*shuffles feet*

Okay, I am feeling a little better now, thanks to (1) all those responding to my extortionate requests for love, (2) computer-knockoff yahtzee, and (3) the fact that I got home from a long, miserably hot day at work yesterday to find my shaggy, leaf-flooded, scruffy-looking lawn immaculate and cleared, as a surprise belated Christmas present from my parents (the plumbing I had requested being much cheaper than anyone had anticipated).

I am lucky to be loved. Thanks to those who refuse to let me forget it.