Some Things That Are Actually Making Me Happy This Week
-After years of being an adult I've finally figured out that to finish my chores I need to act like a child. What do I mean? I need to treat housekeeping like a game. Laudry isn't a rote task. It is something I must do to unlock the 'clear hall' or 'uncovered bed' achievement (the last one has the added bonus of the 'place to sleep' achievement). Eating dinner at the table unlocks ice cream. Unrelated to chores, but necessary nonetheless, is the 'not slamming my fist on the wall at the noisy neighbors' unlocks the 'nice fancy cup of tea' achievement. It doesn't seem like much, but it is actually working. If doing the chores themselves doesn't make me feel good, then at least now I can trick myself into feeling like I'm acomplishing things (which I am!). And I'm actually getting work done around the house. Now to apply that to other tasks I need to complete.
-I chopped my hair off. Almost all of it. I mean, my hair is only a little longer than a classic pixie. It looks like a pixie since it curls to about that length. Think a cross between Meg Ryan in City of Angels and Audrey Tautou. Yep, that short. I was just sick of having it get finer and watching it continue to fall out in long strands each morning in the shower. Now I don't notice so much. And it curls up into a really fun look. Plus, I can finally wear earrings without getting them tangled in my hair.
-College Basketball has started. If you asked me while I was actually in college if I would have cared about basketball, I would have laughed. But I do. Go figure. We have a late game to catch up on and will have another tivoed before the weekend. So Saturday is going to be Basketball day. Rah!
-The weather isn't deathly hot anymore. It isn't exactly cool, mind you. The highs have still be in the upper seventies. But the lows have been in the fifties. And it is nice enough to take a walk in the evening now. It isn't Autumn like when I was a child. But after a particularly hot summer it feels wonderful outside right now.
-Next week is Thanksgiving and I have a yummy menu planned. It isn't really traditional. But we don't have anyone coming so I don't have to work around anyone else's expectations. Yes, for once I'm happy we don't have company for Thanksgiving. It does help that my parents are coming to visit in a few weeks. But even so, I'm pretty happy to get to cook whatever we want.
And five things make a list.
-I chopped my hair off. Almost all of it. I mean, my hair is only a little longer than a classic pixie. It looks like a pixie since it curls to about that length. Think a cross between Meg Ryan in City of Angels and Audrey Tautou. Yep, that short. I was just sick of having it get finer and watching it continue to fall out in long strands each morning in the shower. Now I don't notice so much. And it curls up into a really fun look. Plus, I can finally wear earrings without getting them tangled in my hair.
-College Basketball has started. If you asked me while I was actually in college if I would have cared about basketball, I would have laughed. But I do. Go figure. We have a late game to catch up on and will have another tivoed before the weekend. So Saturday is going to be Basketball day. Rah!
-The weather isn't deathly hot anymore. It isn't exactly cool, mind you. The highs have still be in the upper seventies. But the lows have been in the fifties. And it is nice enough to take a walk in the evening now. It isn't Autumn like when I was a child. But after a particularly hot summer it feels wonderful outside right now.
-Next week is Thanksgiving and I have a yummy menu planned. It isn't really traditional. But we don't have anyone coming so I don't have to work around anyone else's expectations. Yes, for once I'm happy we don't have company for Thanksgiving. It does help that my parents are coming to visit in a few weeks. But even so, I'm pretty happy to get to cook whatever we want.
And five things make a list.