three things, day two
Today's positivity, since I'm not sure when I'll have time for it later:
1. Buddy is continuing to do well. We called yesterday to check on him (well, I made Morgan do it) and he was fine and sleeping in his kennel, but when the woman went in to check on him he jumped up and went over for pets. He's such a lovebug. And his report card said he was full of energy and had fun playing with his new friends. (Yes, he gets a report card. Did I mention this place is swank?) So we're feeling so much better about leaving him there, and we're so looking forward to seeing him next Tuesday. But we've decided we're not calling again until at least Saturday, because we don't want to be those parents.
2. This is a totally silly shallow one, but I love my hair. I've always wanted to be a redhead, and I finally have the color I want. My hair is a really vibrant red now, and yeah it doesn't look that natural but I don't care, I love how bright it is and it makes me happy when I look in the mirror. I also really love the cut I have right now, my hair is just about chin-length and I think it looks really good. When it was around my shoulders it just looked limp and blah because my hair's so fine it just gets weighed down. Now it has more body and bounce to it. It's not cheap to maintain, but I love it so much.
3. In other first world happiness, I love that we're coming home to a clean house. I have no idea what L did to our house, but normally we pay her for three hours every two weeks. She hadn't been in about a month due to dog, so I paid her for six hours this week, and then she threw in an extra free hour on top of that. I'm both a little embarrassed at our house needing so much work and really thrilled that we'll come home to it being clean and sparkly. And I'm really happy that we worked out a time for her to come from now on that will allow me to be home with the Buddy boy and works with her schedule. We're hoping eventually that she'll be able to come without me being home, but right now that's less feasible.
It may be silly, but every now and again these days I have moments of realizing that I really do love my life. I have an amazing social and support network, both online and off. I have a job I enjoy most of the time and which I'm good at. I have Morgan, who keeps me sane among so many other things, I have sanders who also keeps me sane and who I'm very excited to see in a month. I have Buddy, which...yeah, you guys know about him. I love our house, I love that our yard is fenced in now and we can play with the dog in it and eventually the hopeful kids in it.
Sure, there are things I wish I could change, and there are dark spots, but mostly I really like where I am and where I look to be going. It's a good feeling, given that I spent a lot of time hating me and hating my life and wanting everything to be different.
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1. Buddy is continuing to do well. We called yesterday to check on him (well, I made Morgan do it) and he was fine and sleeping in his kennel, but when the woman went in to check on him he jumped up and went over for pets. He's such a lovebug. And his report card said he was full of energy and had fun playing with his new friends. (Yes, he gets a report card. Did I mention this place is swank?) So we're feeling so much better about leaving him there, and we're so looking forward to seeing him next Tuesday. But we've decided we're not calling again until at least Saturday, because we don't want to be those parents.
2. This is a totally silly shallow one, but I love my hair. I've always wanted to be a redhead, and I finally have the color I want. My hair is a really vibrant red now, and yeah it doesn't look that natural but I don't care, I love how bright it is and it makes me happy when I look in the mirror. I also really love the cut I have right now, my hair is just about chin-length and I think it looks really good. When it was around my shoulders it just looked limp and blah because my hair's so fine it just gets weighed down. Now it has more body and bounce to it. It's not cheap to maintain, but I love it so much.
3. In other first world happiness, I love that we're coming home to a clean house. I have no idea what L did to our house, but normally we pay her for three hours every two weeks. She hadn't been in about a month due to dog, so I paid her for six hours this week, and then she threw in an extra free hour on top of that. I'm both a little embarrassed at our house needing so much work and really thrilled that we'll come home to it being clean and sparkly. And I'm really happy that we worked out a time for her to come from now on that will allow me to be home with the Buddy boy and works with her schedule. We're hoping eventually that she'll be able to come without me being home, but right now that's less feasible.
It may be silly, but every now and again these days I have moments of realizing that I really do love my life. I have an amazing social and support network, both online and off. I have a job I enjoy most of the time and which I'm good at. I have Morgan, who keeps me sane among so many other things, I have sanders who also keeps me sane and who I'm very excited to see in a month. I have Buddy, which...yeah, you guys know about him. I love our house, I love that our yard is fenced in now and we can play with the dog in it and eventually the hopeful kids in it.
Sure, there are things I wish I could change, and there are dark spots, but mostly I really like where I am and where I look to be going. It's a good feeling, given that I spent a lot of time hating me and hating my life and wanting everything to be different.
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