Is that all there is?

Yesterday I had a party at my house - most people had said they couldn't come, but I had already bought wine and taken out time from packing to plan it, so I figured I'd put out the food and stuff and see if anyone showed up. A few people did, and they at first looked at me sort of sympathetically, like, "awwww, nobody came to her party", but soon enough they were trying wine, eating snacks, and joining a spirited conversation. Sitting back in my chair with my glass of wine, watching my friends talk and laugh in my living room, I was reminded of that annoying movie, "As Good as it Gets." The title comes, of course, from the scene in which Jack Nicholson, whose character is hopelessly OCD, walks into a psychiatrist's waiting room, and announces to the hapless patients "Did you ever think maybe this is as good as it gets?"

Maybe struggling to find the right job, meet new friends, having poorly-attended parties, and occasionally losing the love of your life is just what happens. As the song says, "Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride."