Happy Things - Day 39
Things that made me happy today:
Day 1: (12/17) My doctor, himself, actually called me today! Not a cranky menopausal nurse, not a strung out med student, but the doctor HIMSELF. He wanted to know what was happening with my xray, cause he never got the papers. (not suprised) Luckily, I've had to become a record-keeping master over the years, and have the films at home. He (himself again!) is gonna call & put the squeeze on the radiologist to send him the report. Also, my buttered bagel with ham tasted pretty good this morning & I wanted another. Oh and Sharon was impressed by my mad research skills & secret knowledge of chemical hazards & occupational safety. I knew all that stupid manual reading & OSHA training crap would come in handy someday.
Day 2: (12/18) Oh hell, I don't know. Day 2 was a doosie. But the Rubykitty always makes me happy, and guacamole. :3 Oh- and picturing Milla Jovovich with a riding crop & thigh-high black leather boots. ;)
Day 3: (12/19) Writing to Julian. Getting asked about how I got to where I am in my career. Therefore, feeling like I've done something with myself.
Day 4: (12/20) Heavy duty craft glue, vicodan, snow sharks, electric heat, new computers, sea creatures, nice conversations with Emily, Matty, & Nicolai, rhinestones, blueberry waffles with bacon, and argyle.
Day 5: (12/21) A thin layer of snow on a thick layer of ice on a thick layer of snow on a thin layer of ice, Paint.net, finally getting to properly update my Myspace, 3 Bean Hot Dish
Day 6: (12/22) Finally getting out of the house, if even just to the store. Eating the chocolate moussey stuff my mom made. Taking photos of the crazy 40-year storm
Day 7: (12/23) Kittens in cat cups, getting christmas eve off, chinese noodles, talking to that punky guy on the train, eggs on bagels, the fake Thundercats trailer, being praised at work, whiskey, rockin' the combination skully scarf & purple/black argyle sweater vest :>
Day 8: (12/24) Major Dickason's Blend from the French Press with Peppermint Mocha Coffeemate, another good appointment with the new doc (he takes me seriously - hallelujah!), wild orange spice tea, the big maroon argyle pullover that made Sunny look hilarious but looks pretty good on me, hot hot showers mmm, drinks & hors de ourves with the neighbors and their ridiculously cute rambunctious little 2 year-old, spiral cut ham, perhaps presents tomorrow? :D
Day 9: (12/25) Presents (see previous post), Perry Mason, listening to my tiny new mp3 player, prime rib, Tazo Passion herbal tea, tag clouds, fancy new layouts, breakfast casserole, lap cats, Rachel Maddow
Day 10: (12/26) Slush where once was ice, being the first one into work, listening to the Doors on my mp3 player, Todai's tasty buffet & their tiny desserts, seeing Moni, Amy, Tim & co. for the first time in aaages, making new journals, Tazo Passion tea, xanax, driving crazy to try and shake the snow off the roof, online flirting, sharing with my 'rents: the wonder that is using the toaster oven like a regular oven, Gwen Ifill, Dad telling me he'd put the chest I painted containing my g. grandma's journals somewhere 'prominent', camilia scented heart shaped soap
Day 11: (12/27) Seeing Moni, Andrew, Jess & Mel, bras with removable air pockets, sexy new clothes that actually fit, sleeping in really late, short-chain fatty acids, kittens with ribbons, ogHr, the bad economy making the post-christmas sales much better, conversations about double-ended dildos
Day 12: (12/28) Finding perfectly fitting clothes as if hanging in a glowing shaft of light....(& new underwear, socks and bras!), coconut hand lotion, Hot Pot City, fun times with friends, pinball, flirting, randomly running into Tyler (!!), delicious hot toddies, paper brains
Day 13: (12/29) Bosslady getting me outta the lab for a bit, getting to do something new at work, sick time, alka selzer, hot things filled with rice & lavender for aching joints, Tazo Passion Tea, dogs that do math, Ruby playing with ribbons, chatting with Matty, Brandon & Sunny, Tom Waits' Magical Trunk
