Today I have an abundance of things to be happy about.
A friend and I finally managed to have a long talk where we cleared the air and figured out why we have been accidentally hurting each other’s feelings repeatedly for several months now. I’m so glad to be able to talk to her again and leave the conversation feeling happy and more at peace with myself and the world as a whole.
I got a call from the teacher of the class where Kiki was teased for caring about grades. The teacher and I had a pleasant conversation where I made clear what has been going on with Kiki and how Kiki no longer wants to go to school. Teacher was very distressed by this and had some solid suggestions for steps we can take to remedy things. Teacher also promised to look out for Kiki and try to prevent similar incidents. I am so happy that once again I find wonderful allies in the teachers and administrators at my child’s school.
I put together a sheet of promotional bookmarks for Hold on to Your Horses. I wasn’t sure they were good enough, but Howard looked at them and liked them a lot.
The layout for Hold on to Your Horses is so close to done that I’ll probably be shipping files to the printer within a week. I’m so happy to be so close to finished. (I’m also terrified because what if I’ve done something wrong in the file preparation or what if I’ve miscommunicated with the printer? BUT, this is a happy post. I’ll save the angsty stuff for a different day. Besides. I’m happy right now and I don’t want to spoil it by dwelling on stuff I can’t change tonight anyway.)
I posted on a writer’s forum asking for marketing advice and several people expressed interest in the book and had some fantastic suggestions for how to let people know it exists.
My kitchen is clean even though I made dinner. I cleaned up after the mess.
Link has a new found fascination with jumping rope. It is because of an American Heart Association program at his school. But Link has been jumping so much that I think his legs are going to be sore tomorrow. I need to hit the dollar store and pick up a couple more jump ropes so the kids can stop arguing over Link’s.
Gleek and Kiki have not had a major row in days despite the fact that Kiki has been extra grumpy because of unpleasantness at her school.
The next Doctor Who disc arrived in the mail.
I have a hyacinth blooming in my house.
The schedule is sufficiently ingrained that even on a highly distracted day such as today I still made dinner, supervised homework, and got the kids into bed on time.
The doctor re-checked Patches ears this morning and they are no longer filled with fluid. Hooray for the curative powers of daily gum chewing!
There are more, but I have to stop the list somewhere. It has been a good day.
I’m thrilled to read you’ve had a good day.
And you can be extra happy because you worked for a day like today. Virtually everything on that list is the result of some action or decision you’ve made to make your life more of what you want it to be. It wouldn’t have come about if you hadn’t decided to grab an opportunity, or step in to take action rather than wait passively … and so on. This isn’t just the universe deciding to be nice to you.
I need to do more of that in my own life. Hopefully seeing it work out for other people will give me a bit of extra motivation. Thanks for posting that.