatory calls from the HSUS and animal inspector, it sets me off into self-flaggelation and weeping. The icky part is thinking this is probably a neigbhor who smiles at me in public and says hello, but is bad-mouthing me bahind my back. What I want to say its:

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND YOU SEE MY CAR IS IN THE DRIVEWAY, COME TALK TO ME. DO NOT TRIANGULATE.