Happy: Favored by circumstances; lucky; fortunate.
"You know what the problem with you is?" asked SuperK, unbidden.
I'm never comfortable when the conversation starts with this kind of comment, which it does more often than you might think. Probably not, actually. You probably think this is a very common way for our conversations to start. I'll say this, grasshopper, it happens about 10% of the number of times it used to happen. Lest this paints SuperK in a negative light, let's remember that it happens about 0.072% of the times that it should happen given my atrocious behavior. I think the 90% drop she has managed is very generous.
"You want to be happy all of the time," she said.
"Well, yeah," I replied. "After 23 years this is news? Who have you been living with, exactly? I mean, are you kidding me?"
Here are things I have trouble with; a lot of trouble with: Tolerance, Patience, and Expectations. These three things are like the Three Stooges of Horseface Steve. They're the names I would have given to my three hypothetical daughters. They're the backfield of the 1975 undefeated Miami Dolphins or the linebackers patrolling the Pittsburgh Steelers defense.
I like being happy.
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