I'm picking up @probablylostrightnow‘s open tag to post five things that make me happy right now, because today is a good day for a little boost in the cheerfulness department, so let's see:
1. I finally finished knitting the Neverending Dr Who Scarf Of Infiniteness that I started some time in 2015. It's been growing in irregular spurts and I'm honestly quite impressed with how much of it there is now:
Since this is a post about happy things we won't be dwelling on the fact that I now have about a fricktillion ends to weave in, and I won't be tackling that for a while anyway because
2. I started working on a new N7 hip bag! My old one has been looking a bit worse for the wear for a while, but I've been putting it off because this really is a complex and daunting project if you don't remind yourself that it's worked one small step at a time, like everything else. Now that my brain has apparently re-tagged it from "procrastinating" to "problem solving" I'm really excited to get going and kind of tempted to start making regular WIP posts again (because that's the kind of thrilling content you all crave on your dash, right?)
3. After a lovely spell of hot summer days we finally had a good rain last night. I love the heat and the sun, but I also love my garden, and the roses already look a lot happier than they did the past few days.
4. Last week I finally collected and submitted the last bit of paperwork for a child related thing that's been keeping me busy (and anxious) for months. Now we still have to wait for a decision to be made, but it really is a relief to not have anything to submit, fill out or follow up on for now. Plus, every single person I've dealt with in this matter has been polite, helpful and at least moderately competent, which has made the whole process a lot less of a pain than I expected.
5. The baby turns two next week and is just starting to say two-word sentences, and the one she says most often is "Danke, Mama" ("Thanks, Mom") which always fills me with (admittedly undeserved) parental glee. Also whenever she thinks I did a good job (put a toy away in the correct place, turned off the light on leaving a room etc) she claps her hands and says "Super, Mama" which is ridiculously adorable and I hope she'll keep it up for a little longer.
This was fun, and if anyone else feels like sharing five (or two or ten) happy things from your life, please consider yourself tagged 😊
