Maybe too soon but some small moments

[singedsun]

I know it's not over yet so maybe I'm just inviting it with this feeling, but here goes anyway.

This week has felt like the easiest since the pandemic sent us all home from work and has kept us inside for safety. I've talked to my dad, my brother called me on the phone. I've had a lovely Zoom bellydance watch party with my friends. I'm making plans with my best friend to finally get together and maybe spend a weekend in a lakeside cabin (safe and healthy obviously). I got my copy of Harrow the Ninth in the mail and started reading it. Even work has been pretty laid back this week. No super crazy late nights or days full of needless meetings. I've written on a long-term project for the first time in a long time.

Tonight, I treated myself to a little spa care, soaking my feet and reading a story and taking the time to wrap my hair in rollers which I haven't done in such a long time either.

I beat Uncharted 2 over last weekend and started the third game, since it's on the same PS4 Uncharted Remaster disc I have. I've enough time this week to play more of it as well, I think I'm nearing the end of the story in fact. I'm about 75% there.

I've also FINALLY been catching up on the Dimension 20 D&D Crown of Candy show. I'd watched the first episode back when it first aired, since I subscribe to the Dropout website. But I hadn't gone back to keep up as new episodes have aired. I put it on in the background while I work and it makes me laugh constantly, it's so creative and unique. I love it.

This weekend doesn't hold any specific plans, I don't go anywhere these days (like most people) so it's not that I would have much anyway. But I'm also looking forward to maybe putting the last of our books away from the move (just from upstairs to downstairs) since we finally retrieved the last two bookcases from my dad's garage. I'm not much for domestication and decoration, but as my therapist continues to remind me, it's nice for busy minds to have places for things. Maybe having all the books together will give me a better reading space so I can separate and set time aside to do that more often too.

Really this is just a good mood thread of happy things. I know things are still awful everywhere and the president of my country is a dumb child with the ability to enact dangerous and hateful policies. But I'm trying to find the lightness in my days and weeks and months at home. Since it's looking like we'll be here a lot longer than any of us anticipated.

I hope you all are finding some nuggets of joy as well. I'd love it if you'd share yours below, no matter how small or simple a thing. I want to read them all!

Comments

[churi]

I'm glad things have been good for you!

I need to get back on the ball with my skin care... my bad mood and rearranging the room kinda messed things up. I bought myself a few more things(for my birthday lol), and while I technically don't have all the stuff for the 10 step Korean skin care method, I do have almost all bases covered. I do feel like stuff gets a little repetitive, but I'd still like to get one of those essence things. and a couple more serums. maybe probably next month.

I just bought myself a game, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. and a couple of other things. now I don't have a whole lotta money left, but I'm fine. bills are paid and as far as necessities go, I'm good. so there's really no problems. I'm working on finishing a couple of other games so I don't have to feel as bad for getting something new... :') my "in progress" list could stand to be shorter anyway.

and I'm gonna finally get my new glasses after several weeks of waiting! I'm a little anxious that something might still not be right but I'm more excited than anything. I've had a weird struggle with glasses. I have an astigmatism and my glasses are supposed to correct it. but with my old pair, I think the lenses were too small, because I chose small frames. so I chose big frames this time. I wish I'd had some better choices, but with my insurance, it just is what it is. I guess I'll get used to them eventually. overall it's still a happy thing, it's been a long wait.

[singedsun]

Skin care has been like a very specific type of personal care during this pandemic. I started keeping all my stuff on my desk in a little container (so it's easy to move if I need to) which means it's within eye sight and easy reach all day every day. So in the morning I'm more likely to at least put on moisturizer and eye cream than normal and at night I'm more likely to do a more complete care routine. And I can do it while I'm in a work meeting in the mornings, or when I'm watching YouTube or Netflix at night so it doesn't get repetitive - like you said.

What is the game you got, Story of Seasons? I'm not sure I've ever heard of that one.

New glasses are always exiting, I think! I hope you like your new ones once you get them.

[churi]

nice. just last Friday, I picked up a basket for all my stuff at Salvation Army. nice and big and only $2. it's not flat on the bottom, but I'm hoping I can do something about that somehow. the steps of Korean skin care are a lot, but I've gotten used to the routine fairly easily. the fact that almost all my products have cute and fun packaging helps, means I actually want to use them.

if you've ever heard of Harvest Moon, it's one of those games. the series had to be rebranded as Story of Seasons because the dev company, Marvelous, doesn't own the Harvest Moon name. it's a farming game. you get married, and there's other stuff to do besides just farming. it's a remake of Friends of Mineral Town, which was a GBA game.

I do like them, but at the same time, wish I had more interesting frames. ah well. it's ok.

[girassol]

i'm glad this week has been good for you. here things are a bit hectic because remote classes are starting, and my father (who's a teacher) is getting really stressed out about them, so we have to be careful when talking to him, or he will lash out on us. but there are small things that make me happy, such as spending time with my dogs.

[singedsun]

Dogs are so good. <3

[honigfrosch]

So happy to hear that this week has been easy on you! You deserve it <3 and that spa care sounds wonderful.

Hmm, nuggets of joy... let's see... I am enjoying Season 4 of "Nailed It!" on Netflix, it's so nice to see people try their best and have permission to fail and create the most awful baking desasters and the response is "that looks terrible, I LOVE IT" with lots of humour.
Also, someone gave me a compliment on some smut I wrote ("panty-annihilating") which made not just my day but my whole weekend and I want to frame that comment and hang it on my wall :D

[singedsun]

omg Nailed It is definitely one of my happy places. Nicole's laughs are so contagious, whether it's a tiny giggle she's trying to hide or a big spontaneous and uncontrolled laugh when something just does not work for someone.

ooh 'panty-annihilating' that's a great comment for smut writing. I don't know why it is, but comments about my specific smut writing always make me feel better than regular comments. I mean I love both, but it's so hard to write good smut that I get really proud when people comment on that specifically! You totally should print it out and hang it up!

[honigfrosch]

I love Nicole's laugh! It's taking up so much space and it's a wonderful thing. I also love Jacques, with his polite Frenchitude and soft patience, smuggling in the occasional zinger. And Wes, who in my mind will always be an illegitimate little brother of Thor's who grew up on Earth oblivious to his heritage.

Ugh, yes, writing good smut does not come easily (pun intended). And it's so personal, too -- what one person finds appealing, another may find off-putting. If you don't mind sharing: what do you find the most difficult about writing it?