Legal Tender

Today, I found myself:
listening to the squirrels chase each other around a redwood in the backyard
playing in the dirt
finishing a final exam in twenty minutes
selling oranges at what has to be the slowest farmers' market on record
cleaning the apartment in anticipation of friends' visits
riding the Jolly Green Giant everywhere
receiving several comments on one of my favorite t-shirts
sipping lemonade while reading comic books
getting paid, mostly in singles
listening to the drunken yobs outside my apartment window
resuming scheming
and
waking up by alternate means after my cell phone died