Encounters

Have you ever encountered someone from your past, who you used to be very close to (or perhaps WANTED to be close to) and you see that they are now very close to someone else?
You see the joy that they now have because of it.
And it's refreshing, in a way.
It's like an affirmation that you letting them go really was the right decision, because now they have this joy with someone else that they couldn't have with you.
And that's a really cool thing.

Cake in a Mug!

Everybody loves cake. But sometimes you're too lazy or too impatient to bake a whole cake.
Solution?
Cake in a mug. The best use for a microwave I have yet found.

Find a large mug. Then find these things:

3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
2 tablespoons milk (Or water, or coffee.)
1 tablespoon oil (Or like half of a banana)
1 tablespoon peanut butter (Or jam, chocolate sauce, or whatever you like)
Some chocolate chips. (You know, if you like those.)

Mix everything up in your mug, then microwave the mess for about 1 minute.

Hooray, instant cake!

Happy Things.

A few things that make me happy. Just because sometimes I need to remind myself that life is beautiful. 

Going to the bank. No, really. I like going to the bank and chatting with all the tellers and filling out deposit slips the old fashioned way. It makes me feel incredibly Grown Up.

Clean clothes. They smell so nice.

Learning. Foreign languages, chemical compounds, spectra of light, black holes, outer space, giraffes, the laws of physics. I adore learning about our world and how it all works.

Making things. Cooking something delicious. Sewing my own clothes. Drawing a picture. Raising a houseplant.