Positivity meme (day 3/7)
Today I'm grateful for more than three things, although the first couple are...backhanded examples of gratitude?
So here they are!
1) I'm thankful that
scruloose was home when I found a GIANT FUCKING SPIDER in the upstairs hallway (it wasn't even a familiar species, never mind something I'm used to seeing in my home! MEEP), and that he dealt with it.
2) I'm thankful for how good and gentle our kittens are even when they're upset. Poor Jinksy!bear had an awful mat in his britches when we went to groom his belly tonight, and our schedule isn't going to be conducive to working it out gradually over the next few days--it was pretty much tonight and then not getting back to it until Sunday or so. Jinksy hates being groomed at the best of times, and he was SO unhappy, poor kitten. He squirmed and made pitiful little noises, but he didn't bring out his claws at all until many minutes had passed, and when he did, he was as gentle with them as is possible with claws. I have a couple of scratches, and they're so minor I had to really look to even find them just now.
3) I'm thankful for having a co-worder!friend who a) is fun to hang out with, b) uses the word "headcanon" in conversation, c) appreciates the fictional couple that has completely taken over my heart, d) is happy to discuss logistics of world-building... Etc. *g*
4) Directly related to the above, I'm thankful for having had a factual error caught before it made it into any fiction that's actually been finished and made it off my hard drive and out into the world. Close call!
5) And on the story-sharing front, I'm thankful--or maybe "delighted" is a better word, but work with me--for not one but two people reading and loving The Turn of the Story due to me (and
wildpear, directly in one case and indirectly in the other) being all excited about it. Sharing the love! *^^*
Day 2 of Project Wear All the BPAL Weenies! continued today with All Souls (2006, incense and sugared currant). On my spreadsheet the limited edition collections are sorted by year first, and then alphabetically, but in my bullet case they're just alphabetical, and alphabetical is the way I'm opting to go. All Souls is too perfumey for my taste when it's wet, but as it dried, the incense came out more. Filed under "I like it fine, but I'm not in love".
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So here they are!
1) I'm thankful that
scruloose was home when I found a GIANT FUCKING SPIDER in the upstairs hallway (it wasn't even a familiar species, never mind something I'm used to seeing in my home! MEEP), and that he dealt with it.
2) I'm thankful for how good and gentle our kittens are even when they're upset. Poor Jinksy!bear had an awful mat in his britches when we went to groom his belly tonight, and our schedule isn't going to be conducive to working it out gradually over the next few days--it was pretty much tonight and then not getting back to it until Sunday or so. Jinksy hates being groomed at the best of times, and he was SO unhappy, poor kitten. He squirmed and made pitiful little noises, but he didn't bring out his claws at all until many minutes had passed, and when he did, he was as gentle with them as is possible with claws. I have a couple of scratches, and they're so minor I had to really look to even find them just now.
3) I'm thankful for having a co-worder!friend who a) is fun to hang out with, b) uses the word "headcanon" in conversation, c) appreciates the fictional couple that has completely taken over my heart, d) is happy to discuss logistics of world-building... Etc. *g*
4) Directly related to the above, I'm thankful for having had a factual error caught before it made it into any fiction that's actually been finished and made it off my hard drive and out into the world. Close call!
5) And on the story-sharing front, I'm thankful--or maybe "delighted" is a better word, but work with me--for not one but two people reading and loving The Turn of the Story due to me (and
wildpear, directly in one case and indirectly in the other) being all excited about it. Sharing the love! *^^*
Day 2 of Project Wear All the BPAL Weenies! continued today with All Souls (2006, incense and sugared currant). On my spreadsheet the limited edition collections are sorted by year first, and then alphabetically, but in my bullet case they're just alphabetical, and alphabetical is the way I'm opting to go. All Souls is too perfumey for my taste when it's wet, but as it dried, the incense came out more. Filed under "I like it fine, but I'm not in love".
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/546180.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW: