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What Are You Happy About Today?

- My partner and I had our visa petition approved! Long way to go still, but the initial green light is assuring

- My vacation scheduled for November was approved

- It's Friday, and a long weekend for me! Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on Monday

- Watching a stream of Luigi's Mansion while I wrap up the workday
 
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Had a party with a few friends and family for my upcoming birthday Wednesday. I'm taking a trip to the beach next week, so we decided to celebrate early. I had a great time. They gave me such thoughtful gifts that made me very happy. Presents or not, I was just grateful to spend time with them.
 
Today I'm happy because:

- I slept well and got to sleep in this morning.
- I had a very enjoyable and relaxing day off.
- The weather was absolutely perfect.
- I saw a couple of squirrels and listened to the birds chirping while walking my dog.
- I finally started watching season 5 of Outlander, which I've been meaning to start for a while now.
- I picked up some Oreo Cones and Fudge Brownie M&M's at the store.
- My husband has been very sweet to me.
- I still have the whole weekend off.
 
☾ Got some more things sorted through today—and while I was at it, I put out some of my spookier Pokémon plushes on display for the season! 🎃🖤 I also decided to give away several rather large plush toys from my childhood that I never played with much anyway, and that cleared up a lot of space too.
☾ I got to play Legends: Arceus for a while this evening! Returned some player satchels, found and caught some Happiny for the first time (one of which was an Alpha 😂), made it to Ninth Star Rank (I... really need to get back to that whole "main story" thing, huh), and caught a shiny Kricketot! ^^
☾ And last but certainly not least, the second half of my shopping spree haul arrived!! This half was really fun, because I actually got to surprise myself—it was all merch I'd been eyeing on one site for a while, but for some reason they didn't have display images added? It's a very trustworthy site, too, so idk what was going on there lol. I kept checking back every so often to see if they'd update it, and when I went on my shopping spree, they still hadn't... but the two more expensive items were 50% off.
Sooo I caved and ordered them, only knowing the type of merch it was and the characters included. And I'm so glad I did, because it worked out really well and I love what I got! ;v;
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I love the background color of the Code: Realize zipper pouch and badges, it's so pretty. 🥺 Not sure how well it shows, but the background of the badges are shimmery too! I'd actually been wanting merch with this art for a while.
I hadn't even seen the art used for the Dairoku chibi acrylic charms in the middle, but it's super cute and I love it! I'm gonna have to find a good use for the pouches too; they're really nice aaaa
I actually do have merch with the same artwork as the acrylic stand of Gil over on the right, but the one I already have is a tiny little keychain. The detail is so much more readable at this size, so I'm still really thrilled with it! ;w;
 
- Got a hundo Xerneas first raid I did on it!
- Talked to a nice lady from my insurance company to change payment cycles of my insurance, I used to have yearly but I changed to quarterly instead.
- Got my package from Japan yesterday that was stuck for ages in customs (it was a couple of old JE merch as well as an old issue of Potato)
- Went to the cinema last night and saw Cruel Story of Youth by Nagisa Oshima. Great one!
- Ordered another corgi plush, the lady owning the site was kind enough to take some better pictures than the general stock copy paste one so that was neat!
- Got an avatar on neopets I've been wanting for ages (wheel of knowledge) so I don't have to do that daily anymore!
 
Sound of Silver is an amazing album and I have come to appreciate it especially deeply tonight

Finished main Radiohead discog

Probably not the healthiest but I’ll work on this- I gave myself a makeshift chest binder and looking at myself in the mirror with that and in general- it felt so nice, plus looking in the mirror I could really see my masc traits. I don’t see them in my face too often either, and I noticed them there more than usual. It makes me more excited to make a suit too!
 
  • Got my covid booster shot (4th shot/3rd booster) and my flu shot
  • Stopped at a local independent bookstore and bought a couple books, and a metal Vincent Van Gogh bookmark (pictured below) :D
  • Had some coffee with pumpkin spice creamer
  • It's a nice chilly autumn day
  • Been watching Supernatural
 

