simple pleasures

Today an unexpected number of things made me happy:

• Mike & Nikki came to dinner, bringing with them Mike's massive, 10cm-thick collection of Uncanny X-Men on extended loan. Too tired to crack it tonight, but am experiencing hopelessly fangirly eager anticipation. Dinner was fun, too, and entailed Thelma Chardonnay.
• I made a new, extremely decadent chocolate pear custard dessert thingy with chocolate pastry. And chocolate. It looked exactly like the picture in the recipe book. Am gratified.
• The nice gardener man washed my car. Go colonialism.
• The Shire political meltdown is showing signs of firming up and rediscovering the realm of sense-inspired adult interactions.
• Jo's game tomorrow, after more delays and put-offs than one would have believed possible.
• My headache stopped.

Simple pleasures are the best, after all.