Day 14: (12/30) Pinball, popcorn, pork roast & squash, chenille blankets, orange flavored chocolate, whiskey
Day 15: (12/31) Lil' smokies, hot showers, ruffley collars, red & black, nose compliments, whiskey, 5 4 3 2 1...Happy New Year!, wool blankets, cute boys & girls, Christopher Walken dancing, purple eyeshadow, beards
Day 16: (01/01) Sausage & egg biscuits with hash brown sticks, new growth on a dead plant (apparantly it was only....mostly dead), a clean bedroom, horseradish sauce, elam, Ruby's a good kitty :3
Day 17: (01/02) Lavender martinis, my black polka-dotted tie, Portland City Grill, naps, Tazo Passion Tea, The McLaughlin Group 2008 Year-End Awards, left-over prime rib, flotsam & jetsam, ramen with prime rib & peas, protamine sulfate
Day 18: (01/03) Lasagna, kitties, new bumper stickers, pork buns, french press coffee, square balloons & root beer, hangin out with Emily, little blue robots, getting out of a bad decision, heart-shaped camilia scented soap
Day 19: (01/04) Good friends in medicine, hashbrowns, a clean aquarium, skully scarf, Unknown Species of Marine Cephalopod T-shirt, orange-flavored chocolate, being relatively computer literate...because they keep breaking! >:0
Day 20: (01/05) Winning today, old friends, lemon drop, chocolate, really big cans of tea
Day 21: (01/06) Cinnamon red bean mochi, taco salad, relative peace & quiet, chocolate carmel coffee creamer, my new tripod, rubykins, the wonderful strange thing that arrived in the mail
Day 22: (01/07) potentially finding a new place to live, my black sparkly short-sleved hoodie, taco salad, coffee, geeks, Andrew & I discussing the wonders of vaginal microflora, Vaux's Swifts, rubykitty!, Tazo Passion tea, shrimps, money
Day 23: (01/08) perfectly cooked eggs, Mark & Brian, fish swimming against aquarium turbulence, crazy gypsy music, girls on stilts, that all-terrain-vehicle quality little kids have, curry pinepple fried rice with raisins and cashews, peanut sauce, hanging out with new and old friends, big shoes, hard apple cider, ruby amusing herself, music played on wine glasses, hot showers
Day 24: (01/09) meeting one of my heroes, feeling like an equal, turkey & swiss on como, interesting research, an abundance of kitties, being complimented on my moral aspect to research, whiskey, diagrams on dry erase boards, brainstorming, being able to get everything on my list at the liquor store, tea parties, the Czech Alice, Crocodile Dundee quotes, karaoke, big hats, bunny ears, finger sandwiches, a good hair day, the weekend, pop rocks, my map scarf, claymation
Day 25: (01/10) De-Glycyrrhizinated Licorice, strange dreams about rampaging animals, chocolate carmel coffee creamer, the duodenum, isotonic blobs, MRIs with nice ladies, Nine Inch Nails, spicy tempeh sticks with peanut sauce, vegan macaroni & cheese, cocktails, being on the same page, Tazo Passion Tea in a really big cup, the comic stylings of Neil Patrick Harris, fishy feeding frenzies, Keith Olbemann, Sarah Palin continuing to make an a-hole out of herself
Day 26: (01/11) Dreaming again, organic herbal super killer pesticides, successfully replanting my woodrose, obliterating spyware, building turtle cages with dad, the beginnings of packing up, japanese stuff, my cherry shrimp coming out of hiding, chili dogs, Tazo Passion Tea, closet kitties, my tripod, the money hole, zippered pouches in multiple convenient sizes, food with writing pressed into it (I wonder what it says)
Day 27: (01/12) cool new roomies, memories of heman & shera, peach cobbler, people who sell clothes for quarters to play pinball, mint tea, kitties waiting for me, feeling appreciated, birthday drinking, my good pillow
Day 28: (01/13) a tasty lunch, the phrase "being a pill", 2 simultaneous gym memberships, hilarious looking pictures of the aryan jesus, little kids acting nutty, the biggest loser, wax beans, chatting with Sunny, my hands-free earpiece, Tazo Passion Tea, using the ironing board as a desk, lots of jewelry, chocolates, Jon Stewart & Rachel Maddow
