happiness is receiveing good emails, or emails from good people, if you prefer. in this case, one from the long lost friend in japan, one from nicolo' about his adventures in thailand (and a vision of bangkok comes rushing back to me) and one from a stranger who seems very, very interesting (meeting people on the net still works).
this morning i survived getting a blood test done. see, you have to understand that i have a very bad phobia of needles in general and blood tests in particular. my mum had to come with me (even the doctor took the piss out of me and asked if i was 2! it's not my fault i'm scared!) and while the woman was drawing blood she tried to talk to me, despite the look of terror on my face. it did help that i took half a pill of something anti-anxiety, because if i hadn't i think i really would have passed out.
now i'm safe for another year (at least - my last blood test before this one was over two years ago!).
this afternoon will be spent looking for a nice pair of boots (i want brown leader, wooden soles, large boots... mmh) and towels chez bouchara.
today is a much better day than many other days i've had in the last few weeks.