On top of the world

I'm feeling pretty much invincible right now. (and then, as soon as I typed that sentence, I had a momentary email quandry which knocked a bit of the wind out of my invincibility, but I'll manage).

Things are going really well with my freelance career. I recently received my first good paycheck for a job, which was extremely exciting and gratifying. I've also got a couple more jobs lined up, so I'm feeling very competent. It's been an extremely productive day so far - I took my first final, returned all of my textbooks, took out about 4 loads of garbage, started a load of dishes (which made no discernable dent in the pile of dirty ones), mailed the thank you notes from my second bridal shower, crafted my first ever invoice, created a skype account, and now I'm returning some emails about potential writing jobs. I love feeling so useful. Plus I walked to the mailbox and bought some locally grown produce on the way home, so I'm feeling pretty good about that. Is there no end to what I can accomplish today? (Answer to the rhetorical question: I'm not sure if I can make myself finish my final portfolio or study for my other final exam)

The wedding is less than two weeks away now, and I'm getting impatient. People keep asking me if I'm nervous. Uh, no.... I definitely picked the right guy.

Planet Earth

Ryan and I have been watching Planet Earth very sporadically, partly because we know that Mom & Andy are Tivoing it all to burn for us later (minus commercials). Still, every time we turn it on it is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It feels like connections every second; like I'd never have to strew anything but this. Just watching the past 10 minutes or so, we've talked about Latin, humourous scientific names, music, "marine snow", spiders, sea spiders, ant lions, and Jamiroquai (don't ask). I can't wait to have kids to share this stuff with.
I'm actually looking up humourous scientific names right now, I wonder if there was something in the Annals of Improbable Research about that?