2022 Happy To Be Here

For a short time I sat out on Gideon's swing and looked up at the leaves blowing with occasional sun and sky peeking through.  The road nearby can still be loud, but it feels further away in this part of the yard. The shade and breeze almost had me forgetting how hot it really was outside. Other happy things for today: Bel, Gideon, and I finished the puzzle I started just after Christmas. It is missing two pieces, but it is done. I am choosing to remind myself that I am happy I have a job with good benefits. That I am happy I only have a 30 hour work week. About three months ago I stopped eating gluten. Over the weekend I was blessed to have people to make food for me. Unfortunately there was a miscommunication and I had pancakes with gluten. It happened, and I didn’t get sick from the reintroduction to my system. I have heard that can happen even if a person isn’t gluten sensitive. So I have been eating limited amounts of gluten again. Bel made some delicious blueberry m...

 Talking with a fellow employee this morning he couldn't understand why anyone would want to volunteer to go home after getting to work.  "You go to all that trouble to get ready, why turn around and go home?" he said.  My response after deciding to leave early, "I have things to do at home."  So I left work early, went home, packed up some stuff, and headed for the studio.  Other things I am happy about today: At the studio I sewed, embroidered, and did some rug braiding.  Day 39 A&S challenge done! At the studio I took a nap. At the studio I watched the sun rise. I keep a flannel shirt and pair of slippers at the studio.  It kind of feels a little like Mr. Rogers when I get there and change.  I do something similar at home, somehow it feels more Mr. Rogers-esque at the studio.  "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." At home I ate, relaxed, and made dinner for the family.  It was a good day.  Cats sleep in some weird ways!...

 As I sit, alone, in the studio I am again filled with gratitude and happiness at having this space to use.  I say alone, but there are others, friends and probably people I have yet to meet, in the building as well.  Today Keziah stayed home though.  I have worked on the braiding for what will someday be a braided rug and I have spent some time meditating.  The chair that I tend to use I keep moving slightly to chase the sun.  All seems right in my little corner of the room.  Other, or more detail of,  happy things for today: Before going shopping today and picking up a pair of earbuds, I searched my room more for the ones I lost and found them.  Yay!  Listening to music at the studio with them is polite.  Dancing around the studio to music only I can hear is fun. The yoga mat was placed in a sun beam before I practiced meditating.   With my back on the yoga mat I looked up to the ceiling to see that someone had drawn so...

The brain is such a wondrous thing.  Before drifting off to sleep after Minecraft last night I started working on today's Wordle.  The first guess I made I learned two letters, one that was in the right place.  The next word I got another letter, but not where it belonged.  In my head I tried a few combinations but came up with nothing and decided that I really should be sleeping.  In the morning I would find paper and pencil and start looking for clues that way.  Only in the morning, after sleeping on it, I opened the game and just saw the word.  I feel like while I slept my brain figured out the puzzle for me.  Wordle solved in three tries.  Other happy things for today: Before going on meds, my brain would suggest that I dress nice or do my hair a certain way to try to give myself the appearance of being happy or pretty or normal.  That maybe by showing that as my outward appearance I would be that way.  Today I felt closer to h...