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[mrissa]

One of the most pernicious lies people tell is that God does not send you more than you can handle. If this was true, it would mean that we had an Almighty Accountant of Pain -- a colossal jerk and frankly not very good at the job, considering the number of people who have breakdowns. "Oops! Sorry, monkey! Signed, God." No. Not how it works. "You've already had two people in your family diagnosed with terminal illness this week, but you look sturdy, so let's go for three!" Wrong. (That is not the case with me. Just an example.)

Unfortunately, crying "uncle" does not seem to do any good. Still more unfortunately, most of the major factors that were stressful last time I said that are still stressful. And there are new ones since.

I am not even doing well enough to add a sarcastic huzzah to that, to find something clever or flippant to say. Earlier this afternoon I was going with humor dark enough that there's some debate as to whether information can escape from within a certain radius. I'm not capable of that just now, which is too bad, as it might get me through the two remaining tasks for the day (1. feed dinner to self and pup; 2. fetch markgritter).

Tell me something good. Please.

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[copperwise.livejournal.com]

That icon is exquisitely lovely. You make my world a better place. And (I hope this is good) I just packed your chapbook to mail tomorrow.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thank you all around.

The icon is from gaaldine and the_overqual's wedding, the only time I've worn formal gloves (ironically covering the only time I've ever had a manicure).

[chance88088.livejournal.com]

My mom is finally getting the knee replacement surgery that she's needed for years. (yay mobility!) And she loves her doctor. (which puts her in a two-fer streak, which is nice.)

Also my dad just reached the official "cured" stage for the prostate cancer he had five years ago.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yes, progress on major medical issues is definitely good.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

my pups will be back at my house by 7pm tonight. and then there will be the jumping and the licking and the squeaking, and oh yeah; they'll probably be happy about it, too. ;)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Mine has been a good girl today, mostly.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

You get a markgritter tonight.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

If San Francisco and Denver are willing to give him back, at least.

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Cthulhu loves you. And I just started a new short story. Also, there is chocolate.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

There is chocolate. There is good gourmet chocolate down in the fridge. And I don't want any.

See? Not doing well.

But starting short stories can be good.

[redbird]

julian_tiger is purring in my lap.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Tell you something good? I am very pleased to have met you and your fine gentlemen. I think my life is richer for knowing you.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Michael.

[porphyrin.livejournal.com]

Robin, to daycare teacher:

"And I saw Ista at dinnertime and Marissa was there and she is Ista's mommy and Tim was taking a shower!"

Clearly, he felt all of this was good.

(So did we. Thank you for a good time last eve)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for coming. Both monkeys and the pup were glad to see you three, too.

[one-undone.livejournal.com]

- I had my first day at work today, and four meetings in a row with our major client, and I did fine.
- Work let me leave early and take home a lovely new laptop.
- The ladies room at work has pretty-scented lotions in bamboo trays with candles and real cloth towels, just because it's nicer that way and my boss cares about that stuff.
- Jason got paid for the medical study he lab-ratted for.
- After bitching about my kids for the whole summer, I was thrilled to see them again - truly thrilled - when I got home from work, and couldn't stop smiling and glancing at them the whole way to St. Paul to pick up Jason's check.
- My new boss and my new co-workers invited me out after work for a drink with them (which I didn't do, but it made me happy to feel included already).

Aren't those good things?

Sorry you're feeling overwhelmed. I'll send you lots of good wishes and happy feelings, and I hope they eventually help. Hope things get better soon.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Those are indeed good things.

I often say that you can tell how nice a place really is by how nice the ladies' room is, especially with restaurants and stores: if they don't bother to have a nice ladies' room, odds are fairly good that they will be expensive but not particularly great.

[loup_noir]

I have run out of procrastination projects and am editing - and it's going okay. For editing.

Nice nurse practitioner told me that all of my lumps and weird skin things were normal. Huge sigh of relief.

Dogs are being cute. Haken cuddled in the WBH's lap all the way to the post office. Huge seventy-pound dog. According to Haken, he's really still just a little puppy. I believe him...sorta.

