#365Gratitude Day 106: School crushes with robots

So I have this friend, @Roewoof on twitter.  This morning, while catching up on her feed, I stumbled across her often very NSFW tumblr, (hey, if you click it, you've been warned, okay?) which in turn led me to discover an absolutely amazing comic.

It's about a robot girl, going to a new school, and feeling socially awkward, and alone, until she makes a friend.  Here's a page from it.

I know you're going to want to read the whole thing, which is available online, in two tumblr posts.  Here's a link to the first one.  

It's damn brilliant.  I've never been a young robot girl, that I know of.  But I instantly understood how both characters felt.  I think we've all been there, being the new kid, not quite comfy in our skin, clothes, class, whatever.  On a deep, deep level this thing speaks to me.

I'm so grateful I stumbled across it.  I know you will be too.

OH OH - if you really dig it like I do - you can buy it for $3 at gum road.

#365Gratitude Day 105: ...and ice cream

After dinner last night, Missy asked me if I wanted a piece of chocolate cake.

My response was, "yes."  (Well, okay, let's be honest here, it was more like "yes!!!!")

She didn't bring me a piece of cake, though.  She brought me a piece of cake and a scoop of ice cream.

Because that's the sort of person my wife is.  She doesn't do the minimum for people.  She always brings a little something extra.  She's thoughtful, and kind.  As people go, she's really very sweet.

Like a piece of cake... with ice cream.

#365Gratitude Day 104: Old medicine

So it's come to my attention recently that I've got a right big case of Impostor Syndrome.  I don't know exactly why I have it, what the cause is, but I'm incredibly hard on myself.  I often think I don't know enough, haven't done enough, and don't measure up to a standard.  

This isn't an all-the-time-every-moment-of-the-day thing.  But it does happen a lot.

I'll think I need to have a certain level of proficiency at my job, or be at a certain place in my writing, or fitness in order to make the grade, to measure up to other folks I admire who do the things I want to do.

Wow, it's toxic bullshit.  It's also a lie.  People are just people.  Everyone's got stuff they are great at.  Everyone's got stuff they are still learning.  That process, of always being in the state of learning things, there's even a word for it: living.

Which I sometimes know.  I have this Lao-tzu quote on a digital sticky on my work computer, and on my home computer too.

Pretty smart guy, that Lao-tzu.  

#365Gratitude Day 103: one tired cat

For whatever reason I slept horribly Monday night.  I woke up in the middle of the night and could not get back to bed.  

When I got home from work Tuesday, I was exhausted. We had dinner, after which I cleaned the kitchen. (Under protest, because I was exhausted, but glad I did it, because it really wasn't so bad.) Then Missy sent me upstairs to get in my pajamas, so we could watched a favorite TV program together.

She surprised me by diapering me before we got down to watching tv. That felt so caring and lovely. 

After it was over, I put on my CPAP mask for sleep, like I'm supposed to, without prompting.  

Missy kissed me goodnight, and told me what a good boy I was, and how proud she was of me.  

I slept like a baby.  

#365Gratitude Day 102: Making people laugh

Since Frolicon, I've had this mega text chat going with brother, and our friend Marie Furie.  

We sort of idly chitchat about nothing and everything all day long.  

My work can be very isolating and solitary sometimes, so I really welcome their company.  

I also love making then laugh. We were discussing something Monday that brother replied, "negative ghost rider!" to, and it gave me the idea to make this:

Marie laughed herself silly over it. 

I love those moments.