Tell me about the good things that have happened today...

[Becca19962014]

I'm struggling at the moment with MH issues that are refusing to let up and part of that is I'm struggling to see the good in the world.

It must exist so I'm asking MN to help me to see it.

So far today I have,

the lovely person who sent me a lovely pm today,
the patient at the pharmacy who went and picked up my meds for me so I didn't need to struggle and,
the person who told me they care.

So, what's yours?

sneaks you're only 20 aren't you?

Having Indian meal shortly

I " had to" finish a tub of ice cream because I have a fresh tub arriving in my online order tomorrow.

I like Anne Sexton’s poem ‘courage’ for shitty times, especially the bit that says

“You did not fondle the weakness inside you
though it was there.
Your courage was a small coal
that you kept swallowing.”

(Full thing here jeremycollegewriting.wordpress.com/jeremys-college-writing-portfolio/15-courage-by-anne-sexton/ )

Also great are Bukowski’s ‘the laughing heart’ thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/11/the-laughing-he.html

And Mary Oliver’s ‘Wild Geese’ www.thepoetryexchange.co.uk/uncategorized/wild-geese-by-mary-oliver/

Hang in there. I hope you feel brighter soon.

I got snuggles from my DD for the 3 hours she was home between childminder's & bed. We watched Bake off together, it was fab

This thread has just made my day (apologies for the early Christmas reference, but it's worth it for the giggles) the sheer cheek is admirable

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3377767-I-feel-really-really-mean-posting-this?pg=1&order=

Thanks. I read this last night when I couldn't sleep!!

Went out today, very grateful to those who helped me, even if it was just by chatting.

Buy food and get meds. Not sure I could manage more than that to be honest. If I was you I'd go for the walk by the sea. I love the sea!! I quite close to it but lacking the functioning to go visit at the moment.

The chemist had my prescription for hypertension meds. With my GP, prescription renewal is so hit-and-miss I never know if the prescription will be there or not.

Plus, it's a lovely sunny day.

Third, I picked up a pair of silicon oven gloves at the local charity for £2! Two pounds!

Seen my brother for the first time in 20 years!

space I did that for bath, a city I visited every year for decades, last time I was able to go and the things I found out were amazing. The obvious things connected with Jane Austen and the Romans I already knew (I went for conferences to do with those things) but getting off the usual route was so interesting. I don't know if they still do it but it was one of a collection of walks on visitbath.co.uk

I've done it for my local town as well. It's amazing what we miss in the places where we live.

I woke up feeling unwell, but I managed to get some food in. I forgot some things but I daren't risk going out again - weathers lovely but I'm feeling unwell so I'm heading to bed.

Happy bedrest.

Only nice thing today was that a woman's disability scooter ran out of battery near my house but she trusted me enough to let me carry her things around to her house before she got her son to go back and deal with the scooter.

My four month old belly laughed for the first time! She was being held by DH whilst okay fighting with her older brother..... it sounded fab, everyone was laughing and had tears in their eyes. Best thing ever. Lots of love OP xx

Play not okay!! Auto correct!!! 😡

I had a lovely breakfast.

Today has been a good day.
I'm off work this weekend and so is DP.
DP had some jobs to do this morning so I went to the gym for the first time in ages and it was my first step and feeling better. I enjoyed it.
I went for a pint at ounch times make a conscious effort to catch up with friends. I have been isolating myself lately. That was really good too and it was just like I had spoken to them yesterday it was that easy fitting in again.

DP and I went for a spa afternoon. We pushed the boat and went to an expensive but lovely hotel DP likes going to. We had a meal there as well.
DPis at a sporting event tonight with DS2 and I'm going to a gig with DS1 and some friends.

I rested, couldn't manage to sleep though, stupid sore throat and catarrh. Hoping I do better tonight!

We nearly got the dining room decorated..... been renovating a house as we could just about afford a doer-upper and had to spend 2 months doing all the work ourselves and it is 75% done now
I have crippling anxiety and it took me weeks to choose paper and paint as I was literally feeling sick and shaking about making the wrong choice. I forced myself to choose and today I felt a tiny bit like I did something right cos it looks nice. Of course now I'm worrying if it looks too nice and if people will think I'm up-myself for choosing what I did.
I guess only others with anxiety will understand the horrors of all of this

Today I realised that my lovely new guy is starting to fall for me, as I am for him.
It feels amazing.

The person who gave me a free carrier bag.
The person who chatted to me whilst waiting in the pharmacy whilst my face was twitching like mad from anxiety.
The person who picked something up from the bottom shelf for me.