What Are You Happy About Today?

I finished some more rubber band bracelets! I swear I am thisclose to filling up another baggie of them finally.
I got a couple new desktop wallpapers for my rotation!
OrionSounds posted another episode of his Empires series, and my family and I watched it this evening! My mom and I also watched Dollightful's latest video later on, and her newest doll custom is just super adorable. 🌈
And I had an absolute blast while playing Rune Factory 5 again today!! ;v;
 
- I got a ton of reading done for university last night, and submitted my assignment on time (at 3am :ROFLMAO:)

- My brother came over last evening, it was good to see him! We talked more about our trip to Japan, and I found out he's adopting a cat with his girlfriend 🐈

- Today I went out and got my mum a birthday card and a couple of presents since it's her birthday tomorrow

- My aunt came over for a little while, I haven't seen her in a while so it was nice to catch up

- Made a really good chicken tikka wrap w/ hummus, cheese, and leftover Moroccan meatballs 🥰 Then had some pancakes w/ chocolate protein pudding, a v nice meal!
 
It's honestly been really hard for me since a lot of college stuff has made me so busy and overwhelmed not long after my break was finished. Unfortunately, it's going to be like this for over a week, but I'll try my best to keep my head up. In the midst of everything, there were very few things that made me happy.
  • I really appreciate @/Midoriya checking up on me this morning over at discord. It's not something that I expected at all and it warms my heart that he cares about me. Riley also gave me a couple of tips and even a few words of encouragement, so it made me feel a little better. I eventually told @/xSuperMario64x about my situation and he completely understands it. His patience is very much appreciated. Thanks, friendos. 💚💜💛
  • Feel free to skip this point. Out of all cars, I somehow managed to spot a Mitsubishi FTO approaching an intersection on the way home. One thing I noticed is that the driver's side is on the right as opposed to the left, so it was most likely imported here to Canada. Feel free to guess how I knew this car's existence in the first place. It really shocked me as I never thought I'd see the day I would actually see one with my own eyes much like a certain car named after a coffee drink.
  • I managed to get some college stuff done today, so that's a little bit of weight off of my shoulders.
Again, I'll do my best to keep my head up and try to overcome the challenges that are ahead of me. Metaphorically speaking, I'll try to stay on track and keep hitting those apexes to get through the rocky roads. Gotta pump out those laps somehow. 🏎️
 
Today was much better than yesterday. I've got quite a few things to be happy about. 😊

- I completed my most important work tasks plus did a little catch up on some lower priority items.
- I received recognition from several coworkers for doing a good job and helping them with different things.
- I logged off from work on time.
- I ate another Cadbury Creme Egg.
- I'm enjoying my assortment of teas. The last few I've tried have been really good.
- The weather was sunny and warm. It was so pleasant outside when we took our afternoon walk.
- My dryer stopped working yesterday, but today it miraculously started again. I was able to finish drying the last load of towels that I had hanging up all night. I know we need to replace the dryer soon, but at least we've got a little more time.
- We were able to get logged back into Hulu after not being able to get in all day yesterday.
- I had a tasty club wrap for dinner.
- We went to the local ice cream place and got raspberry waffle cones for dessert. I also picked up a quart of their amazing peanut butter brownie ice cream to eat later.
- I enjoyed a nice, long shower this evening and now I'm ready to read before bed.
 
I started up an art request thread since I've been wanting to do one for a while now, and got to work on that for a bit! Also everybody's just been super sweet askdsdjlgf ;v;
Bought a couple songs off of iTunes!
I've caught up on some more cleaning that I couldn't get done while I was sick! There's still some more to do but I already feel so much better.
I played through a couple more days in Rune Factory 5, and came in first place in the Buff-A-Move contest by a sizeable margin heyooo 😌
I also made a couple quick rubber band bracelets, and got a third one started for next time!
 
- It's 1st March, the first day of Spring (meteorologically!)
- My mum seemed to like her birthday presents haha, I just got her some of her fav sweets since she said she wanted stuff she could eat this year
- Uni went pretty good, I got a decent amount of sleep, wore a cute outfit, got a coffee and brought a healthy lunch, and my classes went well! :)
- Wrote up a cover letter for a placement/temp job I'm thinking of applying to. I'm so nervous to apply though! 😬
 
i have some things to be happy about 😄

I woke up at about 5:30 this morning (so I only slept for like 4-5 hours) and at first I couldn't get back to sleep but I ended up being able to take a 3 hour nap. I feel pretty tired atm (most likely bc of anemia though) but it's only noon so I'm not wasting my time and in a bit I should be good to do 😌

a few weeks ago I mentioned that a friend of mine (who is actually a social worker) not only referred to me a few psychiatrists in the area, but they also mentioned something called a IOP (intensive outpatient program) which gives patients the care they might receive in a psychiatric hospital without actually being hospitalized. I hadn't called the head of the program until a few nights ago, it was too late ofc but the next day I finally got to speak w them and yesterday I did a video call to be evaluated.
I was worried abt paying for it bc my family hardly ever has any extra money, but after talking with my insurance provider this morning the lady I spoke to over the video call happily informed me that my insurance would cover everything and I won't have any out-of-pocket expenses!!
so I'll be doing this thing 3 days a week, I kinda wish it was in person instead of all virtual but I'm just happy to actually be getting some good help and I really hope they can shift my ways of thinking into a more positive light. I've been dealing w depression for years and my self-esteem and confidence has only gotten worse so I definitely have some hopes.

