The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

My tax refund was about 1500. This means next year I can actually return to Vail, where I had first learned to ski, as I hadn't made my budget with this size of a refund in mind.

[Guest]

I drank some Mtn Dew Baja Blast, while having fun on the shard.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

IT FINALLY CAME!! These were ordered for my birthday a while back, but they finally came today! I’m so excited. These two games have some of the best soundtracks ever, and finding quality versions on Musescore can be a pain sometimes, so to have it all right here in paper... It’s over two-hundred pages of some of the best sheet music, all at the tip of my fingers!! Not to mention, this quarantine it the perfect opportunity to learn all of these songs.

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

We found Morels for the first time!

While walking our dogs my daughter found 9 yellow Morels (Morchella esculent) alongside the trail. 

They are such delicious mushrooms! We tried them dry sauted, sauted in butter and sauted in olive oil. The consensus from my family was that they tasted best dry sauted, with one dissenting vote for olive oil.

This is just the start of many delicious morel culinary experiments, so exciting!!

 

[+Slowswift]

I love evenings.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

1 hour ago, Slowswift said:

I love evenings.

That’s a lovely view!

[+Slowswift]

16 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

That’s a lovely view!

It really is!  I love living in a valley, despite the heat. The mountains are practically in my backyard and the view from any hill is stupendous.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

23 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

It really is!  I love living in a valley, despite the heat. The mountains are practically in my backyard and the view from any hill is stupendous.

Ayyyyy mountain gang!! I live right by mountains too, it’s one of my favorite things ever to see them whenever I crest a hilltop

[Silverblade5 he/him]

For the price of $100 I'll be able to get a season pass for the unguided ski season at Silverton. This is a quarter of the price I'd pay later in the year, and comes with the option of a $34 heli drop. This place is basically lift served backcountry, and is one of the rawest skiing experiences out there. I am excited for next winter!

[Nathrangking he/him]

I learned that a former professor of mine with whom I am close is moving forward with one of her scholarly books and intends to cite an article that I wrote concerning a question that she had posed to me in the book.

[Kasimir he/him]

A vintage pen I've been waiting for finally arrived in the post!  Going to check if it needs any tuning up once I'm done with work for the day.

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

My brother pre-ordered Call to Adventure: Stormlight Archive Edition for me on a different site than Brotherwise Games because he had a deal, and it took forever to ship. (We think too many people pre-ordered on Brotherwise and they had to print more.) Anyway, it FINALLY SHIPPED!!!!! I can't wait! It'll still be a while before I get it, but still!

[+Slowswift]

12 hours ago, Kasimir said:

A vintage pen I've been waiting for finally arrived in the post!  Going to check if it needs any tuning up once I'm done with work for the day.

Whoo! What kind?

[Kasimir he/him]

10 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Whoo! What kind?

Parker 45 aerometric. Converter seems to be broken and leaking but I can replace that, no problem, and after a round or two of cleaning, it's writing as good as new

[+Slowswift]

Just now, Kasimir said:

Parker 45 aerometric. Converter seems to be broken and leaking but I can replace that, no problem, and after a round or two of cleaning, it's writing as good as new

Awesome!  Don't suppose you could post a pic?

[Kasimir he/him]

6 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Awesome!  Don't suppose you could post a pic?

In a couple of hours, aye Need to get something done. Will @! 

[+Slowswift]

17 minutes ago, Kasimir said:

In a couple of hours, aye Need to get something done. Will @! 

Thankee!

[Scarletfox]

These last two months have been some of the hardest two months of my life (and probably for different reasons you think). With one of my sisters and my dad becoming disabled, my mom stressing over saving our school, and accepting the fact that at the end of the summer, every last one of my friends will have officially willingly chosen to leave me, things have been kinda rough. But this is not the bad news thread, but the good news thread, and just this last week, a couple things went right for a change, and right you guys are some of the only people who have the free time to listen. So yeah, here's some stuff:

1. I got hired at Chick-fil-a 

2. I am now the captain of the Speech team

3. One of my sisters delivered a beautiful little girl safely in a pandemic hotspot

Not to mention that right before everything went crazy, I discovered Brandon Sanderson, and just recently I discovered a wonderful online community with wonderful welcoming people (I will elaborate further in the compliments thread in just a second) So, yeah, life is kind of cool this week.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Just now, Scarletfox said:

These last two months have been some of the hardest two months of my life (and probably for different reasons you think). With one of my sisters and my dad becoming disabled, my mom stressing over saving our school, and accepting the fact that at the end of the summer, every last one of my friends will have officially willingly chosen to leave me, things have been kinda rough. But this is not the bad news thread, but the good news thread, and just this last week, a couple things went right for a change, and right you guys are some of the only people who have the free time to listen. So yeah, here's some stuff:

1. I got hired at Chick-fil-a 

2. I am now the captain of the Speech team

3. One of my sisters delivered a beautiful little girl safely in a pandemic hotspot

Not to mention that right before everything went crazy, I discovered Brandon Sanderson, and just recently I discovered a wonderful online community with wonderful welcoming people (I will elaborate further in the compliments thread in just a second) So, yeah, life is kind of cool this week.

(@Rosharan A.C.)

ONE OF US. ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

(Congratulations on all the good news!)

[AonEne he/him]

I’ve been accepted into the OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center! The insurance will cover me there for the month of September  I really, really hope this is going to help. Exposure therapy will suck, but I have hope. 

[revelryintheart she/her]

1 hour ago, AonEne said:

I’ve been accepted into the OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center! The insurance will cover me there for the month of September  I really, really hope this is going to help. Exposure therapy will suck, but I have hope. 

That's great Ene! I hope it helps!

[The Forgetful Archivist he/him]

That's awesome, I know from my own mental health journey that getting the right treatment is everything! Good luck!

[Briar King]

Good news I still have a house standing after Laura which is the important part.. bad news is that a pine tree sliced it so I’m sure there’s all kinds of rain water damage waiting for me to find when I get back from Houston. Was getting ready to head back today to take pics for insurance and then come back but a plant caught on fire releasing toxic fumes so the shelter in place is still going. Hopefully I can get back tomorrow or Saturday.

[Mist she/her]

2 hours ago, Briar King said:

Good news I still have a house standing after Laura which is the important part.. bad news is that a pine tree sliced it so I’m sure there’s all kinds of rain water damage waiting for me to find when I get back from Houston. Was getting ready to head back today to take pics for insurance and then come back but a plant caught on fire releasing toxic fumes so the shelter in place is still going. Hopefully I can get back tomorrow or Saturday.

Yay for still standing, although not for rain damage and fumes. I wish you the best. 

Edited August 28, 2020 by Mist

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

I picked enough late season blackberries to make 3 blackberry pies!

And while I was picking them, I saw honey bees drinking the juice from the ruptured pips.

And a cool inch worm!