Y'all. I am still in a funk. I am sad, cranky, overwhelmed, anxious, melancholic (in the true Freudian sense) and periodically full of something akin to rage. So, I bring you (and me) some small good things:
- LG has taught Tiny Boy to play chess. LG has tried to teach me how to play chess. The former is going better than the latter, in case you wanted to know. I'm still like, okay, so the one with the horse can move how?
- Tiny Boy wrote a letter to our governor in his best handwriting (which is to say, he actually tried to use lower case letters). It was the sweetest.
- LG is going to walk downtown later today (yay for the walk!) to pick up some candy (yay!) from our "urban market" Target.
- I just submitted a manuscript.
- Potatoes. Potatoes. Potatoes. Potatoes. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee.
- I remembered a stretch to deal with my seizing glutes.
- There are blossoms on trees outside. That makes up for yesterday's freak snow storm.
- Tiny Boy is having a second grade cousin playdate on zoom today.
- Using my kitchen counter as a standing desk.
- The music of Max Richter as a non-coffee shop soundtrack.
Good for you for looking for the positives! I should work on this, as I, like you, am feeling sad, overwhelmed and anxious much of the time.
ReplyDeleteStanding desks are the best.
ReplyDeleteHooray! for the manuscript!
ReplyDeleteAnd WOW LG is brave. I have palpitations leaving the house.
I wrote to my students today (I do a "senior thesis Friday" email) that when they're stuck, they should write the acknowledgements, to remind them of all of the people cheering them on, and to find some small good things in what seems like an endless tunnel sometimes.