Glad Game - Days 119-131

Wow, life gets ahold of me and I find I don't post the glad stuff as much as I want.

Days 119-126: life happened. Let's go with good/glad stuff occurred during those days.

Day 127:

~Flexed my hours at work to leave early so the girls and I could head to Pittsburgh.
~Nice ride out.

Day 128:
~Crown Tournament - one of the best Crowns I've watched in a while. Courtesy all around (despite the bone chilling wind and rain)
~Delish dinner with the girls.
~Watched Lion in Winter while relaxing before bed

Day 129:
~Fast Service at Sears when fixing the tire changed from "should see to that" to "MUST see to that"
~Happy Puppy was Happy to have his Momma home.

Day 130:
~Accomplished things at home that needed to be done instead of procrastinating on them another day.

Day 131:
~Actually glad my father saved every "important" piece of paper and filed them. This way when I needed to get both of my parents' social security numbers so I can replace my SS card I was able to walk into the basement, reach into the file and pull out an old tax return and Voila I had their numbers.

Challenge Question Answer #1

evil_baron asked: I've always wondered what you thought of me.

I think the first time I met you was at my first Pennsic. I had volunteered at Public Safety and quickly became enveloped in the workings of being a Supervisor/Deputy/whatever was needed at the moment and you were Fire Marshall.

I remember at that time thinking “Who the hell is this guy?” after you came in needing something done about someone being stupid with tiki torches and trees and tents. And I have to admit that at that time I thought you were an ass.

But as the years went by and I learned more about what it really meant being part of Pennsic Staff and specifically dealing with the fire issues, I came to realize just how hard and stressful Fire Marshall is and that you were not an ass. You were working really hard to keep several thousand people safe and stop them from self immolation.

Now, many moonturns later I find you a hard working individual who has a great laugh and likes to have fun, not to mention genuinely cares about folks.

*giggle*

( cut because it's slightly irreverent, but I find it funny as hell )

Challenge Question #4

(two and three will come. they require more thinky thoughts for an answer)

apidae asked: Does the Glad Game help?

Now that I've been doing it for 5 months now, I have to say yes. I spend too much time dwelling on the bad, negative and depressing things that happen in a day that stopping and making myself find a happy thing, even something as small as "I found $1 in my pocket" helps me to remember that life is more than just the crappy, stressful, negative things.

I don't know if anyone else cares about my "happy thoughts of the day" but they do help me. By doing it this year, I found that my usually depressive February was not so depressive. The hard days aren't as bad when I remember that I have a puppy that loves me or we made Miss Molly smile by visiting the Nursing Home today or I had a yummy dinner.

I do not know if I will continue the exercise after the year is over. I might drop it down to a good thing a week.

So the simple answer is... yes.