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hawkwing_lbIt's December 23rd. The world has turned again, and the days are slanting towards light.
leahbobet's post today reminded me I should take more note of happiness. Today I've had contentment, reading in a coffeeshop while twilight gathered to darkness outside; translating Homer with a pot of cocoa-vanilla rooibos beside my own fire; going to dinner with the parent and her boy in a fake-American bar & burger-joint despite cramps and teasing them gently.
And I have friends, hard as I find it to comprehend this. (And I find it very hard. Deep in my heart, there lurks a belief that one day you lot will realise I'm not very interesting and cease to tolerate my presumption. Imposter syndrome, can has!) But you guys (yes, you) have saved my sanity many times - if not, indeed, my life - and I thank you for it.
And soon I will be able to have new trousers, which makes me gleeful (I am awful hard on my trousers: they come to jujutsu and climbing and then they need surgery), and new shoes. I have many, many things to do, and hardly ever enough energy or time, but right at this moment I am happy.
And life is good.
I wish you happy, friends. I wish you joy, and grace, and all good things. For this year, and for every year to come.
Things to do:
Review Honor's Paradox
Review The Road of Danger
Review Range of Ghosts
other reviews to be arranged
Thesis: twelve days' writing-up work @ 500 words per diem
Modern Greek: translate The Book of the Pirates
Ancient Greek: translate book one of the Iliad
Sundry things:
Dedicate day to funding search (aka, clean up email forwards)
Draft funding app
Contact survey project again (since no response first time)
Follow-up contact for other summer thing
Book flights and inform IIHSA of arrival/departure dates
Other things as they arise. Like laundry.
leahbobet's post today reminded me I should take more note of happiness. Today I've had contentment, reading in a coffeeshop while twilight gathered to darkness outside; translating Homer with a pot of cocoa-vanilla rooibos beside my own fire; going to dinner with the parent and her boy in a fake-American bar & burger-joint despite cramps and teasing them gently.And I have friends, hard as I find it to comprehend this. (And I find it very hard. Deep in my heart, there lurks a belief that one day you lot will realise I'm not very interesting and cease to tolerate my presumption. Imposter syndrome, can has!) But you guys (yes, you) have saved my sanity many times - if not, indeed, my life - and I thank you for it.
And soon I will be able to have new trousers, which makes me gleeful (I am awful hard on my trousers: they come to jujutsu and climbing and then they need surgery), and new shoes. I have many, many things to do, and hardly ever enough energy or time, but right at this moment I am happy.
And life is good.
I wish you happy, friends. I wish you joy, and grace, and all good things. For this year, and for every year to come.
Things to do:
Review Honor's Paradox
Review The Road of Danger
Review Range of Ghosts
other reviews to be arranged
Thesis: twelve days' writing-up work @ 500 words per diem
Modern Greek: translate The Book of the Pirates
Ancient Greek: translate book one of the Iliad
Sundry things:
Dedicate day to funding search (aka, clean up email forwards)
Draft funding app
Contact survey project again (since no response first time)
Follow-up contact for other summer thing
Book flights and inform IIHSA of arrival/departure dates
Other things as they arise. Like laundry.