Day 29: (01/14) being productive, happy macrophages, pastrami swiss & pesto on dark rye, big sunglasses, being stuffed in tube with NIN, powells books, chillin with friends, pho!, spring rolls, seeing my brains, conclusive diagnoses, conversations, kitties waiting for me by the door, Tazo Passion Tea, heating pads
Day 30: (01/15) cashews, no problems at work today, skully scarf, u-shaped neck pillow, milky ways, a relaxing evening, krinkle cut fries, jon stewart, hot showers, cushy socks, funny kitties, sleeep
Day 31: (01/16) Jay Leno, "grapes", cuddly kittens, coconut soup & salad rolls, jon stewart, oHgr, earl grey tea, whiskey, jellyfish/mushroom necklace, watching tv at work, Pinball, otocinclus, my bed
Day 32: (01/17) Dancing circles, cheesy poofs, new hard drives, Jim Dandy, new turtle cages, fried eggs
Day 33: (01/18) scalloped potatoes, big boaties, cherry pie, Whitney & Adam, big fat kitties, my tripod, sunsets, family gatherings, funky art scarf, fancy old fashioned ladies hats
Day 34: (01/20) liquidation prices, arrested development, coconut coffee creamer, spooky video games, Wes & Emily, crunchy peanut butter (stupid recall!), President Barack Obama, taking measurements of my new room, my mp3 player, micro SD cards with adapters, yellow chicken and broccoli casserole, purple eyeshadow, skyline
Day 35: (01/21) soup, radio, DIMD shirt, packages in the mail, "vegetable" flavored crackers, a clean and spiffy aquarium, cute rubies, calling someone on their racism, True Beauty, Jon Stewart, growing foliage, that last bite of clif bar before I realized I was eating recalled food
Day 36: (01/22) Lasagna, rahmbamarama, around the world blog, getting that stupid flyer done, lemon peel, bones in the circus, tonights Jay Leno monologue, fried potatoes, new Obama icon, the beautiful Uyghur people with their asian features and light hair
Day 37: (01/26) ruby kitty, new places to live, berry cobbler, argyle sweater vest, skully scarf, sympathetic receptionist, agreeable former doctor in corvallis, rambamarama, printable calendars in which I can stick my own pictures, facebook, building stuff with dad, new computers, kellen-free work day, my mom getting the risotto right, club soda
Day 38: (01/27) hot tubs, enchiladas, biggest loser, sleeping in, purple and maroon, ruby with her weirdness, sweatpants, hair dyed red, Keith Olbermann
Day 39: (01/28) the phrase "dont do anything you wouldn't do", psychologists, a dose-dependent mTNF alpha response to peptidoglycan, potatoes, win vs. the coke machine, eating ice cream out of a coffee cup, a conversation about political punditry & fandom, zombies, ruby makes a good lap warmer, blankets as clothing items, red dwarf, new icons
Day 1: (12/17) My doctor, himself, actually called me today! Not a cranky menopausal nurse, not a strung out med student, but the doctor HIMSELF. He wanted to know what was happening with my xray, cause he never got the papers. (not suprised) Luckily, I've had to become a record-keeping master over the years, and have the films at home. He (himself again!) is gonna call & put the squeeze on the radiologist to send him the report. Also, my buttered bagel with ham tasted pretty good this morning & I wanted another. Oh and Sharon was impressed by my mad research skills & secret knowledge of chemical hazards & occupational safety. I knew all that stupid manual reading & OSHA training crap would come in handy someday.
Day 2: (12/18) Oh hell, I don't know. Day 2 was a doosie. But the Rubykitty always makes me happy, and guacamole. :3 Oh- and picturing Milla Jovovich with a riding crop & thigh-high black leather boots. ;)
Day 3: (12/19) Writing to Julian. Getting asked about how I got to where I am in my career. Therefore, feeling like I've done something with myself.
Day 4: (12/20) Heavy duty craft glue, vicodan, snow sharks, electric heat, new computers, sea creatures, nice conversations with Emily, Matty, & Nicolai, rhinestones, blueberry waffles with bacon, and argyle.
