Just... good

[katiefoolery]

Sometimes, you have days you really wish you could return to wherever they actually came from.  Days where it’s sunny and clear, right up until you have to leave to catch the bus... when it decides to pour down.  Days when nothing goes right and every decision you make is the wrong one.

Days when people keep talking to you when you’d clearly rather be stabbing their eyes out with a fork.

And sometimes you have days that are the total opposite; where every hour seems to bring another good thing your way.

Yesterday was one of those days for me.  It was full of little things that made me happy and I when I finally went to bed last night, I was soppily grateful that so many small things had ganged up and bullied me into having such a marvellous day.

It actually started on Thursday night, when I switched to a green-themed layout.  Green, for some reason, has been hanging around of late, appealing to me greatly.  I lay the blame for this squarely at the feet of flippyfrog (she knows why).  Feeling graphically inspired, I made a new icon which seemed to fit with the new layout and I ended the day feeling bizarrely satisfied.

Then came the first day of my five day weekend, which I may have mentioned in a very restrained manner a few days ago.  First good thing of the day: an msn conversation with a friend to whom I had sent a critique, thanking me for said critique and re-assuring me that I hadn’t been as harsh as I’d thought.

Second good thing of the day: receiving three expressions of love for my new icon.  I love it when people enjoy the things I make.  Warm glowy feelings abounded.

Third good thing: heading to DA and receiving a free week-long trial subscription.  I’d heard that they went around but I didn’t think one would head my way so soon.  It’s very shiny indeed.

Fourth good thing: putting together a banner that went exactly the way I wanted to.  This resulted in a short email exchange that made me laugh out loud and then caused me to accidentally start writing something.  I must do some more of that tonight.

Fifth good thing: finding that someone had written a lovely anonymous comment about me on an amazing project run by the good blackswans.  It was the perfect way to end a day full of ridiculous amounts of warm fuzzy feelings.

Sometimes, it’s too easy to come to LJ to complain and procrastinate, so today I thought I’d come here and celebrate the good things instead. :D

Comments

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

Yay! And still three days of the five day weekend to go!

Huzzah!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Indeed! I just hope it continues the same way it started.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

*hugs* yay for good days ^_^

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Now, if only LJ hadn't died a mere hour or so after I made this post... But I coped, and that's the main thing. :D

[naelany.livejournal.com]

lol yeah, I've been having trouble with LJ all day as well. And Photobucket's being a right little b*tch at the moment, too...

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

PhotoBucket is developing a habit of eating random images of mine and then putting them back the next day. I'm not exactly delighted about it...

[naelany.livejournal.com]

I never had any trouble with them. Until today, that is

[dizzy-liz.livejournal.com]

Aw, this was a nice post :-) Danielle's little encouragement post was rather cool, huh? Glad you had some happy days!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I've been reading through my old posts so I can tag them and I seemed to do little more than complain about work or procrastinate. :P So I thought I might as well acknowlege the nice things that happen from time to time.

The encouragement post was just beautiful.

[alankria.livejournal.com]

Glad I could make your day extra happy, though you also made my day happy by giving me such good CC.

That Goku icon is awesome!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Goku is good at looking insanely happy about stuff. :D

I was rather concerned that I'd been overly harsh in my critique so it was a real weight off my conscience when you assured me it was fine. And I was happy to help in some small way.

By the way, I love that Bunia has her own journal now.

[alankria.livejournal.com]

I think Bunia has been influenced by your Jane. I'm sure the pair of them would love to get together, but can you imagine it? They'd spend days and days admiring furniture, tormenting us both with thoughts of an elegantly carved leg or a smooth varnish.

Check in on Bunia's journal. While I don't intend to begin her novel for a while yet (but probably sooner than I wish to, considering how much she's been prodding me), I might write some journal entries from her POV to get a further feel for the character and to vent her need to relate any aspect of her life to me. 'Twould also be something to bridge the gap between the novel, which is about her leaving Luncoi and going on an adventure to find a very interesting piece of furniture, and the short story which happened before all that. Things change in Luncoi before she leaves, and I suppose it makes sense to write things chronologically.

*sighs* She may be a bit of pain, but I do love her. I don't know what I'd be without my muses.

....Terribly boring, I suspect. Being normal looks so dull.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

They'd probably develop some sort of secret language, based on incredibly esoteric, furniture-related terms. And why is that the furniture-obsessed ones make such bossy muses? There must be some connection there that we're not seeing.

Indeed, normalcy is not at all appealing. I'd much rather be kept up by an annoying muse like Jane than be allowed to sleep the night through like normal people. :P