What Are You Happy About Today?

[Dunquixote]

My mood is still not the best but it’s starting to pick up a bit and I’m happy about a couple things.

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record. I’m just really excited and happy with my progress on my secret santa piece. Looking back at my art for the halloween event, I want to say I’m improving. At the same time, I can’t remember the order or what percentage I have a color at, etc. when I’m trying to shade like the other eye after doing one eye. Hopefully I can figure out a way to keep better track of what I do . I’m really having so much fun; I forgot how much I liked drawing . I’m really glad I participated in the art contests in the last tbt events since if I didn’t, I probably wouldn’t have been able to get myself back to drawing anytime soon.

I’m very grateful for the pointers on using shapes @Yanrima~ had given me a few years ago, which got me to look up a little bit how to use them to do the sketches. I’m finding it much easier drawing digitally than traditionally since I’m terrible at drawing light traditionally while digital. I think I’m doing better with the shapes now; I know it just basic drawing, but to me it is a big deal since while I took some art classes in grade school, I don’t remember anything from them. For the longest time, I’ve just drawn what I see as best I could.

I caught Jewels laying on the tree skirt earlier, looking really cute. My mom just yelled at her because she was playing with the ornaments; she likes to take the ornaments off the tree .

@Roxxy & @mocha. both shared an adorable picture of their cats with me; I’m always really happy to hear from them .

That’s it for now.

 

[.: Meri :.]

☾ I played through all of Kuruna and Marian’s romance content in Rune Factory 3 Special, and then married Pia on my next file! she’s such a sweetie so wHY are some of the things you can say to her so MEAN omg

☾ My parents and I watched Grian’s newest Wild Life episode and some other videos on Youtube this evening! We weren’t even intending on watching the full episode in one sitting, but I guess that just goes to show that it was a really fun one ahahaha

☾ Tomorrow is my birthday!!

 

[Shellzilla_515]

The past week or so has been rough for me and I feel awful emotionally speaking (small bad things kept piling up to the point I was getting irritated easily sfdhksfj). Though, I'll try to scrape through the stuff that did make me happy for a time.

November 13, 2024 to November 18, 2024

• Feel free to skip this point. On my way to the mall to buy safety what I needed, I spotted a Toyota GR Corolla for the first time ever which was stuck in traffic! It gave me quite a bit of time to look at the details as I was walking. This now makes it the 251st car to add it to my identified cars list that's still growing! It's imposing appearance, especially the widebody and exhaust pipes really make it stand out compared to the regular Toyota Corollas out on the roads.

Spoiler: Bonus photo

I can confirm that those exhaust pipes are the exact same ones I saw with my own eyes!

• I had a quick look at the Hotwheels section and was pleasantly surprised to find this car. Apparently, they only just released it this year!

Spoiler: Of course it's a Honda!

It made me very happy to buy a Honda S800 Racing! A car from the 60s, it's livery replicates the RSC (which stands for Racing Service Centre) variant of the S800. The best part about is that it's the predecessor to my dream car, the S2000. On top of that, I can try to recreate this livery in Gran Turismo 7 (however, there's no way to put the roof up and is always down)!

• At work, I got to educate a customer on a few things about their key fob and how it would sometimes need to be reprogrammed after replacing the battery by following certain steps. It made me really happy when I showed them how it was done and heavily thanked me. They also had a couple more questions which I was also able to answer. Even though it was just a simple battery replacement on the key fob, it really made my day.
• I bought doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. While I only ordered one dozen, the lady that worked there gave me another dozen of doughnuts for free as I was making a payment. I was genuinely surprised by the kindness as I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Maybe they had a slow day and didn't sell a lot of doughnuts.
• I went to Ikea with my sister and had a good time. We actually ended up buying furniture this time around. Aside from that, we did the usual and ate the food there which is always a highlight for me lol.
• Feel free to skip this point. I'm happy to report that it's yet another car I spotted for the first time ever (#252)! On a separate day while driving on my way to pick up my mother from work, a wild Volkswagen Golf R Mk6 appeared alongside me! Its R badge and wheel rims is what stood out to me.
• I signed up for Secret Santa organized by @/Balverine and eventually got my match. I got so hyped with who I get to draw for, but I don't want to get into further details or it'll spoil the surprise!
• Played Gran Turismo 7 and did an online time trial that was tough as nails. Perhaps the toughest time trial yet to gold! I initially beat the target time before tumbling back down to silver thanks to the world record improving. Despite the track being under 50 seconds long to complete, it took me forever as it would basically require me to do well on all corners on the track while partially driving on dirt. I eventually got it and felt so relieved.

Spoiler: Never. Again.

That world record better not improve again to push me out or I'll have to virtually crash into walls from failed attempts for the millionth time.

November 19, 2024

• I had the day off today, so I've been relaxing and trying my best to lift up my spirits from yesterday that made me feel bad and tanked my self esteem heavily.
• I helped my mother make some pancakes in the afternoon as a quick snack.
• Played Ace Combat 7 and S ranked a few missions. Kinda helped me to let off some steam too.
• Had a fairly short, but good chat with @/Midoriya.

