sheer unadulterated joy

Today is the happiest day in my life for quite a while.

So here i am, blogging whilst slightly tipsy, before i go ahead and write a response paper to wagner and verdi's operas in the romantic period, and i've just BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!! well ok not really, but we've finally decided to go ahead and take this house and sign the lease for it tomorrow. The landlords are Vietnamese, they are very nice, and all is cheery and beautiful, and we're going to have a really happy household. =)

SO of course to celebrate, we went out and got a bottle of really good ice wine (well ok close enough) called Elysium (which is a really cheesy name for a wine, but what the hell) which is a 2003 Californian black muscat. If that means anything to you, good for you. It is good stuff. So my beloved housemates and I brought this wine to the point, and proceeded to toast many and varied good things in life, while facing the wonderful lake michigan at night. Exuberance. Bliss. Harmony. SHEER COLD.

I am happy today. Happy.