Since my blog and creative work often lean toward the dark and gloomy, I thought this blog hop might be a lovely chance to show, and also remind myself, that there are still things to be grateful for. So this is my very first entry for the Ten Thing of Thankful (TToT) blog hop which can be found here which I accidentally found while sneakily snooping around on the blogs of the Six-Sentence stories family.
Ten Thing of Thankful #1
First – coffee. Gosh, the best beans in the world. No, I mean it seriously; it’s one of the only reasons I come out of bed willingly at all. Which leads to...
Second – my bed. My spouse often calls me nicknames such as bedbug or burrito because even when I’m doing university work at home-home, or writing, I sit on the bed with my laptop.
Third – my Tallinn family. Though this may sound like a strange name, I’m renting a room from one amazing couple while I study at university, since my home is in another city. They are very sweet, and I’ve already found myself thinking of them as family.
Four – my laptop, which is the most expensive gift I have ever accepted outside of my blood family. My spouse got it for me for university. It was used and all, but it works really well, and I can also play all my computer games on it if I need to—but more importantly, I can run several virtual machines on it for some school courses (System Administration at TalTech).
Five – music. I can’t imagine life without it, or who I would be if I wasn’t a nerd for consuming and collecting merchandise from the artists I admire and love and… uh. Just take my money. Which leads to—
Six – there is one good thing about our government: I’m on a government stipend currently, which allows me to study full-time and still buy food and perhaps wine every now and then, lol.
Seven – grapes. Without grapes, there would be no wine, and with no wine I would be a sad little girl… probably consuming the blood of those who wronged her, lol… or something…
Eight – the blog hop community. I was away for a long time, but is it bad to say that writing seems to keep me grounded and keeps the softer part of me intact while I’m studying to be logical and… correct, or whatever you would call it…? And there are so many cool little stories to read every week, and—uh—why did I ever disappear… ugh…
Nine – chocolate… absolutely love that sh*t. Funnily, when I ate it as a kid, I would get red dots all over my skin and sometimes even asthma, so I wasn’t allowed to go near chocolate until I was around 10. And then, when it stopped causing serious issues (well… it still makes my ears red), I was never able to stop myself from eating it.
Ten – warm baths. I just had one for around two, maybe two and a half hours… or something like that. I just disappear when I go there. So soothing and relaxing and… uhh. If I could, I would take baths, listen to music, and drink wine while reading or scrolling for eternity.
Uhh, this was a bit different from my usual entries, wasn’t it. Well, in life people think I’m goofy, and those who only read what I write think I’m gloomy—but I guess that kind of duality does exist in me. That was a cool blog hop. Very different from the usual… or so. Thanks (did I just turn my ending note into an 11th bonus or something?).
Links to more of my work:
If you like reading stories: Six-Sentence Stories, Short Stories, Romance and All That, Dead Poet
Or poetry : On the margins of the First Draft
and more reflections than poetry: On the Margins of the Second Draft
My band "Chaos in Spring" can be listened to on YouTube, Spotify and other streaming services.
i enjoyed reading your ten immensely…. my bed i had to laugh…. i finally bought a bed and it’s the best ever… seriously…. and of course, chocolate… yep… always get into trouble with chocolate… ate it like a junkie… even before i got home… as soon as i got in the car ate it like i had to… great ten… my first time too….