2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

In bed, doom scrolling the internet, I suddenly realized that it was dark out.  That is the late afternoon I had.  Here are some happy things from today: Sometimes at work packages jam on the line and we have to shut it down for a few moments.  When that happens, packages stop being received.  Someone usually shouts out, “Line down!” so the people who didn't notice can stop working.  Because of where I was along the line I was asked to be louder, the people up from me couldn't hear over the music.  So I got loud.  It isn't something I do often.  Being loud, when one normally isn't, can have an element of fun.  😁 After work I took my tired self to visit a friend who had knee surgery and needs some help while they recover.  According to the weather app on my phone it was 95 degrees outside and felt like 106.  I took Andi, our friend's dog, for a walk.  This was my first time meeting Andi.  She is a very good dog and let me ...

For National Pet Day I decided to share some happy pet stories. Growing up my family had a dog named Skeeter.  He was a mixed breed, probably Labrador retriever and German shepherd.  I have some vague recollection that his name came from my not being able to say mosquito.  Anyhow, Skeeter was mostly very tolerant of me, the youngest.  I remember being able to use him as a pillow every now then.  He didn't let me ride him though.   When I was married, we had a cat named Jeffrey.  I'm not sure what breed he was,  but he was a tuxedo cat.  He liked to catch mice.  Before kids, we rented a second story apartment that had access to the attic.  Somehow Jeffrey got a mouse and chased it into the bedroom.  We were on a futon on the floor.  The mouse ran right at me to hide behind my pillow.  I don't think I ever moved so fast as I did that night!  I was off the floor so fast.  Jeffrey then proceeded to sit by t...

Happy things from today: Cats. Nanni & Winston. My storytelling telling abilities are not what I wish they were.  Suffice it to say that there were things said during breaks at work today that got me to laugh out loud.  Also at work today, I started training on working in the “yard” with the trucks.  I always like learning new things. On March 16, 2017, my pet dog, Hunter, passed away.  Today, I pulled out the cardboard box that holds his ashes.  I had never opened it.  It turns out that the ashes are in a very lovely cedar box.  I expected a bag.  It was very tastefully done, I just didn't want to see ashes and so didn't open it at the time.  I'm sure when this happened I was either told about this or read it and just didn't retain the information.  However, this weekend I will be seeing the friend that makes glass beads and can incorporate a tiny amount of the ashes into the beads.  I will give them some ashes and get the bead...