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A very good day. Nothing much happened.

Colleen shooed me out of the house for my walk about 11:30 (actually more like 11am, but I had to have some lunch first). I took the 5-mile loop by Los Gatos Creek, then went and did some shopping. OK, a lot of shopping.

Colleen heard an ad yesterday saying that Home Depot had 18gallon plastic bins for under $4, so I went there first. They also had small, transparent bins for $1. 4 big, 5 small. Win.

4G of RAM for the server at Fry's, plus a "Kill A Watt" power monitor. Win.

Shelving at Southern Lumber, 3 6' 1x8's and a 1x10; so far I've only used two of the 1x8's, in the office. They're empty, so far, and I've cleared a little more space by moving family memorabilia into the bedroom.

My huge insight during my walk was that I've been puttering around the house, installing shelves and moving books around, because it makes me feel good. A combination of feeling productive, and just plain... what? happiness? In spite of my huge tolerance for clutter and my equally huge talent for generating it, I also seem to enjoy a tidy, well-ordered environment and the feeling of accomplishment I have when I get there. Weird.

I told tibicina on IM, sometime around the 9:30, that I was happy. And I was.

The day ended with over 2 lovely hours in bed with my wife, talking and snuggling. I have a Cat who loves me, but who still tells me to take a long weekend off to visit our daughter and our friends. I am a very lucky bear.