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In praise of ordinary days

We have had a flurry of activity lately. Good friends came for a visit and filled our weekend with great food and conversation. The weekend before we went to Miami, traveling with three teenage girls to an anime convention. And now it is Monday, and I'm taking a deep breath, because we have one more busy weekend coming up. But - today - nothing is on my calendar. Just the regular, ordinary, everyday stuff. And, I'm thankful - today - for ordinary days. This the kind of day where the biggest "to-do" is filling up my favorite Votes for Women mug with multiple cups of coffee and booting up my laptop. I woke at my regular time of 5:15 a.m. (not quite as painful thanks to daylight savings time) and walked with our dog and my daughter to her bus stop. I've spent the morning working, writing and returning emails that have sat for too long in my inbox. Later, I plan to wipe off the shelves of the refrigerator and run a sweeper over the rug. Maybe I'll