Of thanks and gratitude...among other things.

The two incense sticks burning in my apartment right now smell incredible. Earthy, like a mixture of fine powder and flowers, with a little cedar in the background. I should have a second career inventing advertising descriptions.

I took a really hot (in degrees, like Fahrenheit or Celsius) bath this afternoon and started reading the Time Traveler's wife (again). It's superb so far. And so was the bath, with the spearamint eucalyptus bath bubbles.

I love my green tea that I'm currently drinking, because it tastes so good and is very healthy for you. I also especially like it today because it's gloomy-looking and a bit chilly outside today. I feel like Fall has snuck back in by some extraordinary time force this week.

I love science. Things like chemistry help us to understand little miniscule things in life, like why a spaghetti noodle changes texture, shape and even size when you place it in boiling water. Things like biology help us to understand why putting yourself in a bed of UV lights to try and be tan during wintertime is a horrid thing to do to yourself.

I'm going to have pasta and regular, classic marinara sauce tonight for dinner. On my deathbed, I want a huge vat of pasta and marinara sauce to eat. That or gnoccis. Or both.

I'm going to lay on the couch and read all night. Ahhh.