For no particular reason

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I was really happy today.  I still am, and for no particular reason.

I'm just happy.  I can't explain why.  I don't know why.  Maybe it's because I'm getting excited for the holidays.  Maybe it's because I haven't had much sleep lately.  Maybe it's because it's hard to not be happy when you've been blessed as much as I have in my life.

I really don't know.

Maybe part of it is starting to be comfortable with my job.  Some of the bigger, more complicated tasks I've done a time or two.  I think that always helps.  Some of the stuff I do can be a little intimidating.  I get to wear a hard hat for some of it, because we have to use a crane to lift the flight controls into place. I'm getting the hang of keeping the pieces from swinging back and forth when they're on the hoist.  I can tell you though, that if most people saw what holds airplanes together, they'd take a train instead.  It's neat to me and I really enjoy my job.

Maybe it's having just a bit of breathing room in the budget for the next month or so.  That takes a huge load off my mind.  We're down to pretty much my income these days and that's a bit of a challenge.

Maybe it's partly because the work has started in the basement.  I have to mail another check for what should be the last of the damage to the mortgage company tomorrow.  They should be sending 1/3 of the last one out to the contractor and I tomorrow.  I'll still have to get the 1/3 of this last one for him, too, but I think that's going to not be a problem now that the ball is rolling.

It's nice to have these things not hanging over my head.

Whatever the reasons, I just know that there is peace and it feels unbelievably good.

And I'm so grateful to God for it.

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