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Over the past week (If I can remember some of them lol)
  • Got to continue taking parts off from an engine, this time being the cylinder head! It was so cool seeing the intake and exhaust valves as well. I really love this engine class as my professor also provided some interesting insight about other bits. Feel free to skip this bit. Speaking of insights, I keep forgetting to mention that there's this first-generation Honda Insight parked near the college. It makes me giggle every time seeing the rear wheels partially covered. I already saw this car earlier in the year so it's not a new addition to the list, but I thought I'd mention it again. 😂
  • Making progress in my drawing, even if it's only a small bit of it.
  • Played Gran Turismo 7 and continued to enjoy driving the engine-swapped Suzuki Cappuccino. It's easily become my favourite engine swap combo in the entire game since I can make some silly scenes leaving race cars behind when it comes to top speed lol.
  • I have a break from college for the entirety of next week, so I can pretty much relax and do some other stuff that I want to do! 😀
Today (October 8, 2022)
  • I got a lot of decent sleep last night!
  • Today was another cold day. :)
  • I went for a walk with my sister while my mother had to be at the dentist. We walked for quite a distance and I'm pretty sure it was nice exercise!
  • Feel free to skip this point. My sister and I went into this one store that had board games, classic stuff, some plushies, and of course, car models! There was a lot I don't recognize but for some that I do, it just makes me really happy even though they're not the real thing. To list some of them, I saw a Pagani Huayra, a Volkswagen New Beetle*, a Ferrari La Ferrari, the Chevrolet Corvette models of the C1, C4*, C5*, and the C7*, a first-generation Audi R8*, a classic Lamborghini Countach, a 2017 Ford GT*, a Ferrari F50, a Chrysler PT Cruiser* that was there for whatever reason lol, and even a Ferrari FXX K that I tend to pick on. In case you're wondering, yes, they have all appeared in the Gran Turismo series at some point. Some I have seen in real life (labeled with asterisks), but there are some that I have yet to see. Wouldn't it be awesome to see them all someday? While I'd love to take pictures of them, they were displayed in a glass case and if I tried, a reflection of myself would show up and I don't want to do a face reveal. 😅
  • I bought a burger and some fries from Five Guys. Man, they taste soooo good.
  • Listening to some synthwave music.
  • Reading the posts in this thread. It's awesome to see the things and accomplishments that are making you all happy, especially you, @/Midoriya! 😊
  • Finished an assignment for college! Now that's some weight off of my shoulders.
  • I'm excited about the 2022 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix that's happening tomorrow. It's actually going to start very early at 1 AM EST because of timezones, so I'll probably be a rebel and wake up at that time lol.
 
Today I'm happy because:

- I slept fairly well again last night and got to sleep in this morning.
- I had another enjoyable day at home with my husband and my dog.
- I saw a cardinal and a blue jay while walking my dog this afternoon.
- The last of our tile samples arrived today. It'll be time to make final decisions soon.
- I finished watching the anime Gosick and loved it!
- I watched another episode of Outlander.
- It's been a good long weekend so far and I still have tomorrow off.
 
☾ Watched another episode of both Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Fairy Tail this morning with my parents! I'm so used to long-running series, I can't believe we're only 14 episodes in to FMAB and yet so much has happened. 😅 My memory's made it seem like it was so much longer ahahaha
☾ An acrylic keychain that I preordered a few months back arrived today! ^^ I'd also ordered a new bromide storage file folder and another one for art boards with it. I'm still a ways off from filling up the photo album I've been using for bromides, but I had a few that were too large to fit in it, so thankfully the new folder has me covered there! I only have one art board at the moment, but I'm glad I can store it a bit more safely now. And now I have an excuse to get more art boards
☾ Watched GeminiTay's latest Hermitcraft episode over dinner!
☾ Reorganized one of my dresser drawers and it's a lot tidier now! I decided to use my new Dairoku drawstring pouch to hold my embroidery floss bracelets for now. I thought they deserved something a bit nicer than the plastic baggie I'd been keeping them in lol
☾ I played Legends: Arceus for a good while again today! Did my usual routine of recovering player satchels and working on research tasks, but I also finally progressed the main story some more and quelled the frenzied noble Electrode! I was a little nervous going into it, but I actually didn't come nearly as close to blacking out as I did with the last noble. ;v;
☾ Also found some art of one of my faves that I hadn't seen before and I am thriving aaaaaa
 
Found a leather/straw beach/large tote handbag at a second hand store. If it is the one I found on google (but black) it was defo a real bargain!

Also got a new, smaller rattan/leather handbag for 50% off at a bag store. Might go back getting a middle-sized model too, they're really nice!
 
⟡ I finally picked up some new socks which is something I’ve been meaning to do. All of mine had holes in the heel from wear. I just have to wash these new ones.
⟡ I’m happy I got to play some Mario Party Superstars last night after work. Work was slow for me and I wasn’t exhausted, so it gave me a chance to relax with a game.
⟡ I went to Burgatory for lunch and got some really spicy chicken wings.
⟡ I got to see my favorite person this morning. The party we were going to ended up being cancelled, but she said she’d snag me along if she gets invited to another one.
⟡ I’m happy she’s dragging me out of my comfort zone and I felt comfortable enough to do so myself. No forcing, manipulation tactics or guilt tripping, this is how you do it ‘cause anxiety is a thing:
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⟡ My grandma sent me this picture of Keagan and he is such a good boy.
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