Reel Long

Some happy things from today:

  • Last night I fell asleep on the couch while YouTube played miscellaneous shows on the TV.  This resulted in me not getting to sleep until after midnight.  As I put my head on my pillow I noticed my stuffed llama had a spectacle and this made me chuckle.  The spectacle is a magnifying glass necklace that is draped from my lamp.  It fell in just the right spot.

  • My plan was to take a few minutes to scroll the internet and then be productive.  I was looking at reels and I scrolled to one that had someone decorating cakes. When I was a kid I took cake decorating classes in 4-H so I was enjoying watching this.  Some reels have music, this one seemed to be telling a story.  It took way too much time for me to realize that this wasn't a short story, it was a novel. There were a lot of cakes decorated before I figured this out.  It wasn't the best story, but it got me interested.  The reel stopped, and I was left hanging with the story.  I searched a bit and eventually found it and started reading, instead of listening.  I haven't finished it yet.  I'm not sure if the entire thing is there or if the story is even complete.  I'm up to chapter 37 and I am afraid to close the window so I don't lose my place.  Pieces of the story seem to be coming together so I think I'm nearing the end.
  • Sunset!

  • Curia, the local SCA meeting for our Barony, was tonight.  Keziah, Gideon, and I went to a friend’s house to help with their children during the meeting.  One spouse was running the meeting and the other had accidentally scheduled a class at the same time.  Keziah and Gideon played with their little ones while I attended the meeting in another room.  In this meeting it was announced that Keziah and I are stepping down this fall as Baron and Baroness and that we are looking for heirs.  There were also some other officers that switched hands.
  • On the way home, we got shakes from McDonald's for dessert.  Gideon and I got Shamrock shakes, Keziah stuck with chocolate. 

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Currently listening to: The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World's Happiest People, by Dan Buettner.

Also listened to and am reading something online.  The title is Saving Nora. I can't find the author without possibly losing my place.  

Thank you for being part of my happy things.  Stay safe.


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