Happiness is:
- A God who loves me
- Thanksgiving Day spent between two friends who needed each other for surrogate family on this day that can be either one of the most delightful or the most lonely
- 60-degree weather in the middle of November
- A peaceful, mostly-clean room and laundry put away
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle lying, partially-read, by my foot
- Family to assist and love

I have a plan. It is a good plan on many levels. I will be learning all about film as an autodidact (self-taught person), beginning over Christmas break. But after I graduate from PHC in May I will be serving my family for a year or two as editor of Practical Homeschooling magazine. My mother is so weary of the job, and this will give her the opportunity to finish some of her book projects. I'm really the only one who can act as editor of PHS. I think I could do it well. I also think it is an extremely challenging job that will teach me a lot.

I fear it, and I am looking forward to it.  ¶ 7:37 AM