I’ve been tagged by @sunny-bexster to list 5 things that are keeping me happy right now.
My puppies! Makani is a 2 and half year old Belgian Malinois and she is the most well behaved dog I have ever met. She is extremely smart too. Cheddar is a 4 month old yellow lab and a trouble maker. He loves to taunt Makani and is constantly zooming and a huge goofball. They’ve been keeping me busy during the lockdown and I love them so much.
My boyfriend, Chris. We’ve been in lockdown for weeks now and we are still having fun. I can always count on him to keep me sane and down to earth, especially when I get stir crazy. We’ve been binging shows, playing video games, Magic the gathering, and taking tons of walks with the puppies. Since I’ve been let go from work, he’s been helping out even more finically which has just taken a lot of stress off of me. He’s always pushing me to pursue my goals and is willing to move for me if we need to in the future for my career. We’ve been talking more and more about our future and I’m so happy we are both on the same page.
Virtual game nights with my friends from across the country. I moved to Florida 2 years ago from Michigan so I only see my best friends about once or twice a year. Lockdown has everyone isolated so we’ve been more creative and I’ve been seeing them more now than before since we’ve been doing game nights.
Living in the sun shine state and having a pool. I’m so thankful to have a house with a big backyard with a pool to escape to. I don’t think I’d be able to handle this lockdown if I couldn’t go outside and get fresh air and sun. I thrive on sunshine. I’ll even bring my Nintendo switch out and play ACNH outside for a change of scenery😂
Having time to relax and do projects I never had time for when I was working. I play a lot of video games (specifically ACNH, Sims 4, Civilization, and Witcher 3 right now), I’m reading more (currently Blood of Elves by Andrew Sapkowski and Dead Wake by Eric Larson), and being more creative. I’ve started to teach myself needlework, I just bought a paint by numbers kit to try out, and I’ve been putting together a cookbook so I can have all my recipes in one physical place. I’ve also been working out and have lost 10 lbs so that’s nice too.
Overall I’m just happy to be healthy and lucky enough to be able to lockdown in place with my family. I’m incredibly grateful.
Since I just got back to tumblr and haven’t had my new blog long, I will be tagging 5 blogs at random: @aliveandfullofjoy @roberto-luongone @underm0st @babyvaliuum @anocccularpatdown
