100 Days of Happiness 2020 - Day 91 - Sunday

[byslantedlight]

Today was another funny day, but mostly because it was the flip to yesterday, when I got loads done. Today I got little bits of stuff done, lost big bits of stuff I'd spent hours doing when I should have been doing other things, but at least mostly got my bedroom back to rights. There's still lots of bits floating around that need new homes cos of the change in space, but hopefully I'll get that done.

Anyway - despite forecast of possible rain, it didn't, and it stayed warm enough for fic reading in the garden. Among the dandelions. *g*


That columbine again (thanks thesmallhobbit!), back-lit and looking beautiful!

And the sunset I saw when I was driving home from food saving (I ended up covering for someone tonight). But the someone said she liked my idea for a village mini-newsletter for people who aren't online, and her son drew a cartoon for it with a joke, and that was happy too. Now I've just got to do the rest of it. *g*


And when I turned around from opening my door when I got home, there was the thin crescent new moon and Venus in the gorgeous evening-blue sky, and that is always a happy thing.

Oh - and I booked May Day off this year (expecting to go to the Glastonbury celebrations *sighs sadly*), and that's this Friday, and then the Friday after is also a bank holiday (they changed it from the May Day holiday to a 75th VE celebration - grrr, I'd rather celebrate May), then there's one more week and then it's my birthday week off, even if I won't be going anywhere this year, and that ends with an extra Monday bank holiday too. So May is kind of a fun month for holidays, which I'm determined to have rather than fretting about working, because if I don't take a break then I can't proofread well anyway, and I'm pretty much at that stage now... So the month of May in general - a happy thing to look forward to! *g*

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

I envy your reading in a garden. I suppose I could go read by the river, but there are always other folks about, really, and that would be intrusive. A balcony would be nice, though!

Yay for a month of on and off holidays! It sounds like you need a break, so definitely have it, despite the weird circumstances. I'm torn between taking a day off and, well, the realization that not much would change, especially as I'd likely at least check work email.

I hope you have a lovely day!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The garden here is the reason that I'm not looking forward to moving - I can't imagine I'll find as nice a garden space again...) Reading on a balcony would be lovely! Are you still thinking about buying another place (when we all have the chance to do that sort of thing again), or did you decide to stay where you are in the end? It was yonks ago that you were talking about it, so I'm guessing maybe the latter!

I really really could use a nice long break - and it's so nice to have another 3-day weekend to look forward to this week! I've had to work really hard not to reply to work emails on my days off, even when they send me documents due the day I get back. In theory I could look at them and have to decide to return them rather than proofread them, but I figure that's the company's issue for sending them to me on my days off... You should have a day off though - and make sure that it's differentiated from other days by not checking your work!! *g*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Heh. I am pretty much incapable of not checking my work! But, having said that, I can be highly selective about what I answer. To be fair my Director just shared an editorial with us that basically says we should not be expecting we can work our usual hours, or have our usual productivity, during these times. So, she does want us to go easy on ourselves. Of course, this came on a day when I had four Zoom conference sessions to attend, and work meetings in between them, and my supervisor calling me during one of the conference sessions, and...yeah.

I did decide to stay in my apartment for now. I just can't find anything I can both afford and like. But...there is a chance I'll end up living with my niece in a year or two. We'd be fine together, and could both live more cheaply, and she really needs to own a place in order to do the fostering of cats (and maybe dogs) that she rally wants to do. So...maybe!

Do you get a 3-day weekend this week? Yay! Enjoy!