magid

– severe undersleptness (in a good cause and all, but still)
– minimal exercise
+/– working on MLK day (missing some of Arisia, lacking any recovery time, but earning a comp day of my choice)
+ getting to watch the inauguration at work
– a very Xtian invocation
+ Obama's speech, Aretha Franklin's hat, rhymes in the closing dedication, also Yo-yo Ma's grin
+ gaming (still not dead yet)
+ brain-stretching work
+ short-notice excursion to a circus at the ~~Emerson~~Cutler Majestic
– unexpected social messiness
+ meeting new people
+ living room slowly becoming closer to reorganized
+ buying kiddush and delivering it to shul before work Friday morning (and later getting compliments on the selection)
+ hosting Shabbat dinner
+ getting my wish for shul this morning: I wanted to be the one to say the prayer for the government, something I've turned down until now
– other social plans falling through