Gratitude

[stormkeeper_lovesall]

 
Gratitude:

- Over a week ago, Doris got a colonoscopy. I was glad to be able to take the day off to drive her. She got a not-great diagnosis (it's probably Crohn's). Well, at least we have a tentative diagnosis for the various issues she's had. And on the way home, we ate at Flying Saucer, a place I've wanted to check out for ages and they had great vegan brunch items. When we got home, I was tired and we were out of a lot of produce so I had Instacart bring me some. Yay for Instacart. I was just too tired to drive to the store.

- Last weekend, Mom and I did another clean-out of her place. (And afterwards we ate at Lyfe Kitchen. Then went to Stan's Donuts because I'd heard they had a few vegan items. They had a strawberry croissant which was incredible!)

- Last weekend, Scrabble with Ann! Also I love what she is doing. Listing 50 fun things she's doing this year. Should I do the same? Or start in September and do a 51 list?

- Had my performance review. My boss said SO many nice things!! (Like the EBN reach out and the Jessica email)

- I volunteered again to do laundry for refugees. Glad to do it

- Well, I am glad that last year I decided to stay at my current employer. I found out the job at the other place was recently eliminated when they lost a client. My friend there Kari said words to the effect of 'we'd have tried to find another role for you' but it's a small company. Fate smiled upon me! I thanked Doris again for her wise counsel to stay where I was at.

Fandom stuff: 

- Fanfic. I looooove my longfic and love writing it!! I have a great beta! And another friend who reads the chapters as I write them and writes me paragraphs on Tumblr about how much she loves it. And with 3 chapters posted, I'm still getting like 10 comments a chapter which is incredible. (Though it's so funny. Almost all come within the first 10 hours. After that? Crickets)




And under a new "not gratitude" section :)

- My favorite clothing store, Trends, is closing. It's a local, "upscale resale" shop, designer consignment. I don't buy clothes that often but when I do, it is (was) at Trends. I honestly don't know where I'll go to shop from here on out. Ethically, I like Eileen Fisher but it's so pricey and also not near me. Well, I guess I can find out where other upscale resale shops are near me.

- And that convention that Doris and I are flying to London for? Well, I have 2 favorite Shadow and Bone actors. Kit and Jack. Jack had never signed onto or been announced for the con; Kit was one of the guest from the get-go and we purchased a meet n greet with him. They announced yesterday that Kit has cancelled. Noooo. But then less than an hour later, they announced Jack signed on!!! (Now I just need them to answer my email and transfer my meet and greet to Jack. And I believe Kit cancelled because he's so busy - his career is really on fire now, which is good) UPDATE - They switched it! I happened to look at the page on my phone that had the meet and greet QR codes and it now has Jack's name instead of Kit's! YAY! I don't have to go chasing the organizers down!!

Comments

[nytshd3]

Sucks about Doris's diagnosis. SHe said she had a couple more tests she had to do for them to confirm, right?

Is your mom just trying to downsize overall, or is she making room for stuff that she'd prefer to have there (or both?). I should really offer to help my mom with some cleanouts, she has SO much stuff, I know she's just overwhelmed (doesn't help that she has a bunch of Kaytee's stuff everywhere from her apartments).

Awesome that your boss said so many nice things!!! Really happy for you that staying there has turned out to be such a good choice!! And I love it that they appreciate you!

Is it typical that most postings get love in the first 10 hours and then nothing? I mean, it makes sense, if you're someone who loves fanfic and you're looking for a particular type/pairing/etc, you probably have alerts set so you can see them.

You're still in London now but it sounds like things are going great!! I hope everything keeps going well and it's an easy and smooth trip home.

THat sucks about Trends closing. I would think you'd have the best luck at upscale resale shops in expensive areas (hinsdale, naperville, oak brook?) Maybe those days that you come out by me for scrabble you could pop by one or two in this area?

I 100% support doing a 51 fun things list!

[stormkeeper_lovesall]

Yes, with Doris it's not 100% confirmed but it seems like this is what it is. She still has like 4 weeks till the follow-up visit.

Mom is doing a general downsizing. But then she laughs and calls it a "death clean out".

Yeah, weirdly that is typical now. You can almost forget about ever getting comments on something 24-48 hours after you post it.

I wonder if DG has an upscale resale shop. I feel like it...should? I wonder if Elite Repeat is still in business.