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stormkeeper_lovedoris) wrote2024-12-04 07:40 pm
stormkeeper_lovedoris) wrote2024-12-04 07:40 pm
Been ok lately
Life always feels worse, to me, when there's a Republican in the white house and when my in-laws are having health struggles. The former makes every injustice in this world feel worse, and the latter means that Doris has to spend more time away from me. So - that is the situation right now. Just been feeling like physical heaviness, a weight on my chest. So many worries about the future. So many things that can get worse and I am so fearful of losing the life that I enjoy.
I'll be okay. I tell myself to take those worries one day at a time and think about what I can actually control now.
Also, my usual gratitude list always feels so silly and small. Maybe that is all the more reason to do it. So here it is.
- Was asked to rep my team at an in-person meeting today. Got 2 compliments on my necklace. And the lunch they served included a vegan option, a really good one (seitan brocoli stir fry), which really shocked me as I never actually registered for the meeting so I never requested a special meal. They just had it. And the meeting itself went well. I never spend enough time being grateful for my job
- Also got a nice compliment from one of my new teammates (for the new temporary project I am on)
- Doris came and got me out of an embarrassing situation where I wedged my car into a spot that I feared I couldn't get out of. So she came and pulled the car out. I never spend enough time grateful for her. (Also, I am grateful for the fact that there are 2 other people I could've called who would've helped, Chris and John)
- Game night was Saturday, and Scrabble date is in 4 days. I never spend enough time grateful for my friends.
- Thankful also for family and for my health
- A potentially very messy situation was resolved yesterday. Long story short: noticed gas smell in kitchen, called the gas co at 6:30am, they arrived within an hour, did their thing, said I need a plumber to fix 2 valves and that until that is done the gas needs to be off, called plumbers, they came in about 5 hours, fixed it, called the gas co, they said they will come today to turn the gas - and thus the HEAT - back on but it might not be till 10pm, but they arrived by 4 and fixed it all. WHEW!! Also, thank goodness for a job that lets me work from home
- Fannish stuff like I am re-into X-men yet again (they always live rent-free in my head), and re-watching MST3K eps I like. I imagine it's because I need the comfort
- And I was just assigned my Malec fic exchange fic, and I wrote up a good, 1500 word draft in 2 days. It just needs brushing up and is done!
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I love that there are more commonly decent vegan options! Not just oily vegetables!!
Really nice that you got compliments from your new teammates! Yay!
Bless Doris for getting you out! And I'm so thankful for you and my other wonderful friends too!
Scary about the gas smell, but wat a relief they were able to get everything fixed up so quickly! Especially since it's been so cold! And yes, this is another thing that working from home makes SO much easier. I am really hoping we're never forced to go back full-time because it's been such a game changer.
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