Very Very Happy :D
I have been in an exceptionally good mood today, and I just thought I'd share. The more I thought of all the things that was making me happy, the happier I felt. Now tell me, isn't that worth sharing? Maybe even my mood will catch on and everybody else will feel joyful.
There are several reasons for being happy, and one is that Halloween is tomorrow and that is signaling the start of the holiday season. Besides, Halloween is by far my most favorite holiday. I had been deprived of celebrating since the year after I turned seven. That year I didn't get to go out because my parents had this weird idea that beings they didn't have any candy to give out, it wouldn't be fair if I went trick-or-treating. Shoot, they could have let me go out for an hour and they could have used that candy. I would say that they weren't thinking, but in this case, they were thinking too hard. The following years I wasn't allowed to participate because my mother got religious all of a sudden and there was no way she'd let me celebrate the Devil's day.
Well, I've been making up for that ever since I moved out of their house. To me, Halloween isn't about Devil worship or being scary. I think of it as a day to let imagination and fantasy become reality. I'm incredibly excited about dressing up tomorrow for work and also taking my kids out. I have been trying to talk some of my coworkers into dressing up, but even if I show up to work being the only one, that's okay. I will be having a ball!
The other reason for my happiness today is realizing that even though I am pretty much a homebody and don't really socialize, I still have made some incredibly good friends via the Internet. I knew that I had friends there before, but a simple statement from my husband made it relevant to me.
To elaborate, (and this is for anybody who may stumble across my blog because the ones who I am referring to are my only regular readers that I know of-Hi Guys!) I am a member of a yahoo group dedicated to my favorite author (the best one in the world, in case she is reading this) Katherine Kerr. I had been a member of that group for only 7 months and Husband has been a member of a couple off road message boards for a couple of years. I had started chatting with one person from the yahoo group a little while ago, now recently, another group member has joined our bull sessions. Chatting with them either one on one or all together has been a blast. Husband said he aught to join my little "book club" (the yahoo group) because people are friendly there. That made me realize that yeah, the people there are friendly and the two in particular have really become my good friends.
Now I know that the chances of meeting either of them in person is very slim. I will never say that it will never happen, because if it is my (oh so desperately want to use the term "wyrd" Oh what the heck, it is my journal after all) wyrd to meet them, I will. It's just rather unlikely because both live on the other side of the globe. No matter, because if ever I move. I will never move away from these friends. The Internet is portable in my case, so unless something happens to my computer, they will always be there.
The combination of the two things above started my wonderful mood. Then the little things just started kicking in. Like fuel prices dropped once again by another dime. It is now $2.25 and I hope it will keep going down. You know, things like that. Oh, yes, as of late, between one of my above friends and my own Husband, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been a topic and I Love That Movie. With it being Halloween I have had the excuse to pull out my copy and watch it a couple of times or more this week.
It may sound pathetic, but I have been so gosh darned happy I felt that I could burst. But you know what, I don't care if I sound pathetic. Everybody is entitled to find their happiness anyway they can and how dare anybody to try to take that away. You couldn't anyhow so nyah, nyah.
I know I had wished everybody a Happy Halloween in an earlier post this month, but I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do that closer to the day. But on the risk of repeating myself anyhow, have a Happy and Safe Halloween. Even if you don't celebrate, take the time to let a little whimsy into your life. You'll be glad you did.
There are several reasons for being happy, and one is that Halloween is tomorrow and that is signaling the start of the holiday season. Besides, Halloween is by far my most favorite holiday. I had been deprived of celebrating since the year after I turned seven. That year I didn't get to go out because my parents had this weird idea that beings they didn't have any candy to give out, it wouldn't be fair if I went trick-or-treating. Shoot, they could have let me go out for an hour and they could have used that candy. I would say that they weren't thinking, but in this case, they were thinking too hard. The following years I wasn't allowed to participate because my mother got religious all of a sudden and there was no way she'd let me celebrate the Devil's day.
Well, I've been making up for that ever since I moved out of their house. To me, Halloween isn't about Devil worship or being scary. I think of it as a day to let imagination and fantasy become reality. I'm incredibly excited about dressing up tomorrow for work and also taking my kids out. I have been trying to talk some of my coworkers into dressing up, but even if I show up to work being the only one, that's okay. I will be having a ball!
The other reason for my happiness today is realizing that even though I am pretty much a homebody and don't really socialize, I still have made some incredibly good friends via the Internet. I knew that I had friends there before, but a simple statement from my husband made it relevant to me.
To elaborate, (and this is for anybody who may stumble across my blog because the ones who I am referring to are my only regular readers that I know of-Hi Guys!) I am a member of a yahoo group dedicated to my favorite author (the best one in the world, in case she is reading this) Katherine Kerr. I had been a member of that group for only 7 months and Husband has been a member of a couple off road message boards for a couple of years. I had started chatting with one person from the yahoo group a little while ago, now recently, another group member has joined our bull sessions. Chatting with them either one on one or all together has been a blast. Husband said he aught to join my little "book club" (the yahoo group) because people are friendly there. That made me realize that yeah, the people there are friendly and the two in particular have really become my good friends.
Now I know that the chances of meeting either of them in person is very slim. I will never say that it will never happen, because if it is my (oh so desperately want to use the term "wyrd" Oh what the heck, it is my journal after all) wyrd to meet them, I will. It's just rather unlikely because both live on the other side of the globe. No matter, because if ever I move. I will never move away from these friends. The Internet is portable in my case, so unless something happens to my computer, they will always be there.
The combination of the two things above started my wonderful mood. Then the little things just started kicking in. Like fuel prices dropped once again by another dime. It is now $2.25 and I hope it will keep going down. You know, things like that. Oh, yes, as of late, between one of my above friends and my own Husband, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been a topic and I Love That Movie. With it being Halloween I have had the excuse to pull out my copy and watch it a couple of times or more this week.
It may sound pathetic, but I have been so gosh darned happy I felt that I could burst. But you know what, I don't care if I sound pathetic. Everybody is entitled to find their happiness anyway they can and how dare anybody to try to take that away. You couldn't anyhow so nyah, nyah.
I know I had wished everybody a Happy Halloween in an earlier post this month, but I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do that closer to the day. But on the risk of repeating myself anyhow, have a Happy and Safe Halloween. Even if you don't celebrate, take the time to let a little whimsy into your life. You'll be glad you did.