Ten good things

[kaberett]

1. DLA got renewed without me even needing to do anything.
   
2. First appt with pain clinic booked.
   
3. PhD offer & acceptance, obviously!
   
4. Nearly finished the shawl I am working on for a friend (i.e. less than 600 stitches/2 rows away from starting the final ribbing section), and I have Plans for the next project that's gonna go on the needles
   
5. Lovely perfume that lovely boything got me on more-or-less a whim is a major source of happiness in my life right now
   
6. I'm actually managing to be pleased with how much my writing's improved since I started doing it regularly again (i.e. over the past year or so, for which fanfic is entirely responsible)
   
7. I am slowly-slowly-slowly catching up on work missed so far this term
   
8. I've got the disposable income to Just Get Takeout if that's what it takes to get me to eat
   
9. I have nice strawberry ice-cream and nice blueberry yoghurt
   
10. Having reliable Internet back means I can superbetter again, which is helping a little with my mood
    

Other things that are making me feel a bit less bleak: teal trousers for £10. The Indigo Girls albums that arrived in the post last week. The fact that I've got a blue morpho butterfly pin badge on its way. My ridiculous collection of shower gels. My teddy bear. My Tangle. My large pile of blankets. That I have enough disposable income that I can just buy a weighted blanket.

Comments

[swaldman]

oh, phd acceptance? I missed this. congratulations! is it in Cambridge? when do you start?

[kaberett]

Happened on Saturday :-) Imperial, and September/Octoberish!

[swaldman]

ah, cool. I start mine next week. very nervous!