happy happy joy joy

Things that contributed to my good mood today:

• I got my ass out of bed in time for the 5:30 spin class this morning.
• The substitute for my favorite instructor was my other favorite instructor.
• She played a song that I liked enough to download for my very own.
• She announced that both she and my favorite instructor would be doing classes at the new club closer to my house, starting next week!
• One of these classes is at 5:30 am on Thursdays, so there's another day I can get my workout out of the way before work. The other ones are in the evening on Monday and Wednesday, so if I don't feel like getting up at ass-thirty in the morning on those days, I can always catch the later class.
• The new gym is in the same parking lot as a new Starbucks, whose baristas make the best non-fat latte foam I have ever encountered. (I don't know if it's the new machines or well-trained staff. I'm inclined to think it's the former, since my latte this morning was a bit shy on milk and there was something slightly off-tasting about the espresso. But it had great foam!)
• I picked up my new Camry yesterday after a long and largely self-inflicted trade-in debacle, and it's even prettier than expected. I kind of miss the get-up-and-go of the loaner Avalon, but the new 4-cylinder Camry is pretty perky. And considerably quieter than our Corolla...I can actually listen to an audiobook now without turning the volume up to 30 to compete with road noise.
• The new car has an aux port, which means that Lucy can once again be my all-purpose iPod, and Audrey can return to her life of leisure as emergency backup iPod.
• I made breakfast and remembered my multivitamin today, and still left the house 10 minutes early.
• I think I have mostly figured out the new heart rate monitor. (I have some small beefs with it, mostly with how it interacts with the web application...but that's a whole 'nother post.)
• Just one workday away from the 4-day weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!