Happiness!
Apr. 13th, 2006 02:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nayelaI'm in a frighteningly good mood today. There's no particular reason for this, but I tend to go through mood swings like the proverbial teenager all the time. Walking on sunshine out of the blue? Not complainin'. And, come to think of it, there are quite a few things that might explain why I'm smiling to myself and at random strangers and the world in general. Let's see:
-I got some work on my research paper done today. This is rare. See, while I sit down to tinker with this paper on quite a regular basis, the days on which I actually do something constructive with it are few and far between. I wander off into plotting a story, or writing a letter, or just staring at the page until I think 'screw this' and go off to do something completely unrelated. That's why I've been working on this bugger, off and on, for months. Argh. But today, I looked up some more secondary literature, and I have a working outline on the last chapter. Progress is made! It's pathetic, but it's progress.
-It's finally spring! I was getting the feeling this winter would only end if someone hammered a stake through its heart. (Can you spot the American Gods reference? Well can ya?) But now, the forsythia bushes are in bloom, there's new grass coming up and tiny leaves on the trees, and I can actually go out without my bulky hideous winter jacket and not freeze my ass off. There was snowfall in the mountains this week, I've heard. No trace of that where I live, thank god. If we just hang in there, we'll get actual T-shirt weather one day. I can feel it.
-Only three sessions left before I can quit my crappy job for good. Conditions at my workplace are getting steadily more chaotic, as in, the boss hasn't been around in weeks and nobody knows where he is. As an added bonus, the guy filling in for him knows hardly any German and not a scrap of English, so communication between me and the management is somewhat lacking. I've got a fairly good handle on my tutoring groups, except for That One Kid, of course. Can't say I'm going to miss them, either. Note to self: find job that doesn't require explaining the gory details of language to people who can read a text 87 times and still not grasp what it says. Yay for being out of there soon.
-I'm going dancin' this Friday! Whee!
-Time passes. Which means a) my trip to England and my visit to Pete are getting steadily closer and b) for once in my life, time is working in my favour. I think that's a first.
-Pete. I mean, we mutually tolerated each other for a week, without him getting freaked out by me, or me getting one of my antisocial moments? I didn't think this was even possible. Must be love. Or masochism. Or both. (Yes, 'mutually tolerated' isn't quite an accurate description, but I'm trying my damndest not to be sappy here. You should be grateful.)
So, in conclusion: life is good. It makes a nice change to plodding along and feeling blah, that's for sure.
-I got some work on my research paper done today. This is rare. See, while I sit down to tinker with this paper on quite a regular basis, the days on which I actually do something constructive with it are few and far between. I wander off into plotting a story, or writing a letter, or just staring at the page until I think 'screw this' and go off to do something completely unrelated. That's why I've been working on this bugger, off and on, for months. Argh. But today, I looked up some more secondary literature, and I have a working outline on the last chapter. Progress is made! It's pathetic, but it's progress.
-It's finally spring! I was getting the feeling this winter would only end if someone hammered a stake through its heart. (Can you spot the American Gods reference? Well can ya?) But now, the forsythia bushes are in bloom, there's new grass coming up and tiny leaves on the trees, and I can actually go out without my bulky hideous winter jacket and not freeze my ass off. There was snowfall in the mountains this week, I've heard. No trace of that where I live, thank god. If we just hang in there, we'll get actual T-shirt weather one day. I can feel it.
-Only three sessions left before I can quit my crappy job for good. Conditions at my workplace are getting steadily more chaotic, as in, the boss hasn't been around in weeks and nobody knows where he is. As an added bonus, the guy filling in for him knows hardly any German and not a scrap of English, so communication between me and the management is somewhat lacking. I've got a fairly good handle on my tutoring groups, except for That One Kid, of course. Can't say I'm going to miss them, either. Note to self: find job that doesn't require explaining the gory details of language to people who can read a text 87 times and still not grasp what it says. Yay for being out of there soon.
-I'm going dancin' this Friday! Whee!
-Time passes. Which means a) my trip to England and my visit to Pete are getting steadily closer and b) for once in my life, time is working in my favour. I think that's a first.
-Pete. I mean, we mutually tolerated each other for a week, without him getting freaked out by me, or me getting one of my antisocial moments? I didn't think this was even possible. Must be love. Or masochism. Or both. (Yes, 'mutually tolerated' isn't quite an accurate description, but I'm trying my damndest not to be sappy here. You should be grateful.)
So, in conclusion: life is good. It makes a nice change to plodding along and feeling blah, that's for sure.
