Ain't Love Grand?
Mood:  lucky
Topic: Happiness Pie
Y'all, I heard the coolest piece of news today. Did you ever get what felt like concrete evidence that God's in his heaven and all's right with the world? Because I had something like that today.

There are these two people I've known since forever and ever. Well, not THAT long, but the whole time I've been in California; months go by without I see them or talk to them, but they are two people who are just meant to be together. You know what I mean? We'll call them Liz and Dick. She's not a Liz, more of a Beth maybe (although that's not her name either); and he's neither a dick nor a Dick. (My father was a Dick! And proud of it. Yes, I am a Dick's daughter.)

So there is Beth and there is Dick; they work together, side by side. It's a small company, so for 20 years and more they have shared each other's ins and outs and ups and downs and sorted out problems together, and confided in each other. (No, not THOSE ins and outs. And shame on you, with your mind in the gutter!) These two were absolutely meant to be together, but it's been one of those impossible things where the timing is never right; they both ended up married to other people and having kids and so on, but the years have marched on and the kids are pretty darn big now. And Dick and his wife have split, and Beth has been going through this separation thing, and so they've climbed the ladder of years, not together but never far apart, up until here and now, this day.

And today I learned that they are finally, finally together. And to Beth and Dick I would like to say: IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME, PEOPLE! AND YOU THERE, DICK, WHAT DID YOU NEED A TON OF BRICKS TO FALL ON YOU? A PERSONAL MEMO FROM GOD? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I WANTED TO TELL YOU OH, ENOUGH WITH THE HIGH-MAINTENANCE BLONDE! HERE SHE IS, PAL, THE GIRL FOR YOU. Well, I guess Dick finally got the hint and put his money where his dick is.

Or something.

And I am just as pleased as punch -- so pleased I want to shout it from the rooftops. But cannot; how would that go? ATTENTION, PEOPLE OF AMERICA! WORLD-CLASS AND LONG-OVERDUE BOFFING GOING ON OVER HERE! NOW LET'S HEAR IT FOR THESE TWO CRAZY KIDS. Especially since Beth is a sort of Orange County Cinderella -- this devilish witty knockout bombshell just waiting for a place to happen, but married to Mr. Average and tending to persnickety relatives. And finally, FINALLY this girl gets her reward for putting her own needs on hold for everyone else's all these years.

Doesn't that just take the biscuit?

So, if you're in a commenting sort of mood, please take a second to post your congratulations to Dick and Beth, and I'll get the word back over to them. And as if this wasn't enough, do you know what?

I HAD A VOICE MAIL TODAY FROM THE IRS LADY SAYING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE BACKUP WE FURNISHED ALL CHECKED OUT RIGHT AS RAIN, AND OUR TAX NIGHTMARE IS ABOUT TO BE OVER.

People, I feel like a kid who came downstairs on Christmas morning to find the puppy AND the pony under the tree. So, Beth and Dick, this entry is for you -- TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH, DIDN'T IT?

Scoop up all that life has to offer you, hug it close and breathe it in deep. As John Irving wrote, life is a fairy tale; as I wrote, life is a John Irving novel. And I'm a sucker for happy endings.