- My neighbour, who is also Welsh, had mischievous delight in revealing his Welsh flag mask when we met on a walk.
- Tom Hier, Steffan Hughes, Jade Davies and Mared Williams sing in Welsh during the Welsh of the West End cover of From Now On.
- There is a new(?) caramel flavour Aero. It’s a bit too sweet to eat much of, so it’s perfect for my daily ration of chocolate.
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- Feeling connected with people. I’m connecting with many people recently - in person and online - and it jus feels great. We’re social animals after all.
- Feeling connected with vanilla milkshake. Mmmh… yes.
- CheckWise got a lot of new users at once. Yay!
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- Salted caramel affogato
- Anti-wasp spray
- Air-conditioning
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- I’ve had enough sleep lately that I’m coping with insomnia from last night without too much trauma.
- I’m having a haircut today for the first time in months.
- At work, my weekly stint on desk duty (handling all incoming jobs for our team) was easy yesterday with very few jobs.
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- All the lovely people who took part in my Habitica challenge for my birthday and shared what they did and how nice they found it.
- My hair has gone curly now it’s short, as hoped! Still requires a bit of finicky fiddling, but it’s looking good.
- I finished a book last night, so I get to choose what to read next now! So much to choose from.
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- My hair is short! I no longer have the Old English Sheepdog effect.
- The temperature is perfect today: just cold enough that wearing something warm is comforting but not cold enough to make it necessary.
- Cottage cheese.
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- weekends
- baking
- almond/coconut cookies
- Cosmology is just mindblowing and it is amazing that we can model the universe this well.
- Mum bought me a weighted blanket to see if that helps with my anxiety!
- Peter Hollens’ Skyrim theme video.
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- Princess, the scrub turkey, drinking from the water bowl I leave out for her. I wasn’t sure she was smart enough or brave enough to realise what this human-owned thing was for.
- Nasturtium flowers are out. They’re colourful and I like the nectar.
- Some of the people around me are supportive and it warms me.
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- keyboard finally working after two weeks of all sorts of jams, repeated keystrokes, having to unplug/plug again 3-4 times per day, etc.
- keyboard not working fully led to ordering a keychron (old keyboard came back to life post-order) so i will have new keyboard to play with in a couple of weeks
- (unrelated but still) weather is back to my optimal temperature: 20C
- Cold pizza.
- New dress, made by my wife!
- It’s amazing how quickly “just ten minutes” of tidying can get tidying done. Grateful for my wife agreeing to keep me company with that! Slowly getting things back into order.
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- Cocktail Frankfurts for dinner.
- Melted cheese on vegetables. Cheese makes everything taste great.
- My cat lying in the sun. She loves that so much, it’s a joy to watch.
- Postcrossing gives me an excellent reason to get off my butt even if I don’t feel like it. Gotta post these cards!
- I’ve crunched the numbers and I can afford my MSc without too much difficulty.
- We bought the bunnies their favourite chew toys and I can hear them enjoying them.

I keep meaning to mention that nasturtiums are one of the bunnies’ favourite snacks! Hulk in particular. We’ve been growing them this year for that reason!
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- videoconferencing finally maturing as a technology
- reaffirming running a anti-anxiety drug
- endorphins (ok, i’m cheating, this is the same as 2)
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- I’ve realised that I can use our spare bags of cat litter (20 kg each) instead of kettlebells for the Farmer’s Carry! They have sturdy handles.
- It’s become cold again and our cat slept under the covers with me all night.
- I found a bug in a small piece of code that has 25 tests. It amuses me that even with all that we still missed a spot.
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- Sleeping
- Eating
- Walking
Yeah, I’m a simple person today 
- The misprinted shirt I got a replacement for works just fine as a hair towel!
- Walking really helps when I feel anxious.
- I’m throwing technology at a problem and getting a smart water bottle which will glow at me to make me drink regularly through the day.
- I slept in today and yesterday and feel more rested than usual.
- Guayusa is a pretty cool alternative to coffee that has caffeine but doesn’t make you nervous.
- The smell of books.
- Hena tattoes
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- My dad brought carrot greens for Hulk to eat.
- A ton of my postcards arrived at their destinations all at once, so I had a little postcard-writing session today!
- I get extra free stickers and stuff from a generous Etsy seller.