I seem to have accumulated an awful lot of blessings lately, if I believed in that sort of thing, but it’s as good a word to use as any.

So many of them have revolved around finding Junior, and this fantastic relationship we’ve begun, but there are more.

I stood in line for half an hour to get pie this morning, but it’s pie that is so worth it, and they gave me a coupon for my next pie.

I came home to drop off the pies, and Junior had installed my new thermostat. Yay for heat in the back of the house!

I got my big bear mount back on Friday, and while it’s not perfect, it is fixable, and we hung it on the wall last night. It startles me every time I walk in the house, followed closely by pleasing me. It will please me even more when his lips are fixed; bears’ lips are not tan.

Junior met the kids yesterday. John was his usual surly self, but I expected that. Seamus had met him before, and asked specifically for him to come to his shooting club with us, which he did. Seamus then brought out his A game of showing off, but not too bad, as he’s growing up. They seem to like each other, and that pleases me.

I finished my proposal for essentially my life and income for the next three years. I’m happy with it; it looks professional and I really hope it’s still the low bid. I’m sort of counting on no one bidding against me. Today, I turn it in early, just to get it out of my hands for the holidays so I can mentally let it rest. Now, it’s all up to them.

If/when I do get it, I’ll be set financially. I’ve got a lot of hard work to do to earn it, but it’s work that I’ve proven over the last five months that I can handle, and that I like. In my short-term plans is the purchase of a service truck; in my long-term plans, a house. I’m moving up in the world, and I enjoy the hell out of the job.

Still, it all pales to having found love, when I least expected it. Thank you, baby.