The Happiness Thread

I know many on here probably don't like football, however.....

England beat Columbia last night to reach the Quarter Finals
Even better, we won our first ever penalty shootout!

Buzzing right now.

 

This is a bit strange, but I'm gonna make a speech of sorts:

In no particular order, I wanna thank:
@PoemNerd212 - for giving me the courage to confess my feelings for CT, and for introducing me to Imagine Dragons ,
@Moon - for setting us up on Discord (even if it did mean nudging me kicking and screaming into direct conflict with everything I hate about technology! )
@ThunderAngel - for finding that video that showed common troubleshooting for Discord mic issues-I discovered some hidden settings, which solved the problem!
@Some Guy - for reading my shit before I release it to the masses, and for being an insomaniac (you've kept me company when the rest were asleep!)
@John-Wayne- (and @PoemNerd212 ) for giving me a trophy when I finally got my mic sorted, and for talking Fallout shit
@Shenanigator - for introducing me to some awesomely addictive tunes
@mashers - for being my pedant brother, and for explaining stuff that I don't get...
@SkinnyPuppy - for the psychotherapist pun the other day (yes, it still amuses me now, and I'm gonna use it to brighten my mood in future)
@Cave Troll - last, but by no means least, for being yourself, and for letting me be me. You help me hold back the demons of depression, and you have made me happier than I have ever been in my life.

And to everyone else: All the guys who make up WF in some form or other-other members, the staff, the creator(s), et all. You are all awesome! This place is a haven to so many, and has a crazy-but-safe somewhat dysfunctional family vibe to it. I've never known anywhere like it. So thank you!!!

 

I second her motion Mr WF.
Here for y'all anytime (til I flop over)!
Go Flod!

 

I've actually been thinking of writing a blog post about what this site and its members have meant to me over this past year. This has inspired me to actually get on with it Thank you!

 

So glad I could be of some assistance.

 

You were indeed. He heard me for the first time last night, and then I couldn't hear him! He logged out, and back in, and we could both talk to each other!! I owe you a lot for that, so thank you very much.

You're welcome.

I'm about to start one myself, as it happens.

 

You're very welcome.

 

OMG you're wearing plaid! And cute! Plaid wearers unite! Form of a giant plaid mecha robot!

 

What about the other way around?
Though I don't know if there is enough plaid for one that big.

 

USA.... USA.... USA.... USA.... USA... USA.... USA.
WELCOME TO THE LAND OF FREEDOM BITCHES



P.S. I still love yeah, Mother England (and the British Empire) but sometimes a child has to do what a child must do.

ETA... here's a good compromise.

 

At this time on Friday I'll be on a plane!
At this time on Saturday I'll had the best "not-really-my-birthday-but-sort-of" in the world!



I love you, @LostThePlot.

 

Going to see @LostThePlot ? Happy soon to be birthday!

 

Yes Two weeks this time around!

And thank you My actually birthday is tomorrow

 

So this may be a little to much but there has been a proposal in the Swedish riksdag (parlament) that there should be the possibility to change your registered birth date. This is ofcourse ment to handle things for the many refugees we have, but why shouldn't you have the right to do it.

More seriously, have a beautiful holliday in Britain.

 

When I worked with a bunch of Brits I wished them a Happy Good Riddance Day, and they wished me a Happy Fourth. I always liked Good Riddance Day.

 

I'm not trying to change my birthday. I'm just celebrating it later because I'll be in England. Lost will celebrate his almost a month in advance for the same reason.

Thank you. It'll be wonderful.

 

Quitting smoking is going pretty good, this is the first day I have had
a smoke in the past 3. Progress.

 

Most important thing, IMHO, when quitting anything is not to let the lapses get you down. They're probably going to happen here and there, and even though you broke a three-day success streak it doesn't mean that you've become a smoker again or are failing at quitting, it just mean you had a smoke. Try not to have the next one, keep on keeping on.

 

The hard part is keeping away from stress, and old habits associated with smoking.
I am an on edge fidgety wreck, and feel like I have a hard time focusing.

 

Hey CT, do you have a Fidget? Order yourself one from Amazon. You can also tap pencils, if the shape doesn't make you want to smoke. The pencil thing worked for my mom when she quit cold turkey after 40 years of it.


edited because apparently I cannot type a's today

 

Just woke up and put on Electric Light Orchestra's Mr. Blue Sky, and instantly got the opening scene for a paranormal comedy novel I've been thinking about for months. From that, I got the first maybe, 5 chapters, with a rough idea of how I want it to end. Inspiration is funny like that. So, now I'm going to eat and go back to sleep because work calls tomorrow.

 

When I quit, I used toothpicks. Kept a box of toothpicks in the same shirt/jacket pocket that I used to keep my smokes in, so the muscle memory was nearly identical. I even caught myself tapping ash off my toothpick a couple times.

 

I have found cinnamon helps. Also I am trying to step down gradually
and not go cold turkey. If I did that I would need someone to lock me up
and keep a close eye on me.
Almost quit when I was married cause my wife was supportive and kept
me on track. Almost made it too, got down to only 2 cigs a day. But then
life happened.
Hopefully going the gradual route will work out better. Though I am way
down from where I was, at about a carton a week. So I am making good
progress, just going to take a bit longer, and some will power. And not
going out unless I absolutely have to, to keep my stress levels down.
Really is a challenge when it becomes routine to smoke and write, and
other things. But since I am not getting any action, I don't have to worry
about slipping up there.

 

Cool. I like the cinnamon idea. That's great! (Smells nice, too.) You can do it, CT!!!