DAY THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 304. Today is the final day of June, the month of Calm.  Here is the recap..
 
June's Resolution: It's The Simple Life For Me

"If you can learn from the worst times of your life, you'll be ready to go into the best times of your life."

• Sit in the Backyard and Listen - I did this a few times this month.  I took my book or lunch out back.  I even had a friend come over and we sat out back.
• Walk the Dogs and Be Present - I try to walk the dogs and stay present.  I talk to them when I walk them.  I also have to stop pressuring Happi to walk faster.  I tell people Happi doesn't like to go for a walk, she likes to go for a sniff. 
• Take a Bath Without TV - I have taken a bath with my book.  Not recently but I need to get back to that.
• Get Enough Sleep - I failed this horribly.  I am SO tired...
• Practice Meditating - I failed this goal. 
• Act the Way I Want To Feel - I am trying to act more positive.  I want to be a more positive person.
• Have a Cup of Tea and Read a Book - I have been trying to do this.
• Take Time for the Simple Things - I have been taking time to do the simple thing. Like cuddling with Happi, playing with Lucky and playing with Sunny.

I wished I had more time to work on my calm.  I have been working extra hard and this makes the simple things harder to accomplish.  I think I could really gain something from performing meditation.

Until tomorrow...

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND THREE OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 303. My friend came over today to ask me questions about me.  We know each other but since she is going to be a reference for me, she felt she needed to get to know me better.  So we had a cup of tea/coffee and talked.  That is until Lucky jumped up and drank from her cup of coffee (with a lot of milk).

It was interesting to have someone you have known for a long time ask you questions about yourself.  It is also kind of nice.  It is easier to get straight to the point.  There are questions I think we want to ask friends but sometimes don't because it is awkward or not the right time.  When someone is going to be a reference, it is the time to be honest.

Until tomorrow...

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND TWO OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 302.  Weird thing that I was thinking about today.  When I was in high school I had to dissect a frog in biology class.  Maybe some of you had to do the same thing.  Or you had to dissect some other animal.

Let me tell you I have always been an animal, plant, underdog lover.  I remember we walked in and there were these frogs, I think they were dead on all the desks and we were supposed to cut them open.  I refused.  I told the teacher I would not cut an animal open.  This should have been a sign to my parents something was coming.  The teacher tried to talk me into it but I was not budging.  I would not do it.

Finally the teacher decided to use my frog as the example for the class that way I would not have to touch the frog.  Let me clear one thing up.  I was fascinated by the insides of the frog, that part didn't gross me out or anything.  It was that they killed all these frogs and now we were going to cut them up.  I didn't want to touch it or be the one cutting it up.

Once the teacher got it down to nothing but bones, I was then in charge of doing the procedure of cleaning off the bones (I vaguely remember putting it in the drier??)  and then gluing the bones to a piece of cardboard.  I got an A in the class and never had to touch a frog.  Okay, only the dried bones.

That is my dissecting frog story.  Luckily in college I didn't have to cut anything apart.  I have lived my whole life without cutting an animal apart!  Not even a lobster.

Until tomorrow...

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 301. There are 65 days left in the Happiness Project.  For a long time it felt like there were months and months to go and now I am almost sad to see it ending.

I have not been doing a very good job at living the simple life.  This has been a very busy work month for me so that has been my priority.

Until tomorrow...

DAY THREE HUNDRED OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

DAY 300.  Yay!  Happy Gay Pride!  I was up early and out the door.  I was a bit rushed at the end and forgot my borrowed boa.  I realized I left it about 4 blocks away, too far to go back.

I got to the meet site and we had to wait.  And wait.  And wait.  It was such a long wait.  I could have gone back for the boa 100 times.

I got to meet some nice people from the foster/adopt agency that I was marching with.  One guy in particular who was really great.

Finally we started marching.  I marched and danced and gave out beads.  I was the only person dressed up in our contingent.  I was the only person dancing in our contingent (except the dancers from the dance studio).  I was going to have fun!  Life was good!

I had a good time.  I came home and took a long bath to ease those aching muscles.  I was happy that I did the walk and the wait with little problem.  I am in better shape than I thought.  Oh, so happy!

Then I watched the Game of Thrones finale.  

Until tomorrow...

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND NINEY-NINE OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 299.  Today was Pink Saturday. That is the day before the Pride parade.  I was invited to a Pink Party.  First step I had to find something to wear.  I don't have really any pink.  I finally found this t-shirt that I bought as a gag years ago.  It says "Girls Just Want To Have Fun".  It is bright pink.  Perfect!  Add some pink beads and I am ready to go.

The party was fun.  I always have a hard time at parties where I don't know anyone.  Especially when I am one of a handful of women and there are almost 100 guys.  It is daunting.  My friend finally came and rescued me until I found someone to talk to and then he went off to talk to his friends.  I had a great time.

Until tomorrow...

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND NINEY-EIGHT OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 298.  This is the start of Pride Weekend.  I don't have anything planned tonight.  I wanted to order food but everything is such chaos that I gave that thought up.

I decided to march in the Pride parade.  I tried to buy some rainbow flag items for marching and everything was sold out so I put out an SOS to my neighbors for some help.  I needed some clothes or items.  The offers came in.

One neighbor offered some pants.

These are actually fuchsia and blue.

Look at little Lucky

Another neighbor offered me a rainbow tutu.  I borrowed a boa from another neighbor.  Then some beads.

I wore the swirly pants with sneakers for comfort.  The organization I marched with gave me a t-shirt.  I was going to wear the boa but I ran out and left it on the table!  I had my beads.

Until tomorrow...

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND NINEY-SEVEN OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 297.  Today I went to see my Primary doctor.  I had a form for him to fill out for my foster/adoption process.  I had to get a TB shot.  I am allergic to the TB test so for 40 years I had to get chest x-rays.  About 10 years ago I learned about a new test called the Gold Test that is a blood test that tests for TB.  Now I don't have to get chest x-rays anymore.  That makes me so happy.  I don't want to glow when I get older.

Until tomorrow...

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND NINEY-SIX OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 296.  I got the results from Happi's tests.  Her tests came out fine.  She doesn't have a urinary tract infection.  I am so happy.  The vet also said they were able to x-ray her organs and her spine.  Her organs are fine.  Then her spine looked wonderful considering she has 3 legs.

This is good news.  She has the ulcer and that is bad but not as bad as I could be.

Until tomorrow...

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE OF THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Day 295.  I took Happi to the vet today.  Happi has been having problems for a few weeks and I felt like it was time to check her out.  She has been vomiting, peeing, and crying.

Yesterday I got home and she was on my bed crying.  Very unlike her.

I was worried something was really wrong with her.

The Vet thinks she has an ulcer.  Happi has been put on Prilosec and some anti vomiting medicine. The poor baby.  Hopefully this will make her feel better.

The tests will come back tomorrow and we will see if anything else is wrong.  The good news is the x-ray they did showed that her organs are good and her spine is in better condition than I thought.

Tomorrow I get the results from the tests.

Until tomorrow...