Yesterday (I am now writing the morning after.) was a transition day for me too.  It wasn't the going back to school kind of day like it was for so many of you.  But a weekend, especially a 3 day week end requires a restart of sorts with that extra day of court holiday that drains the work, but doesn't give anything back, including what might come in the mail.  So yesterday finally did both (give back, that is), but not in time to really salvage the day for Richard or me.  However, I didn't notice that much as I was concentrating on a higher kind of effort.  I wrote some thoughts and I did some reading and had a pretty good day of pensive pondering.  You know, that can really be nourishing.  And I believe that it does help one face the regular trials and challenges of 'this world' when you find strength in the 'other world'.  Right now, for today, I have a plan and work that needs doing and I intend to continue the 'other' stuff, so I figure I can live out a good day.  If it gets BETTER then I will be grateful for that.  But I have found that finding all of the wonderful gifts of a 'good' day is one of the keys to me being happy.  Then GOOD days or maybe even better then that, on rare occasions, become really, really special (and those almost always include extended family).  But I will settle for today being 'good' or 'GOOD' and look forward to sharing the even better ones with you-all.