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Things which have made you happy lately

Droopy said:
What makes you happy about long nights? I usually get the games console out once the nights get darker and longer.
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I'm really a night person. Most of the time, I only go out when it's dark. The summer kinda limited me cause my timeframe was from about 11 pm till 4 am. At least now I can catch some fresh air when it's not in the middle of the night. I have a problem with (natural) (sun)light more and more each year and it's also a reason why I wear shades a lot when I really, really have to get out during the day. Sunlight gets me more irritable most of the time.

At one time I even thought about using those darkening sheets which people use for their carwindows, to darken my windows. But I figured that at some point, I do need some daylight to peek in.
 
I'm really happy with the collection of people I talk to on Skype.
I feel social and normalized in that sense again, even if I can't talk to them everyday. ^_^
 
The out-of-the-blue hailstorm yesterday made me giggle.

I'm not fond of a lot of "out-of-the-blue"-situations, but this seemed so surreal, that I actually thought it was the most awesome thing this week. I almost went on the build a snowman with some girl, lol (but it does melt way too fast)
 
King_Oni said:
The out-of-the-blue hailstorm yesterday made me giggle.

I'm not fond of a lot of "out-of-the-blue"-situations, but this seemed so surreal, that I actually thought it was the most awesome thing this week. I almost went on the build a snowman with some girl, lol (but it does melt way too fast)
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Haha, yeah we got it here too...I also thought it was quite random. :P
 
I'm happy that someone out there confessed to liking me in a way and I've basically had quite a confidence boost lately. My only crutch is (and I almost need a crutch seeing as I seem to have done something to my toe/bone around my big toe, cracked or bruised it or something so I can't walk normally :S ), I recently relapsed again with drugs yet I know I really need to try and enjoy myself sober and stay sober for a good few weeks/months to feel normal and OK sober. I got quite far in a post in a drugs topic on here yesterday, I need to finish that today really. Drugs have been a big problem for me getting anywhere in life, yet at the same time do and have helped me get rid of my OCD/tic problems so... it's an itchy issue I need to somehow overcome. But anyway, having been rejected and lied to an enormous amount by my last online relationship, someone I really like giving me a confidence boost has helped me go out again and be more confident with minor OCD and paranoia/anxiety. I hope I can only move forwards and upwards in a good way from this.
 
It sounds very vain, but this girl wont leave me alone and thats a major confidence boost. That in turn leads to a bit of a positive mood
 
Recently I conquered my fear of speaking to a complete stranger on the phone when I had to ring for a taxi. I'm happy that I was able to do that.
 
Droopy said:
Recently I conquered my fear of speaking to a complete stranger on the phone when I had to ring for a taxi. I'm happy that I was able to do that.
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Thats a good skill to learn. Its something that happens often
 
What makes me happy? The thought of having a roof over my head and enough food to eat...

In short, having enough to live.
 
Me discovering that there are places online where people sell unwanted gift cards anywhere from 5%-30% less than what you'd normally have to pay for them. And there's a huge selection of gift cards to choose from and you can usually pay for them with PayPal.

You could save a ton of money by getting these unwanted gift cards from people. I've known for a long time that gift cards can be bought on Ebay, but there isn't a very big selection and the discounts usually aren't great.

Next time I plan to buy things from Chapters, Amazon, TigerDirect or Newegg I'll try to buy discounted gift cards from people (that is, people who have a good seller reputation).
 
I'm really happy how my job is working out actually and I'm much more confident in my next steps afterwards. The UK passport/visa paperwork is looking good and I'll have that filled out around next week, with my parents/family's help. I have to have everything filled out before I turn 25 (which is next February!) so I'm really grateful a friend had gone out and actually picked up/sent me the paperwork for it, since I don't think I would have been able to get it during Christmas break very easily. My family would have, but my parents aren't there yet and it would have been a huge hassle to have my grandparents go walk uptown during the winter like this. So I'm really happy about that.

