The ideal rental situation...

Wouldn't it be cool to have a shared room in a house that's really huge and sunny with more storage area than you could possibly use? Wouldn't it be cooler if the live in landlady was a very sweet and easy to get along with person? Wouldn't it be awesome if the landlady offered, in the interest of economizing laundry and washing energy expenses, offered to wash your clothing and dishes? Wouldn't it just be unbelievable if said landlord only charged about a quarter of the deposit and asked for rent at the end of each month because it makes her bookkeeping easier? And, to top it all off, all this for much less than going rates for a room? Such a situation is just a dream, isn't it?

Well, today, on my birthday, this dream came true! No word of a lie! 'Course, I have to wait a week to move in, but that means I get to spend another week with L. (well worth the commuting hassles on both counts).

L. and family has been very good to me. L. gave me a beautiful dreamcatcher/drum head, a lovely glass and pewter wolf head charm, and a silver bracelet. The kids signed a lovely card for me. I got to talk to my family back home via speaker phone. Mom sent a goodly chunk of money for me to celebrate with.

And I started off a game of Scrabble with L. by playing a seven letter word for the first time ever! I even actually managed to win (L. is very, very good at Scrabble)! (Damn, I should've bought a lottery ticket...)

It's been the best birthday I've had in a long while.