don't stop believin'

i woke up this morning, roughly half an hour ago, feeling better than i've felt in a long, long time. it's not that i've felt *bad* recently; i just haven't felt great. a case of the mondays is a succint way to describe it. but not this morning. there was a song in my heart as i got out of bed, and when i recognized that song as a cheeseball journey tune, i immediately popped in said cd. the wheel in the sky does keep turning, my friends. i have so much to be happy about, and when i think of how insanely lucky i am, that song rises in my throat. and it doesn't even turn into vomit. that's the miracle, my friends.

hopefully, i can carry this feeling all through work today. although when i think of going to the optical tomorrow, that song sinks a little. whose fucking crazy ass idea was this whole "second job" thing? oh well; tomorrow i'll be picking up a sizable check for four lousy days of work, so we'll see how i feel when i'm in the shoe store on monday, adrift on a spending spendy cloud.