{"id":285,"date":"2008-03-22T16:24:44","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2008-03-22T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2008-03-22T21:27:06","slug":"good-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/good-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. Twelve comments on my previous entry (and counting!) That&#8217;s, like, a Hope world record. Or something. Which is actually kind of sad, if you think about it. Apparently if I want to get a lot of comments, I need to get rejected from grad school. I&#8217;ll have to keep that in mind for the future.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m doing much better today. I&#8217;m still both very bummed out and very much in denial, but I am definitely doing better.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as how it&#8217;s been all gloom and doom around here lately, I thought that I should post some happy things. Thus, I present to you (in handy dandy list fashion!), Things That Have Made Me Happy This Week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>My sister&#8217;s knee surgery went well<\/b>. What&#8217;s that you say? I was so wrapped up in my own problems that I forgot to mention that my sister would be going under the knife on Tuesday? I hope that I made up for my self-centeredness with the lovely (organic) bouquet that I sent her. And the care package that I put together. But haven&#8217;t sent yet (we can&#8217;t all be perfect, right?). The surgery didn&#8217;t go quite according to plan, but she seems to be recovering nicely and she&#8217;s already down to taking less Vicoden a day than Dr. House. Her <a href = \"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/dustinray\/Dustin_Ray\/Blog\/Entries\/2008\/3\/18_Al_Pal_has_surgery.html\">boyfriend&#8217;s blog<\/a> has a video of the whole thing on it. It&#8217;s strangely mesmerizing to see the inside of her knee.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Coffee<\/b>. Even if I have to drink decaf, coffee still perks me up and makes me happy. My friend Sara treated me to a coffee from Dunks on Tuesday to cheer me up and it was just what I needed. The coffee, the milk and sugar, the knowing that a friend cares and wants you to feel better. These are all things that make me smile.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Retail Therapy<\/b>. I talked myself out of buying <a href = \"http:\/\/bluefly.com\/pages\/products\/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2081926475&#038;FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2056686025&#038;ccsform=true\">this coat<\/a> a couple of weeks ago because I was trying to be good and save up for grad school. But I&#8217;m not going to grad school anymore, betches, so the coat has been purchased and it is going to be <i>fabulous<\/i>. This is a dangerous road to go down, but I promise not to go out and buy seventeen Coach purses. Unless, you know, they&#8217;re <i>on sale<\/i>. I have been anxiously tracking the package. I promise pictures when my coat finally arrives. Oh, and my rainboots. I also bought some rainboots. I&#8217;d better hope that it rains sometime soon.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>The bracelet that I made last night<\/b>. I mean, how cute is this:\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/2353109480\/\" title=\"New Bracelet by hopers, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2166\/2353109480_8b5c93b8d1_m.jpg?resize=160%2C240\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"New Bracelet\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Click to embiggen) <\/center><\/p>\n<p>The best part? A friend at work liked it and wants me to make one for her. My first sale! <\/p>\n<p>If you like it, I could make you one for $25 ($20 without a charm). I made a bunch of new bracelets and a pair of earrings the other night. I am looking forward to taking pictures of everything and putting it in my <a href = \"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=5001171\">Etsy shop <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I derive a ridiculous amount of happiness out of making jewelry.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>The start of baseball season<\/b>. I just drafted my fantasy team. Hopefully, I won&#8217;t stink up the place like I did last season. As the only girl in my league, I feel the need to defend the honor of my gender. There was much smack talking during our draft today. It was good.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>My recent blood tests<\/b>. Perhaps I am too young to be excited about my cholesterol levels, but, then again, I crave good grade on tests. And you can&#8217;t do much better than a cholesterol level of 168 (on a full stomach, no less!). At least that&#8217;s what my doctor tells me. She went to medical school. I never took biology in high school.\n<p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Cheesy Movies.<\/b> Last night, Kristian and I watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEnchanted-Widescreen-Amy-Adams%2Fdp%2FB0011U52EC%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1206220724%26sr%3D8-1&#038;tag=randomness01-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\">Enchanted<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=randomness01-20&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. Right now,  I am watching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMuppet-Movie-Kermits-50th-Anniversary%2Fdp%2FB000ATQYTM%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1206220779%26sr%3D1-1&#038;tag=randomness01-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\">The Muppet Movie<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=randomness01-20&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. Apparently I have regressed to the age of about six years old. Possible seven.\n<p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, what cheers you up?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. Twelve comments on my previous entry (and counting!) That&#8217;s, like, a Hope world record. Or something. Which is actually kind of sad, if you think about it. 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