But somehow, I feel more cheerful at the end of this night than I did at its start. Some contributing factors:
- Unable to enter my apartment, my friend and I walked to a nearby restaurant, ate, then lingered well after we finished our meal. Restaurant within walking distance: plus 3.
- On our way to the restaurant, we heard helicopters overhead and saw a police cruiser zoom past, all part of a pursuit that ended a block down the street. Police pursuit on my street: minus 1. Abundant police presence in general: plus 1.
- After dinner, my friend and I returned to my apartment and made valiant efforts to break in. But the window were placed too high and the lock on the door refused to succumb to tampering. Uncompromising security: plus 5.
- As I was fidgeting with the door, my downstairs neighbor - who I've yelled at through the floorboards - offered his condolences... then offered us bottled water. Good neighbor: plus 2. Killing me with kindness: plus 3.
- While rummaging through my friend's trunk for tools to escalate our attempted breaking-and-entering, the apartment manager - also my next-door neighbor - returned home from an evening of Christmas caroling with her grand-daughter. After expressing compassion for my plight, she quickly located a set of keys for my apartment, did not charge me a fee (as she was entitled under the terms of the lease) and gave me a big hug to warm me up. Sweet apartment manager: plus 5. Fee waiver: plus 1.
- Even though she was promised a home-cooked meal, my friend bought me dinner, stayed and waited with me (despite my urgings for her to go home) until I was let back in and left me a bottle of wine. Good company: plus 10. Good wine: plus 3.
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