Having coffee, smth sweet and a followup cigarrete in the morning makes me happy to be awake. Or kiss goodbyes and hellos.
Every morning before I go to the kitchen for breakfast, I call out my bunnies, lie down in my bed, and have them jump on top of my chest to ask for food. I’d give them some pellets for breakfast right there and watch their little moufs chew for 10 minutes, then depending on their mood I’d either pet them for a bit, or watch them jump and zoom around the room.
This is almost always the best part of my day; every day I wake up half an hour before I’m supposed to, just so that I can do this :)
This sounds like the best way to wake up, oh my god!
Bunnies are the best. I give mine a kiss everyday before work.
My nerdy dad liked to tell us to “watch out for orcs!” dropping us off places. I carried on the tradition, and even though he passed a couple years ago I get to enjoy his joke since my SO and I say it to each other all the time, or variations of it. If its a water related destination I like to evolve it to “watch out for orcas!”
We’ve been playing Baldurs Gate 3 lately so its been “watch out for mind flayers!” a couple times, but the point is just a silly reference to something we love, just to add some goofy fantasy to an otherwise normal day. I like to imagine Orcs popping up irl in goofy ways when I hear it, like one charging the car while I wait for the atm thinking its some great metal beast. Or taking all yhe ground beef at the grocery store for a “great feast!” Plus one box of twinkies. Dumb shit like that :)
You just reminded me. My dad used to say “Don’t take any wooden nickels!” Had to get him to explain this, the first time he said it to me.
visiting a nearby cat colony every single day before work. The cats have gotten used to me and I get to play with a lot of them everyday
EVERY day? What a way to start your day. Sounds awesome!
Every morning my cat needs to play follow leader (she’s the leader of course) for a few minutes. She leads me around the house to make sure I see all the things she rubs her face on. Then she’ll jump up on the cat tree for pets and her morning pill. It’s probably close to a 10 minute ritual we go through everyday.
I leave food and water out for the local birds, and sit outside under a beautiful big tree, and birds come up, eat the food, have a drink and a bath/splash around, then some of them land on me and we have a chat. I actually get a lot more sense out of those interactions than I do with any human where I am, so it really helps. One little goober gets a crazy look in the eye, then (most of the time) gently bites my finger and half rolls over. So I roll him/her over and tickle the belly. It’s hard to stay grumpy when you start your day like that!
That’s sweet. Don’t birds relieve themselves in the vicinity due to this?
Love Mr Little Goober
I trained most of them to aim their tail feathers away before they do, but yes, sometimes it just gushes out when it gushes out. They’re wild birds, it’s part of the package. But I do put a towel on my lap, so that makes things easier. Also no scratches on the legs if the birds decide to fight each other on my lap. They do that especially in spring, when the hormones are fluctuating.
I call all of them goobers, so “Mr Goober” is called Derfred. It is the goofiest bird I have ever seen. I suspect it might’ve hit a window or car or something at some stage and stayed a bit silly. Derfred even bites and climbs on other birds, just playing. But the other birds aren’t always prepared to put up with it haha. Poor thing. But Derfred is healthy and happy.
Here are names I’ve given to some of the other birds:
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Signore Salieri (has an unusually large beak and high “hair line”)
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Mr Faith No More (actually a girl, but looks a lot like Mike Patton. Sounds dumb but I swear it’s true).
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Mr Roy (has a rainbow-ish pattern on the head. Full name is Roy G. Biv).
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Cleopatra (a lady bird who gets a lot of attention from the boys, and takes no prisoners. She’s always very nice to me, though)
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Mr Blackbottom (he has a large black patch on his lower beak - completely harmless. Beaks are black as juveniles, then the black gradually fades as they get older).
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The Scream (a girl bird who enjoys landing on my arm, staring me square in the eye, flapping her wings and screeching at me. No other reason than to chat/play. Weirdo).
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John Deere (when I sing or talk, this goober stares at me like a deer in the headlights. As if I am threatening it. It knows full well I’m not threatening it, just a bit of a drama queen).
There are more but I can’t remember them right now.
Oh my god youre the bird whisperer. Love your naming capabilities.