 

[azurill]

My moods been a bit down lately but I was happy to have today off. Happy I was able to sleep in . Happy that the weather was really nice this morning so we took Aurora to the park for her morning walk.
I was able to get some shopping done for things we needed.
Spent some time this afternoon with my aunt who recently had surgery and is starting to feel better.
Played some ACNH this afternoon and took Aurora for a nice evening walk.
Hope everyone had a good day.

 

[LadyDestani]

I made a cool new discovery in Endless Ocean: a deep purple manta ray named Phantom. I had him join me for a swim.

My husband got most of the cleaning done in the bathroom. He's doing such a great job getting the house ready for Thanksgiving. I couldn't ask for a sweeter partner.

We also worked on the next trivia game we'll be hosting in December. I'm getting a bit better at photo manipulation for instances where I need to remove badging, nameplates, etc.

 

[aericell]

• had a planning day today so it was a nice little break from chaos, and tomorrow's a minimum day
• within that meeting i had some of my decisions validated by some of the more experienced teachers so i'm glad i'm doing things right because i've been doubting myself
• i rechecked the website for the lodging i booked for this weekend and saw they had rooms listed for a cheaper price! so i cancelled my original one, rebooked, and saved (a few) dollars
• another package came in today, i got new my melody slippers and a few long-sleeve shirts
• took some cute pictures of my dog sleeping with her tongue out, bundled up in her blanket

 

[Kamex]

What happened yesterday:
- I ate a chicken gyro wrap at a restaurant that tasted yummy.
- Finished a drawing of a humpback whale in pen and ink.

Spoiler: The whale 🐋

What happened today:
- Played AC: Wild World and Olivia moved into my town.
- Luna slept on my lap and was being cute

 

[Tude]

What happened yesterday:
- Finished a drawing of a humpback whale in pen and ink.

Spoiler: The whale 🐋

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You're so talented!

 

[hakutaku]

- Officially got the job I interviewed for yesterday!!! I'm so pleasantly surprised It'll be my first full time job and first office-based job! I can officially buy new socks now I know I won't be destroying them by being on my feet all day

- Spent a chill day at home, washed my hair, did a workout despite not feeling so great (i've got a cold coming on)

 

[lasagne_of_death]

My school day isn't starting until late tomorrow due to bad weather, so I can actually wake up at a time that isn't 6 o'clock in the morning

 

[Tude]

Congrats on the job @hakutaku!

 

[Dunquixote]

I’ll probably have another post later.

For now, I’m happy that I caught my kitties being silly. Even on my worst days, my girls know how to cheer me up so much .

Jewels wanted Spanky’s spot again .

I got some other cute pictures of Spanky last night too when she chattered or made a peep in response to my voice . I might post them later in the show your pets thread if I get time or remember.

I’m also happy that part two in Genshin’s banner will be one of the characters that I’ve been waiting for . Zhongli was my first favorite. I found a Zhongli nendoroid that is up for pre-order somewhere while I was still working on my Christmas list; I’m hoping I can get it too. He looks so good. Nendoroids are really so cute.

That’s it for now! I’m hoping to make more progress on my drawing; right now I’m struggling a little with a few areas, but I’m still having a lot of fun though .

 

[skarmoury]

finally got my driver's license i can go out of the house whenever i want now yipeee
maybe i'll grab some ice cream later

also i was biking during sunset the other day and saw a stunning view. wish i could share a photo but the file is too large and im too lazy to reupload it

 

[.: Meri :.]

☾ I had fun celebrating my birthday in ACNH this morning while I was prepping my island for the stream!! Which was mostly just picking my outfit and planting pitfalls ehehe—I think most of them got set off too! I’ll have to watch out for the ones that didn't

☾ Speaking of stream, I really can’t stress enough how much fun I had!! It really made this birthday special ;w; I really appreciate all the kind words about my island, the birthday wishes (during stream and also throughout the day on TBT!), people dressing up and bringing party items, and the really sweet birthday gifts!! even if I was a little slow to pick them up because even though I knew it was literally my birthday I was still going “oh these might be meant for everybody” skldjghjkdslfjgfdkh
I’m so happy it all worked out!

Spoiler: I took lots of cute pics but these were my favorites!!

Also this was like the exact moment I checked back to the stream after I hid LOL (…mistreil don’t blackmail me) (pls)

☾ Mistreil gave me art of Merielle in her Birthday Fair outfit just before stream started, which I've added to my signature!! She looks so cute and I love it!! ;v; I also just really love my birthday aesthetic and I'm planning to keep it through the weekend ehehe

☾ I watched some Youtube videos with my parents this evening!! We wound up falling a bit behind on SmallishBeans’ Wild Life series (and probably a few others too aaaa), but we caught up with his snail episode tonight! The screenshot of his and Lizzie’s snails together was really cute ahahaha

☾ And since it’s the middle of the week, we’re planning to celebrate my birthday IRL this weekend, but I got Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns as a present today anyway!! I’ve been wanting to try the 3DS SoS games, so I’m excited to play it sometime!! ;v;

☾ Aaaaand I did Pia’s Newlywed Mode and Another Episode in Rune Factory 3 Special, and they were really sweet! I’ve also just married Raven, and I’ve only got the rest of her content, Sakuya’s, and Sofia’s left to play through!

