The happy in my day
Apr. 3rd, 2008 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threadwalkerWork continues to try and convince me that I don't have a personal life. So instead of buying into that, I am taking my lunch break (which started at 1pm) and writing out why I'm happy instead of grumpy.
Things that put the happy in my day:
1. Lunch started late and I was STARVED. Instead of binging, I ate the lunch I packed, reviewed my food plan for the day and instead of caving and eating a low-cal carby snack from my stash, I finished off my orange bell peppers and carrots. (It all seems so... orangey! hahaha! but orange is a happy color.)
2. I exercised last night. I beat the sleepies! Woot woot. And it was tough, but I pushed through.
3. N did some insane amounts of reading this week and it was all done in time for tomorrow’s book report. Team N rocks! I'm so proud of him.
4. It’s freaking gorgeous out.
5. I have a new, black wool coat. Woot woot!*
6. Tonight is my art night. My muse insists that regardless of triathlons or weight loss goals, my internal fitness driver must allow me one night a week to let my creativity flex and to nurture my spiritual/art side. I will probably sew on stuff for the kids, but there are so many possibilities for projects to work on, I’m all suppressed anticipation.
7. I was ready to peal out of the house at 6:20 am, but lingered instead to hang out with my fan club. It was awesome. As I watched them, I can't see the baby in N's features. And E is so tall and so sure of everything she does. Where are my babies? Who are these kids? I'm proud and happy, but feel an odd wrench at how grown up they are.
8. Tonight, before I don my Corbie Cape and disappear into the Corbie Cave, we are going out to eat and then splash around in the (not very hot)-hot-tub. This is a reward for the kids, who’ve been awesome and who requested a fun Thursday.
9. The husband says he’s going to be home early tonight. I’m trying to hold down my excitement because every time he’s said that for the last few months, work has sabotaged the plan. But it sure would be nice…. (fingers crossed, but not holding my breath)
10. (drum roll) I am going to insist that regardless of "their" schedule, I will not be working late next Wednesday. Next Wednesday is the Art Gala at N's school, which will then be followed by Star Gazing. We are going and that's that!
* Ahh... my lovely, new, black coat. I almost swooned when I touched it because it’s so soft and has no pills. And I bought it on the internet, so I feel super-duper lucky because it fits, it feels so nice I want to rub myself all over it, and it’s be-you-tea-full. But why is this joy? I wear a coat everyday to work because I’m always chilled. All my other coats (with one exception) are ridiculously big and won’t keep me warm. I have extremely silly amounts of pride and joy in my coat. It’s all I can do to resist the urge to show my (mundane, male, non-coat wearing) co-workers how cool and splendid it is. They’d think I was cracked. So I sit here surveying my small office kingdom all wrapped up in styling, wooly, soft goodness. And it is good. It is all good. I can deal with any disappointments today because I have my list of happy in my head and I wear my wonderful coat like armor.
Where did I get this spendid coat? It was marked as half-off on Overstock.com. But they carry overstock which is a catch-as-catch-can situation. More importantly, who made it? lemme see.. The label says "Tehari". I have no idea if that's good, bad or indifferent. I'm lurvin' it!
Things that put the happy in my day:
1. Lunch started late and I was STARVED. Instead of binging, I ate the lunch I packed, reviewed my food plan for the day and instead of caving and eating a low-cal carby snack from my stash, I finished off my orange bell peppers and carrots. (It all seems so... orangey! hahaha! but orange is a happy color.)
2. I exercised last night. I beat the sleepies! Woot woot. And it was tough, but I pushed through.
3. N did some insane amounts of reading this week and it was all done in time for tomorrow’s book report. Team N rocks! I'm so proud of him.
4. It’s freaking gorgeous out.
5. I have a new, black wool coat. Woot woot!*
6. Tonight is my art night. My muse insists that regardless of triathlons or weight loss goals, my internal fitness driver must allow me one night a week to let my creativity flex and to nurture my spiritual/art side. I will probably sew on stuff for the kids, but there are so many possibilities for projects to work on, I’m all suppressed anticipation.
7. I was ready to peal out of the house at 6:20 am, but lingered instead to hang out with my fan club. It was awesome. As I watched them, I can't see the baby in N's features. And E is so tall and so sure of everything she does. Where are my babies? Who are these kids? I'm proud and happy, but feel an odd wrench at how grown up they are.
8. Tonight, before I don my Corbie Cape and disappear into the Corbie Cave, we are going out to eat and then splash around in the (not very hot)-hot-tub. This is a reward for the kids, who’ve been awesome and who requested a fun Thursday.
9. The husband says he’s going to be home early tonight. I’m trying to hold down my excitement because every time he’s said that for the last few months, work has sabotaged the plan. But it sure would be nice…. (fingers crossed, but not holding my breath)
10. (drum roll) I am going to insist that regardless of "their" schedule, I will not be working late next Wednesday. Next Wednesday is the Art Gala at N's school, which will then be followed by Star Gazing. We are going and that's that!
* Ahh... my lovely, new, black coat. I almost swooned when I touched it because it’s so soft and has no pills. And I bought it on the internet, so I feel super-duper lucky because it fits, it feels so nice I want to rub myself all over it, and it’s be-you-tea-full. But why is this joy? I wear a coat everyday to work because I’m always chilled. All my other coats (with one exception) are ridiculously big and won’t keep me warm. I have extremely silly amounts of pride and joy in my coat. It’s all I can do to resist the urge to show my (mundane, male, non-coat wearing) co-workers how cool and splendid it is. They’d think I was cracked. So I sit here surveying my small office kingdom all wrapped up in styling, wooly, soft goodness. And it is good. It is all good. I can deal with any disappointments today because I have my list of happy in my head and I wear my wonderful coat like armor.
Where did I get this spendid coat? It was marked as half-off on Overstock.com. But they carry overstock which is a catch-as-catch-can situation. More importantly, who made it? lemme see.. The label says "Tehari". I have no idea if that's good, bad or indifferent. I'm lurvin' it!
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Date: 2008-04-04 01:45 am (UTC)