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It's all got a bit heavy round these parts recently. Let's lighten the mood, I'm sure that whatever our world view we can all take a moment to reflect on some of the good things.
So, what one thing did you do today that made you feel good. Or just a little bit better.
I'll start, I knocked down a shed, used some of it to build a wood store and chopped the rest of it up.nkw I'm having a beer.
Over to you...
Went home from work
Not something I did, my three year old daughter told me I was her best friend then told me to go away.
Got through an interview for a job to the next stage. After 8 months not working and a few interviews that have come to nothing it feels great to finally be making some sort of progress!
Smashed a load of floor tiles to smithereens with my big SDS drill.
Rather satisfying as i still have shitty shingles so am taking it easy
Clean,serviced and painted my steed.Always good for the soul?
One of my colleagues has been getting a hard time over a project not running to schedule. I've spent some time working with her on it to add some extra help and move some problems. It's not fixed but she called me today out of the blue to say she is much happier she has it in control now.
I don't really care that much about the project, the fact she says she can switch off instead of it being constantly on her mind made me feel good.
Let our two boys get very very muddy out in the garden, on the mud pile they've adopted. I just stood back and mostly enjoyed... They had a lot of fun digging and sploshing water. A pre-bath bath was required.
Did a fast(ish) gravel loop on my 29+ monster cross right after work.
I'd packed the car the night before, and stopped in a carpark on the way home.
Put me in a right good mood 😎
Taught some kids, its usually good fun, even when it's not its quite funny mostly.
4-6am: made my own mini pannier out of a 5 litre drybag and some Ortlieb spares. Total cost £15 as opposed to the £100/pannier the bikepacking boutique companies would charge me.
7am-ish: engaged in intimate behaviours
9am-5pm: Actual made some progress at work!
5.30-6.45pm: back to back classes at the gym. Crushed them - even the instructor was impressed.
7.30pm - ate Meatballs which have been in the slow cooker for 48 hours. Outstanding!
Rode a bike for the first time since twisting my knee in November.
Went to work for the first time in over 4 weeks, I’ve been so bloody ill I could hardly leave the house. Utterly exhausted now but it felt so good to be with the team again.
Got something done at work instead of procrastinating.
Got a haircut (at a barbers) for the first time in nearly 2 years.
A former colleague who really lacks confidence has just messaged me to say he's been offered and accepted a promotion to a much higher profile job.
I feel good on his behalf.
I made my new bed companion a cuppa so it was waiting for her when she woke. After being single for years it's doing little things for someone else that makes me smile a lot.
Taught some kids, its usually good fun, even when it’s not its quite funny mostly.
Actually, this too.
I had a good lesson 😲 with my yr10 btec lot, who are normally a bunch of immature asses.
There is light at the end if the tunnel!
Had a pretty big day on the bike yesterday , so at work today instead of my healthy light lunch i went to the van and got lasagna and chips .
Ate cheese.
Rode a wee trail, one of the few I've ever dug out just myself, that I'd not done for ages- someone else's been in and cleaned it up recently and it's riding lovely. Multiple different good feels.
https://www.relive.cc/view/vevWpyND8GO
Finally got round to riding this walker's path just down the valley from me. It's a bit of a mission to get to the top of it, but was well worth it for the downhill. The little hamlet it comes out in is called Urine, hence the name of the ride. Pretty warm in the Alps today, was sweating from every pore ">
Took the camper in for its MOT and service. Passed with no problems, cant believe we have had it 6 years.
Jet washed all the block paving, re sanded the joints and just finished sealing it all with paving sealer.
Finally got around to walking up Scafell Pike.I did it with my old climbing mate,horrible dreich day & windy,soaked to the skin but I can now cross it off the 'To Do List'
Feidel saved us from being stabbed by bikini clad CIA operatives armed with fountain pens. 😉
Avoiding a Wednesday shift, especially for legitimate reasons, is a big win.
On Tiree in the Hebrides for a week so already pretty good but went windsurfing for the first time in about 30 years this morning and then kitesurfing this afternoon for the first time in 2 years. Had a fabulous time on both, missed time on the water a lot.
20:27 Read YGH's post
20:27 and a bit. Imaginary high 5'ed YGH.
20:27 and a bit more. Gave mrs tojv the look
20:28 got told to forget it, far too humid.
If it helps, at 7am I was also engaged in intimate behaviours. Not with YGH though.
High 5s all round!!!
However current feels is that I am in some sort of limited hypomanic phase so have incredible energy and creativity as well as great self esteem. Cool while it lasts!
Rode a loop 5 times, 666m of climb 5 quick descents. Shattered, but needed that after a crap week.
I went for an evening ride with daughter and ended up doing CPR on a stranger until the professionals turned up and revived her.
That was good. Massively overwhelming, but good.
I saw a post on Reddit last week about someone's mum who sang down the phone to her after she messaged her saying she was having a crap day.
My other half did exactly that today so I called her and sang 'you are my sunshine' down the phone. Came home to the biggest hug which was nice.
Also arranged a BBQ for the weekend after finally getting our adoption order signed off on Monday. I'm now legally a daddy!
Schmiken wins the thread, top work
Got my dad's father's Day card delivered on time.....
schmiken - well done sir.
Went on an 80 mile road ride with a bunch of fast riders and then spent the afternoon asleep on the sofa....
High 5s Schmiken ! you win.
One of my older customers is suffering with shingles and feeling pretty low .
I stayed and extra hr (foc) and watered and fed all her fruit and veg plants.
Took her a bowl of strawberries to cheer her up .🍓🍓
Got my second dose of vaccine.
Well done schmiken, top work.
I cleared out the back porch, got some plants to brighten it up. quite happy with that.
<span class="bbp-author-name">schmiken Wins but home from work a few ice cold beers, no work tommora, nice long dawg walk, with my Mam who I havn’t seen for 2 months(shes buying breckie too👍🏼👍🏼)</span>
LeeW comes a close second.... congratulations!
Took my mum to Wisley for her first day out in about 15 months. It's her birthday tomorrow, but weather looked better today. She's been having breathing issues for about 2 years but was absolutely fine today, which means she'll probably rehome a new dog in the near future.
Also, 4th bike ride with MsBeej in a week - she's essentially learning to ride as an adult.
Took myself outside for some VO2max intervals instead of being a slave to the Turbo. Used a DH run to ride uphill for the intervals and after the first one, on the way back down I stacked it badly wearing only short sleeve Xc Lycra.
As I lay on the floor I couldn’t help giggling at the slow motion mental replay of wondering whether I should lift my front wheel or not, with the inevitable “oh wait..”
It’s been a while since I crashed and in a strange way it feels good.
Made the effort to visit a 2nd lidl today, and they did indeed have a mig welder which I hope will still be there tomorrow.
Was tempted just to cycle home, put it down to 'ach balls, I missed it' and have the thought to get something more expensive from machine mart at a later date, which translates as probably next year.
Does mean I will have to do more work now. But glad I made the effort.