The Happiness Thread

I've got...a bunch of guns, but 22s are still my favorites. Economical, easy for beginners, and easy on the shoulders, ears, etc. Be safe and have fun!

 

Thanks, I'm sure we will!

 

Paper, steel plates, marshmallows, beer cans... I like the semi auto 10/22

 

I recently ordered some band merch, which doesn't seem like a big thing, but my family is poor, so when I get to do stuff like this it's really awesome. The stuff should arrive on Thursday.

Also we got good news about our house situation today, which has been worrying me for a while, so that's nice.

 

The first time I was allowed to get brand new clothes (vs. hand me downs and thrift store), I was stoked for a week.

 

It's so warm out today I worked on the novel while sitting outside. It was exceedingly pleasant.

 

I can't really complain about things. Soaking up the sun and enjoying the weather. Getting a much needed vacation to change things up from the monotany that life sometimes ends up in. I am happy.

 

I don't hate my life, but it's stupid. It's not bad, just stupid.

 

This isn't necessarily a "happy" moment, but it's more happy than it is not happy so it's going here.

My store manager is going to another store. It's a higher volume store and it's struggling bad. Since my manager is great at turning bad stores around, she's being forced to go. And she's leaving within the next week or two. The kicker? She wants me to go with her as a manager.

Me and Rachel are pretty close. Not as friends but as employees. She makes the schedule and we pretty much always work the same shifts. I know how she likes things done and can work independently, so she can do what she needs to do without being bothered. When she told me she was leaving, I was immediately upset. Rachel isn't the best manager I've ever had, but she's up there. And I really don't want to lose a perfectly good manager.

I used to be a manager. But the stress of it became too much and I stepped down. Now Rachel wants me to go to this store with her and take my old position again. It makes me feel really good that she wants me back in that role. It makes me feel even better that she wants me with her. That she believes I'm a good enough employee to help her turn this store around.

But I'm afraid. I stepped down once already because it stressed me out. Should I really put myself in that position again? Granted, it's been a few months since I stepped down, so I've grown some. Plus, as long as I'm open and honest with Rachel about how I'm feeling, I may not get into my head as much. But I like where I'm at now. Again, it's not the best, but it could be worse. What if I leave and my new store is terrible? Then again, what if I stay and my new store manager is terrible?

But in the end, the idea of going to the other store is more exciting for me than the idea of staying where I'm at. If it's a mistake, then it's a mistake. But I'll never know unless I try, right?

 

@Lea`Brooks I think you should consider becoming a manager again. You've had more time to adjust to your job and you know at least you'll have one support at your new place. But really, it's your decision. I hope whatever you decide works out and is best for you.

Someone found me on a social media account and asked me to unlock some fiction I wrote on a blog over 10 years ago because they wanted to read it. I was extremely flattered and touched.

 

On Thursday at 6:30, I'll be attending a talk by the Mobile Writers Guild at my local library and one of the speakers is my former creative writing teacher! SO EXCITED!!!

 

Law school is busy and stressful, but I just made a big pot of beef stew and got a fresh case of beer so I'm happy

 

Beef stew and beer is heaven

 

It truly is. The little comforts really make a big difference at times.

 

I mentioned a month or two ago that I got a slow cooker (finally!). Beef, onions, carrots, potatoes, and dark beer go in, lovely stew comes out 8 hours later. Magic!

 

Hope you have a great time!

 

Not only are my own foot wounds healing nicely, but my roomie is recovering well from his hip-replacement surgery. I saw him walking yesterday - first time he's been out of his wheelchair in a year!

So we've almost completed going from a house with two invalids to one with no invalids. Woohoo!

 

BWAHAHAHA!

So I know trolling is bad, but I indulged in a bit of it today, espousing an unpopular opinion on a random Facebook post by a radio station.

A couple people "liked" it, meaning that I'm not alone, but a slightly larger number of folks didn't, including the person who said:

I'll be good and leave the... person... alone

 

This morning I picked up a kindle I hadn't been using lately and read the first paragraphs that showed up on the screen, clearly from somewhere in the beginning of whatever story I'd been reading weeks/months ago when I set the kindle down.

And I really liked the writing. The style of it, the flow, the general vibe...

Then I read another couple paragraphs and realized it was one of MY stories that I'd uploaded for proof reading.

So, I'm not so much happy that I liked it - I mean, obviously it's written to my taste, right?

I'm just really happy that I didn't HATE IT. How sad would that have been, if I'd picked it up and thought, oh, god, what is this crap on my kindle!?

So, not so much active happiness, but definitely a sense of relief!

 

That's awesome. There was one time I was rereading a thread I'd forgotten I'd posted on, and I was like, "Wow, this person has the same exact opinion as me. What's their name?" Took about a second before the laughter kicked in.

 

Tonight I am crossing one of the things that has been at the top of my bucket list for years. I'm going to see my favourite musical, RENT, on stage. This is the third thing so far this year (In January I crossed off 2 in the same night when I seen Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed in concert). So yeah, just over 2 months in and already 2017 is looking great.

 

My nurse just left and did not put a new dressing on my foot - it has healed! I still have to treat it gently because the skin is very delicate (burns will do that to you) but I can finally take normal showers! It's okay for me to immerse the foot!

That, and I can now walk pain-free. Woohoo!

Take care of yourselves, friends. Damaging your body is not a good idea.

 

^ That would probably be a good idea, don't you think?