The Happiness Thread

Almost had a rude teenager ruin my day, but I managed to turn it around and do some positive things for people. Doing my best not to pass negativity around.

 

What did you do? Now I'm curious, because I'm as crabby as they come

 

I smileft at them every time they come to my desk. Like big cheesy happy go lucky smile.

I also am just a quirky person with no filter. So I tend to just blurt out things that come to mind. That usually gets a good laugh a few times a shift.

 

I've been granted 'Senior Member' status, and it feels good since even though the majority of my posts are non-fiction, I've at least shown that I take my forte seriously. I feel more compelled to be prudent in my appraisal of fiction since to those who don't know that I'm a rookie in fiction I might come across as having more authority than I do. I also feel a bit more motivated to work on my plans for fiction which have been on the backburner of late.

 

Well smiling is good. Must be a good department too. Some you just want to pistol whip yourself, eat bullets, set the chiefs car on fire then quit.

I dont have unresolved issue, no, ma'am.

 

I love my department. There's only 7 full time officers and 2 part time. But they are all such good guys (and one lady cop).

Plus I'm pretty sure none of them have ever met someone like me and I make sure to keep them on their toes.

 

After a really long time, my room is nearly all set up and ready to go! It's taken forever to actually feel "moved in" to my apartment, but this month especially I've felt like things have finally fallen into place. I have nearly all of my furniture bought and it should all be put together soon, and I can finally turn my finances and attention to other things.

 

Took a pumpkin carving class and carved a pumpkin for the first time. The people there were very welcoming -- free apple cider, cannolis, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer playing in the background. Unexpected and wonderful.

 

And to think that Halloween is being banned in more and more schools these days.

 

Finished the first quarter of school with straight As.

 

I survived a 3rd grade field trip to see James and the giant peach play.

 

Two out of six of my Grade 12 exams out of the way. In two weeks I will be free to write as I wish.

 

Went stag to a small cinema that turned out to be part bar. So awkward being surrounded by couples but the anxiety lessened and I had a good time overall. I got a few odd looks, but they weren't ones of derision, more curiosity.

 

Reasons I'm Happy:
(1) It's the end of the month. There's always something cathartic about it for me. The feeling that the next month, a new month, is a chance to start fresh, to do better next month.

(2) It's the weekends.

(3) My long-dead Colonial mystery story has finally revived itself with an idea of a central theme that is compelling and interesting to me. That's the core problem with all my writing, and why, I think I often lose interest in them over time. I don't have a central, compelling theme for them, or the synopsis is just: "Character does this or that in this setting." So Amos is back. For good this time. Let's hope he serves me well, or else I shall throw his blind French ass off a cliff. >:[

(4) I'm just generally contented right now.

Hope y'all have an excellent weekend!

 

Drove up to the pass today for a job. It was raining harder than I've seen it in the mountains for a while. Up near the summit, rocky cliffs soar up each side of the highway. I have never seen the waterfalls pouring down those cliffs as densely as they were today, huge cascading waterfalls every 50 feet. I do believe that is where the Cascades got their name.

Can't find a decent picture of the actual cliffs, this waterfall somewhere else in the Cascades is what it looked like everywhere:

 

Tomorrow I get to size up to 12g. Yay, self mutilation!

 

Oh yay, not only do I finally get to sleep in, there's an extra hour in there tonight.

Two more weeks of a busy work schedule and I can go back to normal.

 

So busy, but so happy with where I'm at professionally. I am in a job gaining great experience in a tough-to-break-into field, have lined up a personally-important volunteer opportunity I'll be starting next May, am signed up for or taking for two online courses that will boost my future application to grad school, and I just came across a perfect Research Fellow position that I'm a great fit for and will end just in time for the volunteer opportunity to begin.

 

Im happy because I'm alive. No, not in a theoretical sense...as in I'm happy I woke up after one nasty surgery

 

ROYALS WIN! ROYALS WIN!!!

(It's been a long time since 1985.)

 

Glad to hear of it. Hope they kicked ass.

As for my happy? Well, my longest day of the week is done. And even though I'll be mostly blind tomorrow due to an eye appointment that will result in dilated eyes, I'm pretty happy. Whee! Don't know what came over me today, but glad it's over and done with. My anxiety thought it could rule me today, but I managed to beat it into submission. Points for me on that.

Well, I'm off to bed now. G'nite!

 

Oh, yes. They did. In the classiest possible way. Unless you have something against giving the opposition eight innings to think they're going to win, then running up the score to 7-2 by the top of the 12th.

 

Getting my hair done! That always makes me happy. It's like a fresh start.

 

Just got back from the eye doctor. Vision is stable, though things are a tad blurry still due to dilation. Will be getting new prescription lens now.

 

Finally grinding out some homework. I feel like I have the motivation to do better and to keep improving as the semester goes on (just a month and a half left, really). Built my bed frame and got bedding for it, so my room feels more complete. Hopefully gonna snag some Twenty One Pilots tickets tomorrow morning - wish me luck - and I have a little more money than I thought I would have, so things feel good.