Aww, I love this!! & I love that one of them looks like Mike Patton! I wish I could see that for myself, lol! I’m so glad you and the birdies have each other :)
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When giving hugs, I never let go first. Though I let go promptly when the other person does. You never know much of a hug the other person needs.
Imagine another person like you, just 2 people stuck in an endless hug waiting for the other to let go first
Don’t act like that wouldn’t make you happy.
No matter how hectic her morning, if I make myself a coffee, i bring it over so my SO can have a sip.
She loves coffee but can’t deal with too much caffeine.
I’ve been in a bad place lately and I kind of needed this. Thank you… At first I didn’t know how to answer this question.
Going to bed and calling the cats in to sleep with us. Some one always goes in the ‘leg basket’. When I wake up I pet anyone around, kiss the S.O. and start my day.
It’s not everyday but I leave sticky notes around with sayings or love notes for the S.O. I enjoy everything about this.
Currently have not one but two in the leg basket, lol. They rarely sleep with us and when they do even more rare for them to snuggle together despite being litter mates. I have to pee but i hate to disturb the cuddling. They’re in the early adult years and snuggled as kittens so I hope they’ll eventually return to doing it more often.
That’s why I’m here. I have one in the basket, one at my feet, and the other wrapped around my left arm… Its 4am, I can’t sleep, as soon as one of them moves I’m going to get up ans watch some TV before work.
We have a two 1 year olds from the same litter, they cuddle as kittens but not so much anymore. The male is a bit of a jerk to the female but he’s starting to settle down.
Also, 2 kittens, they were neutered a month or two ago. They’re crazy and cuddle with everyone when they’re not ripping up our toilet paper all over the house or locking themselves in a room (playing behind the door until it closes)
That’s beautiful, keep spreading the love and hope you do better ❤️.
Thanks. 💛 For the last couple months its just been one thing after another. Hopefully on the other side of this problem is time to relax. Cheers.
When we drive over train tracks, we have to lift our feet so we won’t get caught on the tracks. We’ll be mid conversation and then both of us are lifting our feet all silly like.
Note the driver only does this when it’s safe to do so. If traffic is slow or stopped on the other side, we’re not just going to rear end anyone.
I has a friend once who would press his hands to the roof of the car when crossing tracks. It got to be a thing in the circle of friends, and eventually it got so he’d get irate if someone in the car didn’t do it. I was sure he’d gotten it from a movie.
I’ve read about a variation of this and do it faithfully! Except you have to be driving under an overpass with train tracks, and there has to be a (preferably moving) train on the tracks above you. The idea is that when you press your hand to the car’s ceiling, you get to send a wish to hitch a ride on the train going by above you. The moving train takes your wish along with it, giving it quicker travels, more exposure to the world, and thus more opportunities to be fulfilled.
Wow! Do you remember where you read that? That’s pretty cool.
Sorry, absolutely no clue—like at least 30-40 years ago.
Lost in the mists of time. I get that myself a lot, only these days the mists-of-time start yesterday.
Hah thats fun. Didn’t know people drove over train tracks, never lived in a country with trains as a common method of transportation.
Every now and then streets and train lines intersect, just out of necessity :) no wya around it
Where do you live, OP?
Middle east now, but within asia my entire life.
I always make time to sit outside at night during a full moon. It’s one of the most peaceful sights, for me at least.
I cut my own hair once a year and then watch it change with the seasons
Do you cut it in spring so it’s long in winter?
I cut it on the winter solstice. I need something to get me through.
Jerking off every morning to get me going.
Rolling a joint then smoking it. It’s a ritual I repeat a lot… it’s pretty stupid but it does make life a bit easier to handle.
One bowl pack before work, 2 bowl packs when I get home
You are severely addicted mate.
The measure of addiction is whether it disrupts your life or harms your loved ones.
No it’s not
Addiction is if you can’t stop doing something. Looking at your phone every 5 minutes, can’t get through the day without coffee, etc.
WFH gang represent, smoking all day long 💀
Making coffee by grinding the beans and using an Aeropress.
Nice
Letting my hair air dry with a morning walk after showering.
Stretching before sleep and then again in the morning.
Enjoying some tea and good food while catching up on YT.
Combining booze and difficult games.