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What made me happy today? Coming home.
Some days everything seems to go wrong. It all started this morning. First off, I had a nightmare. Which isn't nice at all.
For some reason my phone decided to change the sound my alarm wakes. Instead of waking up to my usual sound (which sounds somewhat like this), I woke up to the intro of Batman 'the dark knight rises'. I couldn't find a decent example, but the one on my phone starts with a woman who is screaming is pure horror. There are nicer ways to wake up, especially if you've already had a nightmare. Don't worry, this will not happen again, as I've deleted 'the dark knight rises' from my phone.
Work wasn't much better. There were issues with one of the systems I use. The issues just don't seem to get solved with that system, even though IT is working on them. And I discovered some errors that just wanted to make me slam my head onto my desk. Plus, the nightmare I had just kept running around in my mind. I couldn't seem to shake it.
I did find some things that cheered me up temporarily during the day, but it was going home that made me feel a lot better. Home is where I can do whatever I need to do to cope with myself. Like indulge in some guilty pleasures. So I'll be having a nice supper, watch some crappy tv and go to bed early.
Tomorrow is a new day, and it'll all be better by that time :-)

Need a pick-me-up

What made me happy today?

Life isn't always easy. Sometimes everything seems to be going wrong. Or you just woke up with a terrible mood. On days like that I like to read something that'll cheer me up a bit, and hopefully have me feeling better fast. Like this.
Of course, having great friends and plans for a cozy evening of anime help too :-)

Mumbo jumbo

What made me happy today? A bunch of mumbo jumbo!
I had an off day today. Hey, they can't all be good ones. I had a terrible nightmare which woke me up, and after that I could not sleep any more. Work was hard as well, I spent most of my day alone in a room surrounded by binders and binders full of papers I had to check for inconsistencies.
But the great thing is that when I posted that I was having an off day on my FB and Twitter, people immediatly started to cheer me up. With a multitude of things!
- a video of nice Russians
- funny Pintrest pics
- genius ideas: the geek edition
- Good guy Greg
- sandwich art
- Space oddity
Of course the last one could not be left from this list! Those of you who know me well know what a space freak I am :-) I will admit that I'm going to miss Chris Hadfield's videos, photos and FaceBook / Twitter updates from space. They usually made my day every day. It's thanks to him I now know how to wash my hands and cut my nails in space, how to make a PB&H sandwich there and what happens when I wring out a wet washcloth. But I'll admit: I'm happy he made it back to Earth safely :-)

Venting

What made me happy today? Being able to vent!
Today was not a great day at work. Some things went wrong, were misunderstood or miscommunicated by colleagues. My stress level went through the roof, especially when I was informed I had to attend a meeting, one hour before the actual meeting. Add to that the fact that I'm transitioning from one team to another and also changing jobs (promotion), you can imagine that I was not a happy girl today.
Luckily I am blessed with friends who will listen to my rants, who will let me vent and cheer me up by sending me virtual hugs and / or funny pictures. And I'm happy to have those friends :-)
So thanks for listening to me, being there for me and cheering me up!

Think you're having a bad day?

What made me happy today? Instant cheer-up stuff.
I had a very hard day at work. A lot of urgent and unexpected stuff popped up. Good thing I'm always well prepared for those cases :-)
So during my morning coffee (ok, tea) break I came across this little gem on my Facebook.
It kind of puts things in perspective in a funny way. You might be having a bad day, but there's most likely always going to be people that are having a horrible day. Plus, it made me laugh. And laughing is good for you :-)

Now I usually try to keep my blog posts happy, but I wanted to share this picture with you too:

I'm not going to become all preachy about how we are lucky etc. but just think about it a moment... It kind of gives you a different perspective, doesn't it?