Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Hugging Hunter

Background:  The military is trying to address PTSD and the general emotional health of soldiers (partially?) with this program:  Hunt the Good Stuff.

Which, I always love to point out, shortens to HuGS.  Its official name appears to be "Comprehensive Resilience Module," which is amusing in its own right, but that link goes to a power point with smiley face icons so pick your poison.

Military lingo aside, I'm trying to play along because I am a lucky, lucky girl in a thousand different ways but... I have to work at it.  Which is annoying, but a fact of life.  So there.

Happy belated Memorial Day to everyone who served, is serving, and their families.
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In the blogging equivalent of closing my eyes, covering my ears, and singing la-la-la-la-la, these are the things that made me happy today.  Well, this weekend and today, because today I was back at work engrossed in some scintillating continuing ed courses - but then all the more reason to hold on to the happy stuff, right?

Or, you know, hunt it down and tackle it.

#1.  The Hunter.  My sweet, ugly, aging Maude pulled something again and has been limping around so badly I've started carrying all awkward, protesting 65# of her down the stairs in the morning.  Matt reported her alleged injury did NOT stop her from bolting at top speed across the yard after an errant rabbit a few days ago.  A miraculous recovery I myself witnessed tonight as she bolted across the kitchen toward her dinner bowl.  I'm not judging though.  Food is a powerful motivator.

#2.  Speaking of food, my guilty pleasure du jour:  Hawaiian rolls with a bit a mayo and cheddar cheese.  [And leftover angel food cake]

#3.  Tima's visit.  And family pictures.
Also, finding a family picture in which someone isn't making a goofy face.
Never mind that no one is looking at the camera.
It's artistic, right? 

#4.  Siblings, mine & theirs.

#5.  Continuing Ed ethics courses that haven't been updated since 2004 and cite NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's cases against various insurance carriers as an example of a needed ethical crackdown.  

#6.  Continuing Ed quizzes which ask this question without a trace of irony -  
OH NO, I AM NOT JOKING.

#7.  Having to explain to my co-worker why I was laughing so hard... and then having to explain who Eliot Spitzer was.  That's the upside of being the oldest person in the room.

#8.  Also, everyone is healthy, the weather cooled off, Matt remembered my dry cleaning, and the cake is finally gone, so I can get back to my magnificently failing diet.
Happy effin' Tuesday.

5 comments:

  1. That Continuing Ed question is wild --

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  2. All good stuff and my or may not be stealing the closing line of "Happy effin' ... " Classic.

    Pictures are darling of the darlings.

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  3. Oh my goodness, that ethics question is hilarious! We can never get a family photo in general and when we do, my eyes are closed and Ellie is screaming because she wants to escape our clutches. Eh, it is what it is.

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  4. I do love a gratitude list. I'm tempted to go get some Hawaiian rolls. Honestly, any excuse for mayonnaise, one of my favorite foods (for real!).

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  5. Awww, it's nice that you are kind to your old guy (the dog, not the hubby :). Oh how I love irony!

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