related to above, the psychiatrist I had to schedule an appt for all the way out to May bc he didn't have any availability before then, actually works with patients in this program so I'll be able to talk to him a lot sooner and be evaluated/treated for bipolar. I'm very relieved abt that bc I honestly resented the idea of having to wait til May to even be seen. 😮‍💨

I started my exercise routine again! I was pretty sad to see I had gained some of my weight back (very likely bc of depression eating) but yesterday I spent 30 min doing exercise, mostly taking it easy bc my muscles aren't quite what they used to be rip. I'm hoping to do some more exercise today, though I can feel some soreness in my abdominal muscles I'll try to push through it a bit (without over-exerting myself of course). before I graduated college I was actually at a point where I started doing Tae-Bo and I would love to get back into that, it's one hell of an aerobic workout but it's fun!

(kinda long so feel free to skip) I made a revelation this morning after watching a video talking abt the South Korean school system. the context was that it's apparently very common for students in South Korea to spent around 16 hours a day studying, and it made me realize something. I think a big problem I had coming out of college, is that because I spent so much of my time and energy merely focusing on school and not on myself, I came to believe that school is the only important determining factor in your life and nothing else at all matters. so understandably coming out of school my life kinda lost its meaning. the meaning of my life was in fact school, and as soon as it went away I had nothing left. cause I was also spending hours and hours studying, and once I graduated I no longer had to do that. I was suddenly out of school after having been in school since I was like 4-5 years old.
I guess what I'm getting at is I'm somehow still in the frame of mind that school is the single most important thing in my life and nothing else matters, and it's possible that this frame of mind has kinda shifted to work, hence why I get so frustrated with the fact that I'm not working bc of disability. maybe this is something I could bring up to my counselor in the IOP. just some more bad stuff I need to unlearn, it's been affecting my mental health very negatively. I know that school isn't everything but I just can't stop feeling that way about it. I need a change, and now that I'm aware of it maybe I can start taking steps to break out of the vicious cycle :)
(it likely also has something to do w the burnout I've been experiencing for literally years so I need to get that figured out too)

today is the first day of March and the high is 67 degrees! [cue Celsius folk absolutely losing their **** for a split second bc they don't realize I mean F lol]
I don't have any plans to go outside today bc I am still really tired and sunlight honestly makes my eyes hurt most of the time (light sensitivity) so I'll just go ahead and open a window to let some fresh air in 🌻

I'm starting to get back into drawing regularly and it's going well! 😁 and I still have plans to possibly open an art shop, not sure when but if I can keep drawing consistently and not get burned out so easily I'll start that :blush:
 
I've felt distracted all day (which I am not happy about)
But!
We got our seed potatoes and dirt today!! Also, we have some red onions!
Excited to plant them in a couple of weeks!
Still unsure if I should add sand to the potato dirt. I have these cloth bags that are suppose to really help with drainage and air, so I am not really sure sand is still needed or not.
 
-My vacation is only 18 days away! I just have a couple things left to take care of before I'm completely ready for it, and I can't wait!

-I managed to get a preorder in for the collector's edition of Tears of the Kingdom! It was by pure chance that I happened to open the product page right as preorders were restocked. I'm just happy I was able to get one at all with how fast they've been selling out!

-A coworker gave me a Buizel perler to add to my collection! A few days ago we were talking about odd things we collect and I mentioned my Buizel collection and showed them some pictures of it. I guess their wife is really into making perler art, so he asked her to make a Buizel for me and it turned out very well!

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I haven't posted here in awhile, so here's something for the entire WEEK!

- I went to martial arts on Monday night and it was a lot of fun.

- I've been getting better sleep.

- I was feeling down the other day, but thanks to @Shellzilla_515 and @Mimi Cheems , I'm feeling a lot better now! 💚

- A couple days ago I FINALLY unlocked the Pact Ring in Fire Emblem Engage, and ended up giving it to Goldmary. I thought about giving it to Chloe, but she's already overpowered in my game thanks to the Three Houses ring. I'm really looking forward to how my army does from here on out. Only 4 more chapters to go in the game (not including paralogues, of course)!

- I started up a Pokemon White Nuzlocke and just recently got my first gym badge. It was a tough fight, and my Patrat died, but thankfully my Lillipup survived at 1 HP and took out Cress's Panpour. I then tried doing the cheat method for the Dreamyard to get Musharna, by capturing Audino from route 3 first and then going in rustling grass after rustling grass in the Dreamyard. It was taking forever, and I accidentally walked into the grass when it wasn't rustling... but thankfully it ended up being a Munna anyway! It's total chance that I got it to appear and not Purrloin, but I'm so so so happy! I nicknamed it after the best friend who inspired me to order the game and start up this challenge (because gen 5 is the only gen of Pokemon I've never beat a Nuzlocke/Wonderlocke in now).

- I also won 50/50 for Dehya in Genshin Impact only about 30 pulls in! I'm literally so happy as I can finally make my full Pyro dream team come true. < 3

- As I'm typing this, the Dallas Stars just beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 to stay in 1st in the NHL Central Division!!! 🤩

- Work has been going really well. I've improved a lot and I'm actually getting far ahead now. This is what it means to go beyond. Plus... ULTRA! 😤

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