What's something that made you happy today?

[kenneth]

Big, small, if it brought you joy, tell us.

I myself just made a purchase for a sunset cruise on the Bosphorus river on my upcoming trip to Istanbul.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I bought three toilet clappers off of Amazon. They should be here this afternoon so I can install them tonight.

I had stored one in the basement, but the criminally aloof plumber used it on my equipment without telling me when they visited in January, charged me for it, and then I no longer had it in store when my other toilet clapper broke this morning.

Also this morning, I took all the plastic to the recycling place behind the high school, deposited my tax refund checks at the bank, mailed one of the only utility bills I don't yet have on Autopay, and then stopped by the QuikTrip for a huge Coke Zero and two trashy pieces of breakfast pizza because I was feeling -- quite rightly -- bad about myself and thought I needed to be punished.

Is that what you meant with this thread, @kenneth ?

 

[James from London]

Three good things happened today: my weekly boring, pointless, nerve-wracking, time-consuming interview at the Job Centre was cancelled; I found the water bottle I thought I'd lost at the gym (I've had it since 2021 which makes it one of my oldest possessions); and, best and most surprising of all, I discovered that the STV Player works on my slightly out-of-date laptop, which means I don't have to watch old reruns of Brookside on my phone and I can take screenshots of it.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Waking up and having the day off work to do what I want.

 

[kenneth]

I bought three toilet clappers off of Amazon. They should be here this afternoon so I can install them tonight.

I had stored one in the basement, but the criminally aloof plumber used it on my equipment without telling me when they visited in January, charged me for it, and then I no longer had it in store when my other toilet clapper broke this morning.

Also this morning, I took all the plastic to the recycling place behind the high school, deposited my tax refund checks at the bank, mailed one of the only utility bills I don't yet have on Autopay, and then stopped by the QuikTrip for a huge Coke Zero and two trashy pieces of breakfast pizza because I was feeling -- quite rightly -- bad about myself and thought I needed to be punished.

Is that what you meant with this thread, @kenneth ?

Anything to make bad feelings lessen is well worth it.

 

[Avery Merry Christmas]

@Michelle Stevens and I have the same day off, apparently. I got to sleep late and bum around the house all day, which is good enough for me.

 

[Oh!Carol Christmasson]

@Michelle Stevens and I have the same day off, apparently.

It's Pentecost everywhere on the same day, isn't it?

 

[Crimson]

Randomly deciding to work from home today.

And then doing very little work.

 

[DallasFanForever]

My eyes opened this morning signaling I was awake and alive. That’s a good start right there.

Being here with all of you and interacting on these threads. I know it sounds corny but I’m sorry it does make me happy.

Realizing on the way home I still had about 30 miles left til I’m out of fuel which means I can put it off til tomorrow ‘cause I was too tired to stop.

The realization that my new shoes are working out very well.

 

[bchristmastree9]

That I neatened up my physical media collection, clearing out several places where I used to have discs (DVD, Blu and CD) to make more space on those shelves...

 

[Emelee]

Making a delicious dinner with white and green asparagus, avocado, corn cobs and scallops using my new frying pan. Made my really happy.

 

[DallasFanForever]

What’s made me happy today is the fact that I’m off from work and eating a bunch of junk food. I guess sometimes it’s the simple things.

 

[Avery Merry Christmas]

It happened yesterday, but still making me happy today (does that count? Judges....?)

I ran into a workplace-friend I had not seen in two years. It was so nice to see her and get caught up because I knew that she had quit under bad circumstances (a full year before I too quit under bad circumstances). I was so relieved to see she was okay and happy to hear that she'd become a grandmother. Life indeed goes on.

 

[DallasFanForever]

What’s making me happy at the moment is I just came home for lunch and I’m flipping the channels and there’s the theme song playing for the opening of The Young & the Restless. That one never gets old for me.

 

[CeeCee72]

My child volunteered to take a shower, allowing us to skip out usual routine of me forcing them to do it by screaming and threatening to change the WiFi password.

 

[KayLloyd]

The song "I Just Called To Say I Love You", which my angel dad sends as a sign that he is with me, played on the office radio today .

 

[DallasFanForever]

Going back to work today after being gone for 10 days and having multiple people welcoming me back and telling me they missed me. It’s a nice feeling.

 

[Rove]

Leaving work for the day

 

[DallasFanForever]

Rain

It finally made it here to the southeastern part of the U.S. after weeks of virtually nothing. Usually I’m not a fan of an entirely rainy day but considering how much we needed this the sound of the raindrops hitting the ground has made me very happy today.

 

[CeeCee72]

Rodong around my neighborhood on a golf cart with my neighbors and stopping to pet all the doggies being walked.