Give me happy thoughts

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I'm not sure there's ever been anything I want to do more than stay in bed all day tomorrow and not go to work. It's been a bad week and it keeps rolling steadily downhill.

Tell me something good that's happened for you this week please.

[exploding people]

It's been a pretty good week at work, and I have a four day weekend coming up.

I got a new phone yesterday and I love it so much I don't even regret spending the money.

One of our cats decided to spend less time hiding from the dog and more time in my lap. Cuddly cats rule.

I think that is the extent of my Good Things list.

ETA: Oh! I also found a website where I could create a custom case for my aforementioned new phone, and I found a 20% discount code. I am more excited about this than is necessary.

[gbck]

I had the most POLITE nice student ever recently.

He is a 17 YO from an inner city school in an INCREDIBLY tough area (I work in crummy areas) who is trying desperately to manage to take college calc at the comm. college this summer. And he was apologetic that he messed some stuff up, grateful for extra help, and smart enough to make it. Well spoken and I just want to wish him the best and set him up w/ a cute girl or something.

I also had a student come in today to let me know that the book she had promised to return that she had borrowed (also a kid from a rough background and school--taking remedial college math) was stillin her posession, she would be eternally grateful if I'd let her keep a math text an extra 2 days.

So, what I"m tiredly trying to say is, uh, the kids are all right and they're doing awesome.

Also, my mom gave her "fuck cancer" speech last week--she got to be a speaker at a cancer group nd was the 'see, look, this person had all this and these treatments and she's doing awesome' poster child/speaker. YAY!

[broc]

We're going to Joaquin's first baseball game tomorrow. I can't wait to get a pretzel, because I'm a dooooork.

[cuddlyevil]

After feeling like I was unhireable for a while, this week has turned into people telling me "If they don't contact you, tell me and I'll make a call." or "I would plug you into a spot on my team--I'd have no problem doing that at all.". Basically, they want to keep me but just haven't found a spot yet.

THEN

I got a call about a position I applied for a month-ish ago, they want to talk to me about their opening.

All of a sudden I am employable again, now if my crappy credit doesn't scare off company #1 I could be permanently employed within two weeks!

[statlerwaldorf]

I was elected treasurer in this local community organization.

[maucat]

I had the most amazing therapy group yesterday. I let one of the boys take it over because he wanted to talk about everyone getting along. It led to tears, acknowledgment of losses, more tears, sharing personal histories, taking about how they become surrogate family for one another, and with thanking me, the staff, and each other for the help and support provided. We all hugged at the end of the group.

Ummm...one of my boys, who's from a really rough area where almost everyone is gang affiliated, opened up and talked about the things he did to keep himself and his family safe. I may have provided him, and all the boys, with some good perspective on their lives by talking about how we learn to survive in our environments and do things that outside of them don't work.

We have 5 kids who are graduating. They're all graduating on time, despite all the disruptions in their lives. We're all going to be emotional on graduation day.

[BettyBookWorm]

Pumpkin has let me lift him & snuggle his fluffiness. Usually he flips but now he wants snuggles. ;D

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All of the stories about good kids and pets in this thread is making me feel better. Work clearly sucks because there are only adults there!

Broc - that is probably the cutest picture I've ever seen. I actually made an "aaaaw" noise outloud and now my office mate thinks I'm nuts.

Thanks everyone. ;D

[kmw325i]

We're having Knox's birthday party on Sunday. Sock Monkey party!
I have to bake 6 dozen cupcakes on Saturday. I'm making Chocolate Dr. Pepper cupcakes, Vanilla Root Beer cupcakes, and Vanilla Big Red cupcakes. And then I have to bake Knox's giant cupcake. I can't wait to watch him smash the shit out of it.

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Hope you have a better end of the week fein! We are having our home inspection on Saturday so I have my fingers crossed that everything is a-okay and it's going to be HOT this weekend. Lots of pool time and perhaps I will make some sangria. Can't wait for a 3 day weekend!

[imoan]

My 14 year dating anniversary with H was yesterday. We went to Chilis for dinner. I love him... Sigh.

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Good luck DL!

May 24, 2012 8:38:37 GMT -5 imoan said:

My 14 year dating anniversary with H was yesterday. We went to Chilis for dinner. I love him... Sigh.

imoan, I'm so happy you still celebrate these. DH and I went out in Feb for our 12 year dating anniversary and I got side eyes from my family like we shouldn't remember that one anymore.

[beebeeeater]

I like celebrating dating anniversaries too and I don't care if people think it's lame. I always say that there are so many sad days in life, we need to seize every opportunity we have for celebration and love. (I know, yoga is making me a mushbasket, but I can't help it!)

Good things for me...

H and I made an offer on a beautiful house yesterday and they didn't immediately laugh. Hoping we can start negotiating today - they have until 3 to reply.

Going camping this weekend with two other couples who are part of our "family" - this tight-knit group we have formed up here - so even though I'm not a fan of camping, I'm really looking forward to spending a bunch of time with people I love and eating a shitton of delicious food.

It's the perfect temp right now where we don't need heat and we don't need A/C so I'm loving having the door open all day long. Today the fog is rolling in off the water and filling the woods around my patio. My desk is right next to the back door and it feels like I'm in a green cocoon of leaves and fog and it's so pretty.

[partiallysunny]

I love these types of threads.

My H made me watch a super horrible 80s metal horror movie called Black Roses. It was so bad in an awesome-ly hilarious way. I haven't laughed like that in a long time.

[bowies]

I'm getting a clean bill of health at the doctor's today.

I have Girl's Night Out tonight.

Since the house is still sparkling clean, we will be able to spend the long weekend doing things we want to do - shopping, going to the beach, going to a baseball game, grilling out.

I checked my bank account yesterday and I have more in there than I thought I did.

[kmw325i]

We cheated re: dating anniversary celebrations. We got married on our 3rd dating anniversary. So we celebrate it all in one day.