- Playing with dogs again. The dog I met for the first time two days ago was delighted to see me and pranced around like a pony.
- Crumbed chicken for lunch.
- SGQ: Two half-hour walks today.
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- New neighbours arrived yesterday, and are lovely!
- Although my fitness is still good, my enthusiasm for fitness is… less so. Grateful that I did a full session today, therefore.
- Lovely long-sleeved top feels appropriately snuggly today
@shanaqui asks about the Snickers cake: Is there a recipe?
Yes, there is! Adjustments made were:
- halve all the ingredients
- use a standard loose-bottomed 23cm cake tin instead of the much larger Bundt tin in the recipe as written (who has a Bundt tin that size anyway?!) Halved volume was perfect for this.
- chopped peanuts were soaked for about 24 hours, so needed a bit more milk to make the texture pourable
- didn’t make the optional chocolate glaze for the top
- (and, for non-Americans, AP Flour = plain white flour, Baking Soda = Bicarbonate of soda)
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- SGQ: I got a strong early start on a toilet replacement and it went very well because of my good preparation.
- My parents came to visit this weekend and we had a lovely time doing puzzles and helping me with some outlet & lightswitch rewiring I had to do.
- We’ve had a ton of guests recently and our guest room & pool are working exactly right!
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- SGQ: I signed myself up for a wellbeing program to help myself manage anxiety etc, and I think this is going to be one of the things that really helps me improve my life.
- When I was talking to my wellbeing coach about how I get distracted and anxious, she gave me a phrase that makes me feel so good about myself and so positive about improving: “what can I do to work with my wonderful brain the way it is?”
- The “Those Old Scientists” episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. It was so funny and touching.
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- i’m grateful i saw many friends today.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i can trust my own opinion, and that that’s enough sometimes. (i just finished an atrocious short series, and while the reviews i found online were mixed, i didn’t find any that mentioned the huge qualms i personally had with the ending; but instead of needing to add a review and make me mad again i’m just letting it be, knowing that i’m right [ok i know how this sounds
:p]) - i’m grateful i don’t have to be at work until the afternoon tomorrow.
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- SGQ: working on this project that I should’ve finished a while ago
- Stuff randomly working even though it shouldn’t
- Cool database tech (https://neon.tech)
- Mom cooking good food ;-;
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@clivemeister Thank you for the recipe! Passed onto Lisa. 
- Lisa’s probably going to bake something for the first time in a long while. (We’re going to start easy, though, and just make some rocky road.)
- With some physio and some determination, I’m not limping so much anymore.
- On Friday I can start wearing silicone scar strips instead of full dressings, to help my surgery scar heal up well.
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- Pokémon Sleep is working for shifting bedtime (I even dispatched Beemergencies early)
- Saturday library co-studying went well
- My brothers and I got to talk about the fan game idea on Sunday
- My brother is leaving Wed AM, not Tue AM, so I can more easily take my other brother for his post-surgical eye appointment Tuesday ahead of cat sitting
- Bug zapper tennis racket is an effective weapon against the Drosophilae invaders
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- self-gratitude: i’m grateful my most recent derailments were conscious decisions rather than just happening because i was overwhelmed and in head-in-the-sand-mode. (one was at $0, and the other would have required a very doable 600-ish more steps today, but for whatever reason i decided i’d rather pay $5 this time
[also it’s still very hot, so taking a little walk on my way home was simply not happening.]) - i’m very grateful for today’s therapy session. there hasn’t been one for me in a few weeks due to vacations, and the next one is also more than a full month away, due to vacations, so it was really good and valuable and refreshing to be there today.
- i’m grateful today was a really really short work day. historically, monday work days are super short because i used to have uni classes in the morning/at noon, but i’ve kept them so short even that classes are now over, because there’s not really any reason to shift around the hours when the total number of them should still stay the same.
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- SGQ: I did a big tidy-up of my to-do list, discarding stale tasks and freshening tasks that need attention, and it was very nice.
- We went couch shopping today and the second place we visited had some excellent options.
- My wife and I have mostly the same taste in furniture.
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- SGQ: I called a family member who I love but often feel nervous about contacting. We’re having dinner next week!
- SGQ: I resisted working late when there was no real need to do so.
- An urgent job turned out to be simple and quick.
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- I got into the Island Sanctuary content on FFXIV, which is very chill and undemanding.
- Reading an interesting book about slime.
- Actually quite excited to start studying again.
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- Some minor back pain I’ve had for a few days has gone.
- The free urban fantasy book Gateway by Christina Garner. I’m enjoying the concept and I like the writing style.
- SGQ: I have a solid plan for some work that needs to be done within the next two weeks and am feeling confident.
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- i’m grateful today is over. (okay it wasn’t that bad, but it certainly wasn’t great, and sleep is something to welcome anyway
:) - i’m grateful i rediscovered my love for a series after binging through all the season breakdowns. bad memory sometimes has its perks!
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i’m not too hard on myself right now. (i wouldn’t dare swear that i’m never too hard on myself, but at least currently i don’t feel that i am.)
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- SGQ: I did a good job staying engaged with DnD tonight!
- I joined a co-op coordination group for a silly little mobile game I play sometimes (“Egg, Inc.”) and they’re very nice and helpful!
- Grocery pickup is so easy.
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- meeting with a close friend after two years
- investing a bit of time to improve my developer experience
- my mom making good food
- being generally on top of things
I just feel very, very, very, lucky. And I’m grateful for it.
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- Had a session in a floatation tank - first for about 20 years, and it was good
- Delicious falafel wrap for lunch
- I just love the word “falafel”
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- i’m grateful i found a quick-ish solution for my phone keyboard probablem this morning. (for some reason it didn’t display japanese characters anymore and i had to fudge around with the settings to make it all normal again.)
- i’m grateful for the amazing time i had at the movies with friends tonight. we went to see barbie, and it was amazing! really great movie, definite recommendation, i was absolutely surprised!
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful to myself for not looking for a thing anymore tonight. i don’t need it urgently tonight, it’s fine if i find it tomorrow.
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- SGQ: I had better focus at work today than I have in a while.
- I got to see an ex-coworker and current friend before he has to go back to Canada due to visa expiry.
- Hanging clothes on a clothesline is relaxing!
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- Stretches helping me relax.
- Birds visiting me at my window while I work.
- SGQ: I took a 30 minute lunch break even though work was really busy today.
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