There is music. The roses are blooming. The lavender is purpled and fragrant.

[pameladean]

I wrote four pages.

I wish I could fix things for you.

P.

[wilfulcait.livejournal.com]

The song "Joy to the World" is happy even if all the singer knows is the chorus.

There are butter tarts in my frig, and my Canadian husband thinks he's in heaven.

Tomorrow is Saturday, and Ista will continue to master not-biting.

[greykev.livejournal.com]

I heard from several school chums, and invited Veronica out for lunch.

Tuesday I took a walk in the rain. It was warm and the sun kept peeping through clouds turning the rain into silver streaks in the sky.

I convinced my internal censor that buying a "starter house" is silly in the current market, and that I can "splurge" on something nice.

Next week my department will finally be back to a full complement of people, and the director agreed to support a plan that will give us 30 extra work hours for six months so we might even get caught up.

Tomorrow the salvation army is having a huge book sale which I shall attend with glee.

Sunday, if it's cool, I shall go hiking.

Unconditional love is not solely posessed by puppies.
::hugs:: Hope your day is looking better.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Something nice as in a better house or something nice as in a different use of that chunk of cash entirely?

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Sorry that things are rough. I've had a few ups and downs myself lately, but some of the ups:
-Daniel's sister starts her first "real" job on Monday.
-I had my mid-year performance review at work, and my boss thinks I'm doing great.
-Our neatfreak landlady came over to the house today, and complimented Daniel on how great the place looks. Somehow, somewhere, we seem to have learned to keep house tolerably well. (Daniel gets most of the credit, actually. I'm still rather a slob.)
-I bought myself a bright orange T-shirt to wear while exercising. Somehow, this makes workouts more fun.

[ladysea.livejournal.com]

We adore you.

You have a beautiful puppy to snuggle when you are sad.

You have two wonderful people in your house to snuggle.

*hugs*


And on a selfish note. I got another nap. Adding 2 hours to my sleep for the day...leaving it at the level of "OMG...am I ever going to be concious today" =P This is of the good, as I don't care about owie ears while asleep.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hugs for you, too.

I actually napped this morning, too, which is nothing short of amazing.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Today it is spring: it is warm and sunny, and there's wind, which feels like it's blowing away the cold, rather than just making things cold. And it carries jasmine perfume on it. There's a pigeon nesting in the hanging basket on our balcony, and it looks like, even though our cats are insanely curious about it, that they can't really bother the nest.

[genevra.livejournal.com]

I took the twins to the play area at the mall today. They had a blast watching the other kids run around, climbing on the climby things, and just being Out of the House.

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

Glen to Mommy: Mommy, have you ever had robbers come in to your house to steal stuff?
Mommy (thinking): Yes, when I was a girl someone came into our house in the night and stole our VCR.
Glen: Was anyone awake?
Mommy: No, he snuck in while we were sleeping.
Glen (gasping in shock): But, Mommy, that's A-LEGAL!

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

Seriously, though...I'm having that kind of a time lately, too. I know how you feel. You're welcome to vent at me in email if you want. I am having a (whimper) day of it myself.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

So sorry to hear it. Hugs.

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Good things. Let's see. (I've already told you the picture for your icon here is good, and someone else beat me to it already). I had close encounters with elk, mule deer, and chipmunks today. I saw alpine tundra and glacial lakes.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Um... I took the written portion of the ACSM test today. I have no idea whether I did well enough to pass, but at any rate this iteration of the test is behind me.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

and I am very sorry to hear that things are overwhelming enough to inhibit the wanting of the chocolate. May better days come soon.

Hugs.

[ckd]

We have managed to reach a nice temperature here, neither too hot nor too cold. I found three pairs of one of my favorite shoe styles at the outlet store for $20 each. Our DSL and phone problems seem to be fixed now.

But to tell you something really really good: you are something really really good.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Here are some baby hedgehogs. (http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2005/08/porcupine-baby/)

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Argh. My extreme sympathies.

There was a beautiful white full moon out last night, and we got to watch dark blue clouds passing in front of it.