Joy

[kjpepper]

There's a ridiculous amount of it floating around right now, which is good cause I need something to offset the fact that I'm still coughing up a lung. Oh well, at least I look cute today. Well, I mean, it's not every day that you get to wake up after a night of long-in-coming debauchery with your boyfriend, and then go celebrate your ninth anniversary with one of the greatest chickies in the world. And then most likely cap it all off with watching beefy men in tight pants while she goes off and has debauchery of her own. 'Course, she might stay home. Maybe. ;)

I was also thinking a bit about simpler joys this morning. I was on the bus, going to work, and this father with this gorgeous little dreadlocked boy gets on the bus in Hadley. (small brown children with a head full of pretty, well started dreads definitely get me in the Uterus-wants-a-purpose part before my brain smacks some sense into it). Unlike most these days, this boy was not only pretty but thankfully well behaved and quiet too. What got me was his dad told him that their stop was coming up soon, and he got all excited and wrapped his little chubby fist around the bell cord, just waiting, waiting with baited breath until his dad told him it was ok and then he would get to yank it, hear the ding and have the sign light up like it was the biggest, most thrilling event in the world.

I totally remember how that felt. Even if NY buses had push tape mostly instead of pull cords. Same concept. Hell, I still get a little disappointed if I get in an elevator and someone's pushed my floor already. I'm a dork like that. But yeah. Remember when little shit like that brought quite a bit of happiness? And it didn't matter that it was momentary? Mostly cause a moment in kid time lasts about a decade?

I spent much of this morning noticing little things... and thinking how most people dismiss little things as trivial... No, I wasn't having an Eric Draven moment, I promise. But there is so much joy to be taken in little things. I think, in chasing bigger things, as grown-ups are wont to do, we forget that. Actually, there aren't very many kids anymore that appreciate them either, which is kinda sad...

Anyway, that's my thought for today. Joy. My mission for members of my F-list is for everyone to find some today... then tell me about it.

One more thing. I have my first shrink appointment today. I can't really help but think of that tried and true phenomenon in my line of work where someone brings in a broken computer only to have it behave perfectly operationally in the presence of a technician. *chuckle* We'll see how it goes.

For now, back to work.

Comments

[melicitlu.livejournal.com]

What a lovely post. My little pieces of joy have been -- waking up this morning and feeling *good* like.. ready to wake up and take on the day. The sun is shining.

And yesterday? Chicken and rice from a Halal cart with white sauce and hot sauce.

Hope your day continues to be joyful

[birkwelch.livejournal.com]

In a bizarre and freakish miracle of things returning after floating in limbo, I found the Bitter/Sweet tape you made me sitting in my mom's car acting as if I hadn't been wondering where the damn thing was for the past year and a half or so. I'm very pleased and anticipatory of listening once more. :)