{"id":688,"date":"2006-08-17T09:43:34","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T13:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/08\/17\/lifes-pleasant-little-surprises\/"},"modified":"2006-08-17T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T14:13:11","slug":"lifes-pleasant-little-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/08\/17\/lifes-pleasant-little-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Life’s Pleasant Little Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You know how you’ll put on a coat after not wearing it since the previous season and you’ll discover a dollar bill (or some forgotten change)? CHA-CHING! It’s usually something you discover in the morning and it sets the mood for a great day.<\/p>\n

Well, I had a similar experience yesterday. I was balancing my first bank statement since returning from Europe and discovered that the balance I had in my checkbook register was incorrect! And, rarest of rarities,\u00a0it was incorrect in my favor! Apparently, I’d forgotten to add a paycheck that was direct-deposited into my account while I was on vacation! That, on top of the Flexible Spending Account checks I deposited yesterday gave my checking account (and mood) a nice boost!<\/p>\n

Oh, and in case you couldn’t tell, the photo above is my side of the street. Going back to yesterday’s conversation, most of my block is your standard late\u00a019th-century North End. The photo below is the copper and slate remodel that is taking place across the street. You may notice that the first floor is non-existent: it’s like a Florida car port.<\/p>\n

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Yet based on the comments I’ve received, the whole slate and copper design is rather pricey so the owner must be rich (or nouveau-riche). Maybe I’ll grow to love it over time (or I’ll just keep my blinds drawn).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know how you’ll put on a coat after not wearing it since the previous season and you’ll discover a dollar bill (or some forgotten change)? CHA-CHING! It’s usually something you discover in the morning and it sets the mood for a great day. Well, I had a similar experience yesterday. I was balancing my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}