100 More Happy Days, the conclusion

I left off on November 24, over a month ago, so there’s a lot to catch up on.

100 Happy Days, I’m so far behind it isn’t even funny

I left off with Day 36.  I don’t think I’ve missed any days, and it’s now Day 63.  But hey!  I’ve got plenty of time to update this tonight, because I’m making an abrupt switch from mornings to nights for the next couple of days before going back to mornings, so I need to make myself stay up late.  This should be interesting–I don’t get out of work until 11:45 pm tomorrow, and in my boring all-early-shifts life these last several months, I haven’t stayed up much later than 9:30 or 10 except when my insomnia kept me awake.  I certainly haven’t stayed awake on purpose.

Oh, and I start work at 11 pm on Thursday and work until 8 am Friday.  The last time I stayed up all night was in grad school and that was in the midst of a near mental breakdown, so I don’t want to go down that road again.

So, uh, 27 days of summarizing Instagram posts should help pass the time until I can finally go to bed.

100 More Happy Days, days 23-36

Yeah, so I’m bad at this blogging thing lately.  I’d say it’s because I’ve been busy, but that would be a lie.  Just very unmotivated, that’s all.

So, uh, back into it.

100 More Happy Days, days 8-22 (?!)

Uhhhh, so I’ve gotten pretty far behind blogging these.  A lot has been going on–I’ve been sick, working, traveling, catching up with friends, and in general just trying to keep my head up and my feet going forward.  Nothing too bad, just busy and stressed.  So, basically, business as usual.

100 More Happy Days, days 1-7

Remember this?  The people behind 100 Happy Days emailed me last week and pointed out there were 100 days left in 2015–perfect time to embark on a new 100 Happy Days!

I’m not sure I’ll make weekly posts this time around–work is going to pick up for me a lot in the next few weeks.  By Thanksgiving, I probably won’t remember how to spell my own name, let alone be able to write a blog post.

That said, here are the first seven days of this group of 100.

100 Happy Days: The End

I think my Day 99 picture is pretty happy.  So is my Day 100 picture.  For once, I don’t think either of them needs further explanation.

100 Happy Days: Week 14

…okay, I lied in my last post.  Instead of waiting until Day 100 to make my final 100 Happy Days post, I’m putting this up on what was the usual day (until I missed it in all the madness last week).  Days 99 and 100 will follow on Friday as sort of a lead-in to the post I’ve been working on behind the scenes these last fourteen weeks.  That’s where I’ve been (and here I’m paraphrasing an old friend) peeling back the layers and exposing the nerve.

To put that into perspective, I never spent more than about ten weeks writing anything in the past, except a science-fiction story I laboriously worked on for about three years in high school and then promptly lost the first time my hard drive crashed in college.  Oops.  So I guess I’m looking forward to it.  In some ways, it’s been painful to look inside myself and admit I’m not the best person I could be, but it’s been refreshingly cathartic as well.

Onward!

100 Happy Days, Week 13 (plus an actual serious post)

I’m running a little behind this week–it’s been busy around here!  My 100 Happy Days challenge is almost over.  I just posted the picture for Day 93.  So, if my calculations are correct, next Thursday, September 4th, is the last day.  Back when I started this, I miscalculated and thought it was September 5th.  Whoops.

Anyway, I refer you back to this post.  We didn’t move yet and we’re not running that 5k.  But everything else happened, or, in the case of the Auburn game, will be happening soon. (Saturday!)

100 Happy Days: Weeks 11 and 12

As promised, here are the last two weeks of my 100 Happy Days posts.  This time last week, we were in Michigan, and I didn’t bring my computer.  I could have typed the whole post on my phone, or asked my Pops if I could use his, but I was busy spending time with my family for the first time in 15 months.

These summaries will be somewhat brief–not so much in a writing mood right now.  However, I’m writing and posting this early, because why not?

100 Happy Days: Week 10

This was another stupidly stressful week–things going on at work that are totally out of my hands.  Despite that, I still found the time and peace to be happy for at least part of the day…you really have to when your brain is wired like mine.  I have a ridiculously low tolerance for stress, and I’m really easily stressed on top of that.  Some days I have to just be proud of myself for not being a chain-smoking alcoholic, and must remind myself to be thankful that my caffeine addiction and occasional short-term dependence on sleep aids haven’t gotten completely out of control.

On top of job stress, my grandparents had to make the decision to put their beloved dog, Patsy Cline, to sleep on Monday.  She was upwards of thirteen years old, which is really old for a cocker spaniel, but that didn’t keep me from crying about it these last couple of days.  She stopped eating and drinking over the weekend and then started having trouble breathing overnight Sunday into Monday, and it became clear to my family that it was her time.  Meem told me that they buried her blanket, one of Pops’ shirts, and all of her toys with her.  Pops wanted the toys buried because he said she would need something to play with in heaven.  Patsy was a wonderful dog and a great companion to both of my grandparents, especially Pops, these last nine or ten years since my uncle brought her with him when he moved back to Michigan from Tennessee.  It’s going to be very hard to go home to visit and not have her meet us at the door.

This week should be better.  Yesterday Dallas and I made a trip to the other end of the county to go run a couple errands, then made our way out to Lane Southern Orchards to pick up some local gifts for my parents and grandparents.  My mom was a little miffed I didn’t send her some peaches either of these last two summers, but in my defense, it would cost a lot of money to send something that most likely would not make it all the way to Michigan without bruising or starting to rot.  So they all got food, but it’s stuff that will keep at least long enough to get up there.  We go to the dentist this afternoon and then leave for Michigan tomorrow.