1. Aha! I bet you didn't think I'd blog today. I will have a post in before midnight, which technically qualifies as a post for today. So there! Eat your heart out. But if it's made of chocolate, please share. The fact that I blogged after a busy day of doing very little makes me awesome.

2. I took my kid to the park today, even though it was cold and I had to find mitts, and he kept going back and forth between pretending to be a cat while suffocating hugging one of our real cats, and getting his stuff on to go to the park. Then, I hauled my large behind onto the play structures and pretended to be his first mate, the dreaded Officer Mom. When Spawnling started getting upset because it was time to leave, I made a game out of it and we hunted tigers all the way home. Being a pretty decent mom makes me awesome.

3. My husband just said 'Have fun with your N@mBlaProMo' while snickering at his oh-so-funny and highly inappropriate play on words about my month of daily blogging. And I did not bite his lip when he kissed me goodnight, or whack him on the head, or choke him with my laptop's power cord. My restraint makes me awesome.

4. I had a tofu and broccoli teriyaki stir fry for lunch, and spent time in the kitchen post-park trip making a whole wheat pizza dough from scratch for dinner. I've made it before, and while it does take some patience, it tops anything I've bought in the store, hands down. If you ignore the four or five mini chocolate bars I ate in between lunch and dinner (okay, and maybe one before lunch), my health-conscious attitude makes me awesome.

5. I sent a very honest and heartfelt email to an old friend today. I did it without any idea what the consequences will be, good or bad. Honesty is awesome. Communication is awesome. And guess what? I'm awesome, too.

6. By contrast, I let a friend go this week. Well, actually, I think she let me go weeks ago because she's purposely had little to nothing to do with me in over two months (I know, right? Who the heck doesn't want The Maven around?) But I decided it was time to stop hanging on, take the hint, and let go as well. It actually felt pretty good and, while I'm a little sad, I'm not angry, not resentful, not out for blood, or for drama. I'm cool with it and I think we'll both be better off. Isn't that big of me? I mean, wow! I know I'm impressed! Besides, I'm not exactly hurting in the social department; I'm positively surrounded by great people. My cup runneth over, yo. Being more mature about things - and incredibly humble, I might add - makes me awesome.

7. I've started drinking more tea and less coffee. This is not to say I don't drink coffee every day, because that would be a big fat lie. I've simply substituted a portion of my coffee intake with herbal tea. Why? Because it tastes good. Also, I've been home with sick kids for about three weeks. I'm feeling a bit... Twitchy. Agitated. Unhinged. And while a trip to a padded cell for 48 hour observation does sound tempting, with my luck I would end up with a manic neighbour who chats incessantly at all hours. I might as well just have Spawnling talking my ear off while I'm trying to edit a manuscript. It's pretty much the same thing, except I get access to candy and the internet at home. Finding balance makes me awesome.

8. I've been going out of my way to be really nice to people and let them know I care. The easiest way to do this when I'm cooped up at home is to be online. A lot. Way too much. But it does help with the twitching. At any rate, my family has been shown so much kindness over the last couple of months that I want to give some of that back. I figure walking around town with Flutrepid and Coughling might spread more germs than kindness, which sort of defeats the purpose. But commenting on people's blogs, tweets and Facebook statuses will do the job nicely. We're not spreading the pandemic love that way, my friends. Positive energy has been given to me in droves and I've been trying hard to make a hefty deposit in the karma bank for others. You're welcome. Spreading the karmic love makes me awesome (and will likely get me more coffee drop offs. Just sayin').

9. When it comes to the show "The Tudors", I think King Henry IIV is a smoking hot piece of royalty... Wait. That has nothing to do with being awesome. Or maybe it does. Because his hotness is most definitely awesome.

10. I finished this post before midnight. I did! I still get adoration of my loyal blog readers, and some shiny loots. Yes, I said shiny loots. Start saving, because I want something really nice for all this hard work and dedication. Being easygoing makes me fantastically awesome.