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oyceterI feel like I've been whinging an awful lot the past week or so, and since I had such a lovely, wonderfully ordinarily happy day today, might as well make another list of things that made me happy today.
I think the best part was that it was so ordinary and everyday, because while I love things to look forward to and plan for, it's a lovely feeling knowing that small things can cause joy and peace and utter contentment with the world and my place in it. It's particularly nice since lately I've felt so tired of being responsible at work and at home and tired of being adult, and it's such a gift to be able to accept it and love it and to just be.
Sorry, I get sappy ;).
Anyhow, things that made me happy today:
1. Getting all the tough spots while painting a wall and watching the tape come off, touching up the corners, and marvelling at how much difference two coats of paint can make (I helped a friend paint).
2. Soft yet chewy bagels with whipped cream cheese, all squishy and delicious.
3. Talking with a non-LJ person about meds in a sane, practical, everyday way, in which it isn't special or different, but just a fact of life.
4. Being able to joke around with people I just met.
5. Small sugar crystals caught in my cappucino foam when I lick the stirrer.
6. Blood red leaves coming out on the cherry trees (though it also makes me a little sad, because I miss the cherry blossoms, but also happy because it's another season and my third year of seeing cherry trees bloom in California).
7. Poppies blooming by the side of the road, giant heads suspended on twisty, furry stalks.
8. Snow on the mountains in the distance.
9. Going down the highway while the road is clear at 1 in the morning, singing and just basking in the feeling of peace and contentment after a good day.
10. The piano parts of Vienna Teng's "Harbor," played very loudly, and all the emotion and excitement in the chords.
11. Hanging around people who are glad to see me.
12. Sunshine and blue skies, despite the snow on the mountains and the really cold air, and giant fluffy clouds around 5 in the afternoon that remind me of fingering weight yarn for baby blankets, all pastel and acrylic, but wonderful and soft all the same.
13. A completed crochet square for my next project, small and lacy and filagreed.
14. Dol sot bibim bap: the sizzling of the rice in the hot stone pot, the vegetables and the egg, stirring in the hot sauce and taking the first piping hot bite.
15. Mint hershey kisses.
16. My friend's apartment, which is lovely and modern and coordinated and has a bright blue wall with white curtains that reminds me of summer skies. And her comfortable loft with all sorts of crafty books.
17. Friends being engaged and starting with wedding planning, and watching the guy tuck the girl in on the sofa, without her waking up to notice.
18. Chocolate and vanilla ice cream on a freezing cold night, numb fingers against the bowl.
19. Hearing from someone that they enjoy working with me.
20. Licks and small, dry rat tongues; fat squishy rats in my lap, little noses stuck through the bars of the cage when I come home late at night, and rats begging to be played with.
21. Watching someone watch Pride and Prejudice (2005 mnovie) for the first time, both of us laughing at the same places, at my favorite lines, at the mutual awwwww-ing over Darcy in the end.
22. Hearing Tom Quinn in my head while watching Matthew MacFadyen as Darcy, Keira Knightley's openness and emotion as Elizabeth (I never thought I'd say that, but I'm glad I like the movie as much as I do).
23. Watching a movie while other people play poker on the side; the sound of people hanging out and having fun and just being.
24. My soft, warm bed and high thread count cotton sheets and silk-filled comforter, squishy down pillows, being toasty warm on a cold night.
And the lovely thing is, there are more things planned for tomorrow and the week ahead as well!
I think the best part was that it was so ordinary and everyday, because while I love things to look forward to and plan for, it's a lovely feeling knowing that small things can cause joy and peace and utter contentment with the world and my place in it. It's particularly nice since lately I've felt so tired of being responsible at work and at home and tired of being adult, and it's such a gift to be able to accept it and love it and to just be.
Sorry, I get sappy ;).
Anyhow, things that made me happy today:
1. Getting all the tough spots while painting a wall and watching the tape come off, touching up the corners, and marvelling at how much difference two coats of paint can make (I helped a friend paint).
2. Soft yet chewy bagels with whipped cream cheese, all squishy and delicious.
3. Talking with a non-LJ person about meds in a sane, practical, everyday way, in which it isn't special or different, but just a fact of life.
4. Being able to joke around with people I just met.
5. Small sugar crystals caught in my cappucino foam when I lick the stirrer.
6. Blood red leaves coming out on the cherry trees (though it also makes me a little sad, because I miss the cherry blossoms, but also happy because it's another season and my third year of seeing cherry trees bloom in California).
7. Poppies blooming by the side of the road, giant heads suspended on twisty, furry stalks.
8. Snow on the mountains in the distance.
9. Going down the highway while the road is clear at 1 in the morning, singing and just basking in the feeling of peace and contentment after a good day.
10. The piano parts of Vienna Teng's "Harbor," played very loudly, and all the emotion and excitement in the chords.
11. Hanging around people who are glad to see me.
12. Sunshine and blue skies, despite the snow on the mountains and the really cold air, and giant fluffy clouds around 5 in the afternoon that remind me of fingering weight yarn for baby blankets, all pastel and acrylic, but wonderful and soft all the same.
13. A completed crochet square for my next project, small and lacy and filagreed.
14. Dol sot bibim bap: the sizzling of the rice in the hot stone pot, the vegetables and the egg, stirring in the hot sauce and taking the first piping hot bite.
15. Mint hershey kisses.
16. My friend's apartment, which is lovely and modern and coordinated and has a bright blue wall with white curtains that reminds me of summer skies. And her comfortable loft with all sorts of crafty books.
17. Friends being engaged and starting with wedding planning, and watching the guy tuck the girl in on the sofa, without her waking up to notice.
18. Chocolate and vanilla ice cream on a freezing cold night, numb fingers against the bowl.
19. Hearing from someone that they enjoy working with me.
20. Licks and small, dry rat tongues; fat squishy rats in my lap, little noses stuck through the bars of the cage when I come home late at night, and rats begging to be played with.
21. Watching someone watch Pride and Prejudice (2005 mnovie) for the first time, both of us laughing at the same places, at my favorite lines, at the mutual awwwww-ing over Darcy in the end.
22. Hearing Tom Quinn in my head while watching Matthew MacFadyen as Darcy, Keira Knightley's openness and emotion as Elizabeth (I never thought I'd say that, but I'm glad I like the movie as much as I do).
23. Watching a movie while other people play poker on the side; the sound of people hanging out and having fun and just being.
24. My soft, warm bed and high thread count cotton sheets and silk-filled comforter, squishy down pillows, being toasty warm on a cold night.
And the lovely thing is, there are more things planned for tomorrow and the week ahead as well!
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