What made me happy today?

[Flashfire07]

Ironically enough finding grey hairs in my beard made me happy as it means I'm living long enough to start greying. Which is ironic as I'm in my early 30s, but all the same it still provided some joy.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Nothing like a gin and tonic after doing yard work all day. I hit the gutters, tilled the sunflower bed, cleared the weeds from behind the garage, fed the transplanted rose bushes, trimmed the hedges, pruned the silk tree, hard-edged all the flower beds, hosed down the fence, sprayed the bleach solution on the roof to get the moss out, scrubbed down the balcony... I love yard work! And gin.

 

[Dogberry's Watch]

Got to see my sister for a few hours today. She drove us around (since my car is still in the shop) and we had Taco Bell and then ice cream. We also got groceries together and then giggled on my back patio when we got back to my house.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

After a long day in the office, nothing beats making your own dinner. I made some veggie salad, buffalo chicken, and sautéed garlic mushrooms. (Hmm ... garlic mushrooms).

 

[TrevorD]

I used my home-made greek yogurt as a base for a dill spread for the salmon i made last night. It went over well!

 

[Dogberry's Watch]

Got the car I wanted at the dealership and will sell my old car once I get the title in the mail. Solid first half of the day, now I'm going to work on a jigsaw puzzle and drink some water because I'm dehydrated, haha.

 

[Louanne Learning]

now I'm going to work on a jigsaw puzzle

I have a brother-in-law who undertakes to put together puzzles with thousands of pieces. When he is done, he mounts and glues the completed puzzle on a board and hangs it in his garage.

 

[Homer Potvin]

brother-in-lay

Ewwwwwwww!

 

[Louanne Learning]

Ewwwwwwww!

Omg, corrected!

 

[Homer Potvin]

Omg, corrected!

The quote shall remain forever!

 

[Set2Stun]

It's been nearly two weeks since the kitty crisis, and 5 full days since I gave her the last fluid injection. Mittens seems to be pretty much back to her old self, which is such a relief. Still keeping a close eye on her of course, but things are looking really good and I can relax a little. I only wish she would be more enthusiastic about eating her pro-kidney formulated food. She is so so stubborn

 

[Rath Darkblade]

So glad to hear kitty is on the mend, Set2Stun!

 

[GlitterRain]

After going between wanting to finish the first draft of my fourth novel and working on it, to not wanting the inflict the agony of the last chapter onto these characters I have known and cared for for the past five years, to wishing it was finished already, then a walk with Husband and a late dinner out at a good restaurant to celebrate me finishing it (prematurely at that point), to finally sitting down for the last two hours or so I needed - fighting sleepiness at that point - to finish it, I finished it (on June 7th, since it’s past midnight now EST).

I’m not quite sure, due to fighting tiredness, how good the very last part is, but it’s okay because it exists and I tried. Now I’m going to try to relax and enjoy the rest of the night. I just have to keep myself up until 6 AM or so, but luckily I think I micro-napped, so hopefully it’s not too hard (going back to nights).

Anyways, four novel drafts finished. This particular one - book three of a trilogy - only took me about 8 months to complete, my first time managing less than a year.

 

[writersaurus]

Can I mention yesterday evening when I went to a friend's party and had a blast! Still experiencing the post-socializing blues. But, hey, we've got to maintain our individuality, right? I am currently revising my very own Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off series that I has been stuck in its 'crappy first draft' state for god knows how long! And now I'm typing each story up and improving each one to their, well...let's say, slightly less crappy state.

 

[edamame]

Ah, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...I used to love that show and gossip about it with my friends.

I'm happy because I had a good day of shopping. Also there's an upcoming event I want to got to and an old friend is interested in it too.

 

[ps102]

I've had a great two days. I spent all of yesterday cleaning the inside of the car I've been working on using a water vacuum. The amount of dirt, mould and gunk I got out was amazing. There was also lots of sand because well, trips to the beach. You can't live in Crete and not have lots of those in the summer.

Today, I spent its entirety cleaning some heavily rusted parts of the body. There were two areas specifically that had too much rust. Way too much. One was underneath the engine bay and the other was behind the bumper, which was a royal pain in the neck to remove.

I used a grinder with a steel wool attachment at maximum speed and it ate through the rust like it was nothing. I removed everything that I could and then sprayed it with primer. The lower body frame behind the bumper had a scary amount of rust. I could peel layers of it with my fingers even without the power tool.

Then, I cleaned fourty years worth of dirt and oil gunk from the engine bay. Minus some surface rust, it looks pretty clean for its age. I had to be a little aggressive with the water though so I'll leave the battery disconnected for a couple of days. The Greek summer sun will take care of the drying.

The bumper has lost its color from the years so I'll go get black spray paint along with some sandpaper to get it sparkling again. I went through the trouble of removing it so it's a good opportunity.

That's hardly all the work it needs but we're getting there...

 

[Rath Darkblade]

My day is just beginning, but I'm working from home. So, what's making me happy today?

The fact that it's not yesterday. Yesterday, after coming back from a long weekend (and thus having to do 4 days' work in one day), I was forced to suspend my necessary work and go to an all-hands-on-deck meeting for everybody in the company, which took an hour and a half. So I sat in the back and snoozed while the speakers blathered on and on and on about nothing very much. Bleh!

Don't you love having to go to meetings that have nothing to do with you?

 

[big soft moose]

Don't you love having to go to meetings that have nothing to do with you?

I don't do that... if its nothing to do with me i just decline it. Should my boss happen to say anything i just tell them that i'm priorising my time effectively to provide best value to the organisation. It's very hard for a boss to say ' no i don't want you to provide value' it kinda shortcircuits their brain.

if anyone other than my boss says anything "No." is a complete sentence requirement no justification

 

[Rath Darkblade]

I don't do that... if its nothing to do with me i just decline it. Should my boss happen to say anything i just tell them that i'm priorising my time effectively to provide best value to the organisation. It's very hard for a boss to say ' no i don't want you to provide value' it kinda shortcircuits their brain.

if anyone other than my boss says anything "No." is a complete sentence requirement no justification

I know, but my boss's boss insisted that I had to go. So, go I did.

The worst part about it is that there are 4 or 5 of these every year. So I go every time and get bored out of my skull. :-\

 

[Rigor Mortis]

It's the happy thread, so I'll say I didn't have to go to two days of mandatory training, like two weeks ago, that I can only describe as painting by numbers. I usually avoid but this one was, well, mandatory.