Brighter (in spirit, if not meteorologically)

You may not have noticed, but my blogs have been a bit negative and glum this week….
After posting my ‘things I’m fed up with’ list the other night, I picked up a notepad and pen and continued to write down what’s annoying me. I ended up with about 275 of them, and although I felt a lot better for it, I felt slightly embarrassed. None of them were exactly awful, and some were so petty I deserve to have the list rolled into a ball and stuffed into my windpipe to put me out of my ‘misery.’
In the interest of fair play, and in a desperate attempt to restore positivity to my postings, I present for you a LIST OF THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW:

It’s June, so it’s summer (although you wouldn’t believe it to look outside today)
I’m in love.
The person I’m in love with loves me too.
I have a good relationship with both my sisters.
I am in ‘gainful employment’ (never really have understood what that meant)
My work does not involve strenuous physical movements or taxing mental undertakings (or being whipped by a hateful, burly taskmaster.)
I am healthy, and much lighter than I used to be.
I have at least two people that I class as true friends.
I am not in debt.
I am not addicted to any liquid or solid substance.
It’s light until 10pm.
I’m not one of Jamie Oliver’s testicles.

That’s twelve things, and I only did six ‘fed up’ ones the other day, so hopefully balance is restored, and hopefully now I can persuade Philippa to stop calling me a moody git and come and spend the weekend with me…

RC 16-6-11