Day 5: (12/21) A thin layer of snow on a thick layer of ice on a thick layer of snow on a thin layer of ice, Paint.net, finally getting to properly update my Myspace, 3 Bean Hot Dish
Day 6: (12/22) Finally getting out of the house, if even just to the store. Eating the chocolate moussey stuff my mom made. Taking photos of the crazy 40-year storm
Day 7: (12/23) Kittens in cat cups, getting christmas eve off, chinese noodles, talking to that punky guy on the train, eggs on bagels, the fake Thundercats trailer, being praised at work, whiskey, rockin' the combination skully scarf & purple/black argyle sweater vest :>
Day 8: (12/24) Major Dickason's Blend from the French Press with Peppermint Mocha Coffeemate, another good appointment with the new doc (he takes me seriously - hallelujah!), wild orange spice tea, the big maroon argyle pullover that made Sunny look hilarious but looks pretty good on me, hot hot showers mmm, drinks & hors de ourves with the neighbors and their ridiculously cute rambunctious little 2 year-old, spiral cut ham, perhaps presents tomorrow? :D
Day 9: (12/25) Presents (see previous post), Perry Mason, listening to my tiny new mp3 player, prime rib, Tazo Passion herbal tea, tag clouds, fancy new layouts, breakfast casserole, lap cats, Rachel Maddow
Day 10: (12/26) Slush where once was ice, being the first one into work, listening to the Doors on my mp3 player, Todai's tasty buffet & their tiny desserts, seeing Moni, Amy, Tim & co. for the first time in aaages, making new journals, Tazo Passion tea, xanax, driving crazy to try and shake the snow off the roof, online flirting, sharing with my 'rents: the wonder that is using the toaster oven like a regular oven, Gwen Ifill, Dad telling me he'd put the chest I painted containing my g. grandma's journals somewhere 'prominent', camilia scented heart shaped soap
Day 11: (12/27) Seeing Moni, Andrew, Jess & Mel, bras with removable air pockets, sexy new clothes that actually fit, sleeping in really late, short-chain fatty acids, kittens with ribbons, ogHr, the bad economy making the post-christmas sales much better, conversations about double-ended dildos
Day 12: (12/28) Finding perfectly fitting clothes as if hanging in a glowing shaft of light....(& new underwear, socks and bras!), coconut hand lotion, Hot Pot City, fun times with friends, pinball, flirting, randomly running into Tyler (!!), delicious hot toddies, paper brains
Day 13: (12/29) Bosslady getting me outta the lab for a bit, getting to do something new at work, sick time, alka selzer, hot things filled with rice & lavender for aching joints, Tazo Passion Tea, dogs that do math, Ruby playing with ribbons, chatting with Matty, Brandon & Sunny, Tom Waits' Magical Trunk
Day 14: (12/30) Pinball, popcorn, pork roast & squash, chenille blankets, orange flavored chocolate, whiskey
Day 15: (12/31) Lil' smokies, hot showers, ruffley collars, red & black, nose compliments, whiskey, 5 4 3 2 1...Happy New Year!, wool blankets, cute boys & girls, Christopher Walken dancing, purple eyeshadow, beards
Day 16: (01/01) Sausage & egg biscuits with hash brown sticks, new growth on a dead plant (apparantly it was only....mostly dead), a clean bedroom, horseradish sauce, elam, Ruby's a good kitty :3
Day 17: (01/02) Lavender martinis, my black polka-dotted tie, Portland City Grill, naps, Tazo Passion Tea, The McLaughlin Group 2008 Year-End Awards, left-over prime rib, flotsam & jetsam, ramen with prime rib & peas, protamine sulfate
Day 18: (01/03) Lasagna, kitties, new bumper stickers, pork buns, french press coffee, square balloons & root beer, hangin out with Emily, little blue robots, getting out of a bad decision, heart-shaped camilia scented soap
Day 19: (01/04) Good friends in medicine, hashbrowns, a clean aquarium, skully scarf, Unknown Species of Marine Cephalopod T-shirt, orange-flavored chocolate, being relatively computer literate...because they keep breaking! >:0
Day 20: (01/05) Winning today, old friends, lemon drop, chocolate, really big cans of tea
Day 21: (01/06) Cinnamon red bean mochi, taco salad, relative peace & quiet, chocolate carmel coffee creamer, my new tripod, rubykins, the wonderful strange thing that arrived in the mail
Day 22: (01/07) potentially finding a new place to live, my black sparkly short-sleved hoodie, taco salad, coffee, geeks, Andrew & I discussing the wonders of vaginal microflora, Vaux's Swifts, rubykitty!, Tazo Passion tea, shrimps, money
Day 23: (01/08) perfectly cooked eggs, Mark & Brian, fish swimming against aquarium turbulence, crazy gypsy music, girls on stilts, that all-terrain-vehicle quality little kids have, curry pinepple fried rice with raisins and cashews, peanut sauce, hanging out with new and old friends, big shoes, hard apple cider, ruby amusing herself, music played on wine glasses, hot showers