 

[Shellzilla_515]

finally got my driver's license i can go out of the house whenever i want now yipeee

Congratulations! Whenever I see someone on here acquiring their driver's licence, I can't help but want to chuck in a soundtrack to celebrate their achievement. Good luck driving in urban areas.

Spoiler: I'm sorry, skar lol

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I am so so glad that today has been much better for me and I feel great. Time to drop these points!

• Work wasn't too busy, so I didn't stress out so much and just focused on what I needed to do.
• On my way home, I spotted a tri-colour Sheltand Sheepdog! I was so cutified by it and immediately told my mother as soon as I got home. I eventually told my sister lol.
• I'm excited to drive cars (except one) that will be added to an update to Gran Turismo 7 tomorrow! I'll showcase them eventually provided I have enough space on my PS4 to install the update in the first place.
• I watched back a VOD of ACNH hide and seek since I was at work while it happened live. I don't know what's with @/Mistreil's chaotic energy, but it never fails to make me laugh especially when she managed to find two people at the same time... Twice! Anyways, it was pretty wholesome that @/.: Meri :. hosted because it so happened to coincide with their birthday today as people who participated greeted them. Dave joined the celebration too at the end!
• Listened to a bunch of music to further lift up my mood.

 

[duckvely]

work & school went really well today! we started working on our final project for one of my classes and it's been super fun so far!

 

[Tude]

☾ I had fun celebrating my birthday in ACNH this morning while I was prepping my island for the stream!! Which was mostly just picking my outfit and planting pitfalls ehehe—I think most of them got set off too! I’ll have to watch out for the ones that didn't

☾ Speaking of stream, I really can’t stress enough how much fun I had!! It really made this birthday special ;w; I really appreciate all the kind words about my island, the birthday wishes (during stream and also throughout the day on TBT!), people dressing up and bringing party items, and the really sweet birthday gifts!! even if I was a little slow to pick them up because even though I knew it was literally my birthday I was still going “oh these might be meant for everybody” skldjghjkdslfjgfdkh
I’m so happy it all worked out!

Spoiler: I took lots of cute pics but these were my favorites!!

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Also this was like the exact moment I checked back to the stream after I hid LOL (…mistreil don’t blackmail me) (pls)
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☾ Mistreil gave me art of Merielle in her Birthday Fair outfit just before stream started, which I've added to my signature!! She looks so cute and I love it!! ;v; I also just really love my birthday aesthetic and I'm planning to keep it through the weekend ehehe

☾ I watched some Youtube videos with my parents this evening!! We wound up falling a bit behind on SmallishBeans’ Wild Life series (and probably a few others too aaaa), but we caught up with his snail episode tonight! The screenshot of his and Lizzie’s snails together was really cute ahahaha

☾ And since it’s the middle of the week, we’re planning to celebrate my birthday IRL this weekend, but I got Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns as a present today anyway!! I’ve been wanting to try the 3DS SoS games, so I’m excited to play it sometime!! ;v;

☾ Aaaaand I did Pia’s Newlywed Mode and Another Episode in Rune Factory 3 Special, and they were really sweet! I’ve also just married Raven, and I’ve only got the rest of her content, Sakuya’s, and Sofia’s left to play through!

Happy birthday!

 

[LadyDestani]

I had a mentally exhausting but also really helpful massage therapy session. We worked on some of my past trauma and how that's directly related to some of the physical pain I'm still dealing with. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off me by the end of the session.

I joined my husband and my dog for their afternoon walk! It was my first time going with them since before the operation. Tanuki was so excited at first, running back to jump on me every few seconds. Then, he got distracted by scents and completely forgot I was there. He was moving too fast for me to keep up, so I told my husband to go ahead. They got about half a block ahead of me towards the end and, even though Tanuki kept looking back at me, he wouldn't let me catch up. My husband said when they got to the house, he went running around looking for me. Apparently, once he'd put that much distance between us, he thought I had gone home without him and the crazy lady following him was a stranger.

My husband made tamagoyaki for me for lunch today. I think it's been a few years since the last time he made it and it was so good. He's practicing the recipe again because he wants to make it for Thanksgiving and I am happy to be the taste tester. He did overcook the egg this time (it was drier than usual), but not bad at all for a first attempt after so long.

I'm becoming a bit more active around the house. I helped with drying the dishes and prepping the recycling today. I wasn't able to completely finish either chore, but at least I helped.

 

[aericell]

today was actually not too bad at work it was a shorter day for the students but i held math club after schools and 20+ kids showed up! it was a lot of fun today. one of my past favorite students showed up too and its always so nice to see them

also submitted grades today and it is so nice when most of the kids aren’t failing!

 

[hakutaku]

Congrats on the job @hakutaku!

Aww thank you!

Today I'm happy:
- Another clear, sunny day! The sun always boost my mood
- Much less annoyed about going to work now that I know I'm leaving I think I'll miss my current job, maybe I'll come back next Christmas...(only planning on working this new job for approx 9 months, just to save up more quickly lol)
- Made plans to meet up with my friend soon