Don't forget to write the correct year on your checks.
So I wonder: what would happen if I suddenly started dating my checks according to the Chinese lunar calendar? Would they be kicked back? Or would the receivers of said checks have me declared mentally incompetent?
This being day one of the Year of the Rat, I might just have a fairly positive year:
What happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come I sent in some more final paperwork for a Very Important Client: another big name on the resume; a good chunk of change; a chance to keep up a valuable skillset; and a chance to work with someone who has, thus far, been a pretty cool person. We seem to have a good rapport. (It doesn’t hurt that I know how deliberately corporations move - so the fact that I’ve been in talks with this person since shortly before Christmas and we’re only now getting the final steps done, doesn’t faze me.) I’m happy, they’re happy, everybody’s happy.
Opening windows and/or doors brings in the good luck of the new year. Even before I realized what day it was, I noticed that the weather was fairly sunny. Accordingly, I opened the drapes on the big windows at the front of the apartment and left them that way most of the day.
Sweets are eaten to ensure the consumer a “sweet” year. I had about 1/3 of a one-layer chocolate cake, over the course of the day. Not as sweet as something from a top-of-the-line bakery, but definitely sweet.
Bathe yourself in pomelo leaves and some say that you will be healthy for the rest of the new year. Um. Well, I used juniper-scented shower gel and body lotion; and I drank several glasses of Fresca (essentially, carbonated weak grapefruit juice). Does that count for anything? [And yes, I actually enjoy Fresca.]
[Dear ghods. I just realized that today I had chocolate cake and grapefruit juice. Though not for breakfast.]
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Drapes shall open but there will be no opening of windows or doors here. -30 is not condusive to opening ANYTHING that might let the cold air in - including coats!