1) Watching the heavy rain from the office and being able to delay my journey until the worst of it has passed.. which meant I made it home mostly dry, and got to see a bright rainbow for most of the journey.
2) Popping into next door for a chat and gossip after work.
3) Being introduced to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on YouTube.  Utterly brilliant! And very funny.

So it is a bank holiday Monday which is a good thing.. So here is some happy thoughts from the last couple of days..

1) Sunday lunch out with friends, it is always good to catch up.  It’s been far too long, I must try and not be a hermit.
2) A walk around the park to see the dinosaurs and the petting zoo.  I find it cool that my local park has both.
3) Sorting out my filing, I actually enjoy this job, once I get started.  I bring order to the world, one staple at a time.
4) Submitting my VAT return, I should be more organised with this, as I know it is not the hardship that I build it up to be, and I’m always happy when I have completed it.  Nice sence of achievement.
5) Being able to have an afternoon nap.  It is always a win to get a nap.
6) Finished reading The Martian, which was good, I don’t get enough reading time normally.  It is a good book too.. Need to find something else to read now..
7) Put up new light fittings in the kitchen and the porch, which I have been meaning to do for a while now.
8) Watched Casper, as I hadn’t ever seen that film.

1) Working from home today, so got a lie in..
2) Dentist appointment, which is why I am working from home, the appointment was a check up and clean, and reported all good, so I am happy about that.  Having to go to the dentist doesn’t make me happy on its own.
3) My niece has just completed her Duke of Edinburgh expedition assessment and past.  Well done her.
4) Nope can’t remember it, just goes to show that I should do this during the day as I go along.

I missed* creating a list for yesterday, I was exhausted so crashed out to bed early.  Which while nice, was more necessary than something that made me happy.

1) Today I managed to get a seat on the train which is always a good thing.. the train journey isn’t very long but a seat makes it much better.
2) Really enjoying the book that I’m currently reading, had to have a sit on the stairs outside of my office this morning to finish the chapter** before I started work…  The book is The Martian, and it is really very good.
3) It was good to catch up with some ugly people that I hadn’t seen in many years, and have a natter..

* I am trying to avoid the word failed, as that is a bit too negative..
** Read the next one too.. 🙂

Today it would be a lot easier to list 3 down points for the day, but there has been some good so let’s try and focus on that.

1) Giving someone a high five at a bus stop as they waved an arm into the road to flag down a bus.  Good solid high 5, so that made me smile.
This really lifted my spirit as I cycled to work, as it had been raining.. annoyingly about 2 minutes later some random pedestrian called be a rude thing for no apparent reason, which dampened my mood again.  Still that is their issue, I wasn’t doing anything wrong.. So I should just ignore them..
2) I mostly missed the rain, today’s forecast called for an ark, and while I did get caught in a few small showers, they were minor compared to the rain I watched out of the window.
3) Whilst in the DIY shed to get some measurements for the bathroom I spotted a pendant lamp that would be much better than our current porch light.  The second part of this win was that it was discontinued so only cost a fiver. Win.

Right I’m going to ignore the other hassle and stuff that happened today, just staying in (returning to) bed felt like a good option at a few points, but if I had done that I would have missed out on today’s happy things.

1) Getting out of bed and going on a social bike ride with Penge Cycle Club, this would be the first club ride I’ve been on this year..
2) Very nice cake at the stop point in the cycle ride.
3) Getting home just before the heavy rain started.

1) The cat bit in the film Inside Out, which could have been an entry itself, but the cat bit was the bestest bit.
2) Some relaxing reading time, were I finished Raising Steam by T Prachett.
3) An impromptu date evening dinner out with H, which was followed by a film..

I can only think of 2 today..

1) I watched an interesting TED talk about addiction
2) I enjoyed my cycle ride home as it was a nice sunny evening.