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minxyThings wot I am thankful for (written edition):
1. That thing that went through LJ last week in which people sent virtual cookies and snowflakes and things. Thanks, Lunie, and actually everyone who made my flist explode with random kindness too.
2. My happy life. I'm supposed to be endlessly awaiting the end of the semester and I'm not. I mean, sure, Christmas and family tiems and omg boyfriend (yay!) and great food everywhere will be fun, but not because teaching isn't also fun. I even have kids with self-inflicted time management woes beating down my door because they're so *worried* about their grades (not enough to study more, though) and sad kids occasionally dropping stories of genuine woe on me, and then disappearing, never to update to check in or anything. I also have, though, my two hockey player girls who have figured out how much more they'll learn if they do the homework, and they get these 'A-HA!' moments that I swear must be why I wanted to do this.
3. My town, which has gone ridiculous small-town, Americana, Christmas. There are lights all over the main square, and a colorful town tree heralded with carolers and a horse-drawn cart of some sort one night last week. It's not PC, but it brightened up the dark nights something beautiful.
4. My friends and family on this coast, who took me in for Thanksgiving/Eid and turned out one of the most wonderful, memorable weekends in recent memory. And for the sheer number of invitations I had. I do not feel lonely here.
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library_of_chulak, which is what happens when we perceive that one of our own needs cheering, and rydra_wong, who seems to be doing better. Anyone can post ficlets and stories and whatnot for RW over at her library comm; it's open to all. Let me know if you have something to post and are confused about doing it on Dreamwidth (I'm happy to post a header for you and link back to your LJ if you like.)
6. I am deeply grateful for my current advisor, the best mentor I've had, who is helping me put together multiple manuscripts already. I'm girding up my nerve to deal with my post-doc advisor previous, who edited my last manuscript into rejection. I've some ideas on that, but I'll have to deal with him to implement them. Ah, well. At least I've got my confidence back as a human.
7. Knitting. And for the project that will cathartically (is that a word? Have I just spelled it wrong?) let me use my grandmother's yarn to good purpose. And for my brother and boyfriend, who get so bloomin' excited about hand-knit stuff.
8. Snow and tea. Snow because we got our first snowfall this weekend to speak of, and tea because it helps my hands stay warm.
9. The fun lights I've put up between my lofts in my house. This represents the most Christmas decorating I've ever done in my own place, but I really love the light now that it's so dark at night, and the little twinkle makes me grin. Turns out, I love my house in the winter too!
10. The state of things being such that I just cannot take myself to a dark enough place to write Teal'c's apocastory. I mean, I'd love to write that story, but you cannot do it while grinning at the computer screen, you know? What a problem.
I haven't been posting, but I do visit often and comment when I can. Hope your holidays are shaping up to be bright ones.
1. That thing that went through LJ last week in which people sent virtual cookies and snowflakes and things. Thanks, Lunie, and actually everyone who made my flist explode with random kindness too.
2. My happy life. I'm supposed to be endlessly awaiting the end of the semester and I'm not. I mean, sure, Christmas and family tiems and omg boyfriend (yay!) and great food everywhere will be fun, but not because teaching isn't also fun. I even have kids with self-inflicted time management woes beating down my door because they're so *worried* about their grades (not enough to study more, though) and sad kids occasionally dropping stories of genuine woe on me, and then disappearing, never to update to check in or anything. I also have, though, my two hockey player girls who have figured out how much more they'll learn if they do the homework, and they get these 'A-HA!' moments that I swear must be why I wanted to do this.
3. My town, which has gone ridiculous small-town, Americana, Christmas. There are lights all over the main square, and a colorful town tree heralded with carolers and a horse-drawn cart of some sort one night last week. It's not PC, but it brightened up the dark nights something beautiful.
4. My friends and family on this coast, who took me in for Thanksgiving/Eid and turned out one of the most wonderful, memorable weekends in recent memory. And for the sheer number of invitations I had. I do not feel lonely here.
5.
library_of_chulak, which is what happens when we perceive that one of our own needs cheering, and rydra_wong, who seems to be doing better. Anyone can post ficlets and stories and whatnot for RW over at her library comm; it's open to all. Let me know if you have something to post and are confused about doing it on Dreamwidth (I'm happy to post a header for you and link back to your LJ if you like.)6. I am deeply grateful for my current advisor, the best mentor I've had, who is helping me put together multiple manuscripts already. I'm girding up my nerve to deal with my post-doc advisor previous, who edited my last manuscript into rejection. I've some ideas on that, but I'll have to deal with him to implement them. Ah, well. At least I've got my confidence back as a human.
7. Knitting. And for the project that will cathartically (is that a word? Have I just spelled it wrong?) let me use my grandmother's yarn to good purpose. And for my brother and boyfriend, who get so bloomin' excited about hand-knit stuff.
8. Snow and tea. Snow because we got our first snowfall this weekend to speak of, and tea because it helps my hands stay warm.
9. The fun lights I've put up between my lofts in my house. This represents the most Christmas decorating I've ever done in my own place, but I really love the light now that it's so dark at night, and the little twinkle makes me grin. Turns out, I love my house in the winter too!
10. The state of things being such that I just cannot take myself to a dark enough place to write Teal'c's apocastory. I mean, I'd love to write that story, but you cannot do it while grinning at the computer screen, you know? What a problem.
I haven't been posting, but I do visit often and comment when I can. Hope your holidays are shaping up to be bright ones.