Now I also know that I have job security here until I'm all set over there. The minimum amount of time I'll stay will be a year, which is a good amount of time in itself to save money and sort things out. But I am actually welcome longer, so long as it's legal. If the UK stuff does work out, I really can stay as long as I want past the NL visa until everything is sorted there. I'm also looking into Open Uni from the UK, knocking out a degree online. So long as they accept my visa status, I'll be able to afford it and give myself a better chance of getting work (or student loans) there when/if I move.

Nothing's set yet, of course, but it's really a huge weight off my shoulders to know that it's looking up.

In the meantime, I'll leave for the UK for a week which will be a nice vacation and I'll see my parents again. I also found out since I'll be staying for a year, I'll probably be going to Denmark for a month and possibly Germany later on as well. A huge perk about my job is that when the family takes vacations, I get paid to go with them. :)
 
I'm quite happy a really good (would say best, but that bond got corroded a bit over the last few months) friend decided to contact me after about 7 months and explained his situation. I'm cool with it (as his situation got kinda out of hand; and given his parents think I'm a bad person, they didn't take the effort to inform me on his status), however I did tell him that if this would ever happen again (disappearing out of my life without any notice) he shouldn't bother to contact me again, because to a very small degree he could've just contacted me somehow and told me "sorry, I'm putting our contact on ice for a reason I'll tell you in some time". Seemed like a reasonable stance towards him, he thought.
 
Aillas said:
Do you mind me asking why they think you're bad?
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I don't mind... I am curious to that as well (well, I think I do know why). I think it has something to do with the way I live my life and how I put stuff in perspective. And actually their son (at least my friend, not directly his brothers) is a bit like me. We get along perfectly and have a lot of the same views on stuff, it just happens that his parents feel that I actually help and acknowledge "his" views, because they're similar to mine. Thus they feel I'm solidifying his opinion towards stuff they feel isn't "normal" (or in general isn't their idea of right/wrong).

They actually thought that I used drugs and I sold their son drugs (and thus got him on it), while actually... it was the other way around.

Another thing, to just put in perspective his parents; his mom wants to kick him out (he moved back in with his parents due to mental health issues; and in the time I haven't spoken to him, he got an official diagnosis on having aspergers alongside other stuff) because she thinks that adapting little things around the house (in regards to daily life; stuff he's having a hard time dealing with) is to much of a hassle. So his parents are a bit of the "it's my way or the highway"-type of folks.

But I don't hate them for being that way. I do have some resentment towards them because they're not honest and upright when my name gets around in a bad way in their conversations. When I was at his place some time ago, I told his mom "listen, I don't care if you like me or not, but do not talk behind my back, if you have a problem with me, tell me, instead of conjuring up all kinds of silly stuff for which you presumably have no proof". And she stated that this never happened. However, I told her "Fine... so you're calling your son a liar, your other son a liar and a friend of that other son a liar?" She got kinda stumped. When I just finished my sentence, the doorbell rang and that friend of his brother was at the door, so I said.. "oh great, let's ask him while he's here". And he kinda confirmed that my name got around there. I don't care what people say about me, as long as it's true... but do not say that you never talk about me, if you actually are.

It's stuff like that... probably also having this direct approach which gets to them, because they can't enforce a "my way or the highway" principle on me and I will test them for it each time my name is involved.
 
kasmanaft08 said:
I'm also looking into Open Uni from the UK, knocking out a degree online. So long as they accept my visa status, I'll be able to afford it and give myself a better chance of getting work (or student loans) there when/if I move.
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Open Uni is a good choice, I'm currently working on a computer course via Open Uni and so far I'm liking it. I get my education at Open Uni for free since I have a diagnosis and am on disability which is a great bonus for me. There's also a lot of different help/support available both online and in person.

When you get over to the UK you'll have to visit me sometime. :P
 
Me realizing that I need just one more "like" to have a total of 200 "likes" (please "like" this post!). :D
 
Getting Aillas to 200 likes. :D

Also, having a team enterprise thing at school go well for me and breaking up for Christmas.
 
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