Portland is full of “teh luvs” and I am the recipient of some of it, and lately it has felt really good. So I am passing on my little bit of experience with it and I hope if you read this that you will blog about yours too.
Yeah I’m going back a ways, but I don’t care.
I went to the fourth Ignite Portland event, where I got many hellos and conversations (partly because I’d Tweeted I would be there wearing a TARDIS Key and a Green Lantern Power Ring you know, because what girl leaves the house without either one of those?) and was even told my ring was “just reason number hundred an one why you rock!” And that is always nice to hear.
I went to the last Beer And Blog at the Green Dragon as its own entity (we still go but that was the last before Rogue bought it). I got some well wishes for my birthday and some nice beverages and had a good time talking to people and turning over ideas in my mind as a result of conversations with other people. (Let’s just say I totally understand why @turoczy is the master of #afterhours!) Also, I had someone waylay me on my way out the door who said she loved reading my blog, and that it was full of passion and just plain awesome. That stuck with me the WHOLE way home. (: (: (: (:
Also back there was my birthday. I had a really awesome birthday, with dim sum and James Bond and presents and Teh Scoot and TONS of tweets in my timeline full of good wishes and a general all around good day.
One of the tweets I got included a link from the lovely and talented (no, I’m not bluffing!) Cami Kaos, someone of whom I grow increasingly fonder like, EVERY day. (Make no mistake there’s a Cami Kaos Mash Note post coming in the future.)
And the following Monday I got some more well wishes, and had a lovely lunch with my cousin.
Plus the next day I got to have lunch with more of my family (my mom came down to go to the doctor) and had a great time with them.
I also had lunch with @OregonianSteve who now has a fair amount of free time, and we talked about local media and how it’s all getting very interesting and what The Media is going to do about it.
I went to Vegas for a family Thanksgiving, me and The Scoot met The Ambassador and his wife there, then we got to spend a week at Disneyland and other places, and also got to go to the Disneyland Candlelight Processional and it was amazing and fun. There will be more on this I’m sure, I just wanted to mention my family Thanksgiving.
And just this year I’ve had two very interesting conversations and ideas for a few interesting things. I also got a REALLY awesome direct message on Twitter about my Totally Gay Post from a published author who said if I’m not then I should be, and that was really good to hear too.
Last but by NO means least I have been called “practically my best grownup friend” by a six year old who has a fair number of grownup friends so to rank high on that list is pretty awesome. She thinks I’m great, and I think she’s pretty great too, so I’ve got that going for me which is nice.
Mostly this post is to remind me of all these lovely things when I am feeling really low, but I wanted to share with all of you (who am I kidding? BOTH of you) that there are good things in the world and I know sometimes you really have to look but I promise they are there.
One thing I’ve been considering lately is doing the list of Three Good Things. Just take a moment before bed and think of three positive things from the day’s events. You don’t have to write them down or anything, just come up with three and think of them for a moment. I think it will help so I’m going to start tonight. Will you be joining me? Do you do this already?