Good News, Bad News

• Good news - My friend Sam is leaving for the US for a 2 week vacation; Bad news - I 'm losing my translator

• Bad news - My friend Sam is leaving for the US for a 2 week vacation; Good news - he's going to bring me back some things that I need and can't find here

• Good news - Got over being an overachiever and took a very long lunch to goof off with a friend; Bad news - Got a guilt trip over very long lunch and worked last night

• Good news - Received the new Harry Potter book; Bad news - worked last night so didn't get to read it

• Good news - Sydney is over her bronchitis; Bad news - tired from running after an active 14 month old

• Good news - finally got my membership card for the club house (a very long story with many curse words); Bad news - will now need to go to the gym

• Good news - found a laundry place that picks up and deliver; Bad news - charging me US$60 for approximately 3 loads of clothes (1/2 of which are Sydney's) (that's 3 loads in a US machine, 9 loads in a Chinese machine) so it is not a viable option

• Good news - found toaster oven-sized bakeware at IKEA; Bad news - addicted to IKEA and want to go every day

• Good news - realized that my posts are all running together as one long paragraph instead of separate paragraphs the way I've typed it; Bad news - don't know how to insert paragraph breaks