I've been meaning to count the steps from my front door to my new job's front door and today (my first day on the job) I did it on the way home...310 steps (one and one-half blocks). I can't tell you how I truly feel right now, although it seems a little like I'm dreaming and if I talk about it, I'll wake up and it will all be taken away from me. Of course, I'm in the honeymoon period with this new job right now, but the amount of stress I escape from working 2.5 less hours a week (we work a 37.5 hour work week and get paid for 40) and another 2 hours without a commute each day have suddenly given me time in my day to do the things I've never made time for - mainly to nurture my soul. The gods are smiling on me today, and I'm so grateful.