Day 24: (01/09) meeting one of my heroes, feeling like an equal, turkey & swiss on como, interesting research, an abundance of kitties, being complimented on my moral aspect to research, whiskey, diagrams on dry erase boards, brainstorming, being able to get everything on my list at the liquor store, tea parties, the Czech Alice, Crocodile Dundee quotes, karaoke, big hats, bunny ears, finger sandwiches, a good hair day, the weekend, pop rocks, my map scarf, claymation
Day 25: (01/10) De-Glycyrrhizinated Licorice, strange dreams about rampaging animals, chocolate carmel coffee creamer, the duodenum, isotonic blobs, MRIs with nice ladies, Nine Inch Nails, spicy tempeh sticks with peanut sauce, vegan macaroni & cheese, cocktails, being on the same page, Tazo Passion Tea in a really big cup, the comic stylings of Neil Patrick Harris, fishy feeding frenzies, Keith Olbemann, Sarah Palin continuing to make an a-hole out of herself
Day 26: (01/11) Dreaming again, organic herbal super killer pesticides, successfully replanting my woodrose, obliterating spyware, building turtle cages with dad, the beginnings of packing up, japanese stuff, my cherry shrimp coming out of hiding, chili dogs, Tazo Passion Tea, closet kitties, my tripod, the money hole, zippered pouches in multiple convenient sizes, food with writing pressed into it (I wonder what it says)
Day 27: (01/12) cool new roomies, memories of heman & shera, peach cobbler, people who sell clothes for quarters to play pinball, mint tea, kitties waiting for me, feeling appreciated, birthday drinking, my good pillow
Day 28: (01/13) a tasty lunch, the phrase "being a pill", 2 simultaneous gym memberships, hilarious looking pictures of the aryan jesus, little kids acting nutty, the biggest loser, wax beans, chatting with Sunny, my hands-free earpiece, Tazo Passion Tea, using the ironing board as a desk, lots of jewelry, chocolates, Jon Stewart & Rachel Maddow
Day 29: (01/14) being productive, happy macrophages, pastrami swiss & pesto on dark rye, big sunglasses, being stuffed in tube with NIN, powells books, chillin with friends, pho!, spring rolls, seeing my brains, conclusive diagnoses, conversations, kitties waiting for me by the door, Tazo Passion Tea, heating pads
Day 30: (01/15) cashews, no problems at work today, skully scarf, u-shaped neck pillow, milky ways, a relaxing evening, krinkle cut fries, jon stewart, hot showers, cushy socks, funny kitties, sleeep
Day 31: (01/16) Jay Leno, "grapes", cuddly kittens, coconut soup & salad rolls, jon stewart, oHgr, earl grey tea, whiskey, jellyfish/mushroom necklace, watching tv at work, Pinball, otocinclus, my bed
Day 32: (01/17) Dancing circles, cheesy poofs, new hard drives, Jim Dandy, new turtle cages, fried eggs
Day 33: (01/18) scalloped potatoes, big boaties, cherry pie, Whitney & Adam, big fat kitties, my tripod, sunsets, family gatherings, funky art scarf, fancy old fashioned ladies hats
Day 34: (01/20) liquidation prices, arrested development, coconut coffee creamer, spooky video games, Wes & Emily, crunchy peanut butter (stupid recall!), President Barack Obama, taking measurements of my new room, my mp3 player, micro SD cards with adapters, yellow chicken and broccoli casserole, purple eyeshadow, skyline
Day 35: (01/21) soup, radio, DIMD shirt, packages in the mail, "vegetable" flavored crackers, a clean and spiffy aquarium, cute rubies, calling someone on their racism, True Beauty, Jon Stewart, growing foliage, that last bite of clif bar before I realized I was eating recalled food
Day 36: (01/22) Lasagna, rahmbamarama, around the world blog, getting that stupid flyer done, lemon peel, bones in the circus, tonights Jay Leno monologue, fried potatoes, new Obama icon, the beautiful Uyghur people with their asian features and light hair
Day 37: (01/26) ruby kitty, new places to live, berry cobbler, argyle sweater vest, skully scarf, sympathetic receptionist, agreeable former doctor in corvallis, rambamarama, printable calendars in which I can stick my own pictures, facebook, building stuff with dad, new computers, kellen-free work day, my mom getting the risotto right, club soda
Day 38: (01/27) hot tubs, enchiladas, biggest loser, sleeping in, purple and maroon, ruby with her weirdness, sweatpants, hair dyed red, Keith Olbermann
Day 39: (01/28) the phrase "dont do anything you wouldn't do", psychologists, a dose-dependent mTNF alpha response to peptidoglycan, potatoes, win vs. the coke machine, eating ice cream out of a coffee cup, a conversation about political punditry & fandom, zombies, ruby makes a good lap warmer, blankets as clothing items, red dwarf, new icons