Happy

[Michael Chris]

I'm so happy. I'm so excited about Guantanamo hopefully being closed, looking forward to Christmas and getting to see family, and I got my grades and am maintaining my GPA. I'm just feeling so happy.

Anyone else just feel like jumping on a couch and smiling?

 

[Goliath]

Jumping on a couch and smiling? No.

But I'm happy that you're happy.

 

[trampledamage]

Actually yes.

I'm in a good place in my life right now. I'm settled here in Canada, mr trampledamage has a good job that he enjoys and I've two kids who are just awesome.

Sorry to be annoyingly gushy, but I'm loving life

 

[RoJoHen]

I am not happy. Haven't been genuinely happy for a long time.

I do have good days that distract me from my lack of happiness, though, but those don't happen as often as I'd like.

 

[Maestro]

I am quite happy. I spent the last three days at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Convention hoping to learn to be a better teacher. I didn't come back with any cool new strategies to try out. I didn't come back a better teacher. I came back knowing that I'm a great teacher.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I am content. Neither wildly happy nor crushingly depressed.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I'll smile, but I'm not quite in a couch jumping mood just yet.

 

[Mallory]

I am content. Neither wildly happy nor crushingly depressed.

Same here. At least I'm home with my family this Christmas.

 

[Goji]

Oh yes, I am happy. Very happy.

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

See? Just listen to how delighted I sound.

 

[Michael Chris]

Sorry if I got anyone thinking in a down manner. Just trying to spread the joy

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Actually, I just got another one of my grades back (A in Anthropology). If I get an A or A- in math, I'll jump on a couch all day.

 

[Michael Chris]

That's awesome!

I had an amazing break in my stat class. I had a very bad headache the day of the final, and I think my instructor took pity on me. End result: A for the class! I do not think I got better than a 68 on the final.

 

[JNG]

I'm so happy. I'm so excited about Guantanamo hopefully being closed

ROFL

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I'm so happy. I'm so excited about Guantanamo hopefully being closed

ROFL

It's no laughing matter. Now I'm going to have to find a new home.

 

[RJDiogenes]

But now you'll gitmo options.

 

[Laren]

I'm feeling quite good right now. I have been relaxing all day, I just had a facial which made my skin super soft, last thursday my boss (who is like, the best boss I could possibly have) told me how much he liked my work, I'll be seeing my family on christmas. It's all good. I just haven't startet yet to work on the verdict that I'm being assigned to write, but there's time to do that tomorrow.

 

[Searider Falcon]

Ya know what? I AM happy. It's been a long time in coming, too. In the past couple months, things have finally evened out after years of uncertainty.

My parents were in a custody battle over my brothers that got really ugly and that finally was resolved in October in the way I wanted to see it happen. Having the stress from that situation finally gone after three and a half years of worrying over it is...wow. I knew it had been weighing on me, but I don't think I realized just how much it manifested into so many other aspects of my life until I was finally able to let it go. I feel so much lighter...mentally, spiritually, and even physically. My goodness, I didn't realize I was such a stress eater until two months ago!

Things also turned around at work too. I've been at my job since January, but originally, it was only supposed to be a temporary position that lasted through June. Then it was supposed to be September, and they still kept me without any status changes despite my coworkers expectations. Truthfully, I started prepping myself for the likelihood of a layoff because it seemed like the only reason they wouldn't want to make me a permanent employee (especially after they transferred and started training a longtime employee onto the same program I'm a part of...she's my replacement, I thought). The shoe finally dropped last week, though. I filled out paperwork to become permanent and signed up for insurance plans on Thursday. I don't have to worry about getting sick or hurt for the first time in six years and I now have job security in at a time when a lot of people don't. I haven't smiled like this or felt this good in years.

 

[Amaris]

I am not happy. Haven't been genuinely happy for a long time.

I do have good days that distract me from my lack of happiness, though, but those don't happen as often as I'd like.

This.

J.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

I'm so happy. I'm so excited about Guantanamo hopefully being closed, looking forward to Christmas and getting to see family, and I got my grades and am maintaining my GPA. I'm just feeling so happy.

Anyone else just feel like jumping on a couch and smiling?

I'm depressed and your happy hippy thread just made me moreso.

 

[Holdfast]

This thread reminds me of one of the best episodes of Frasier, the S1 finale My Coffee with Niles where he's asked if he's happy. By the end of the episode, which is all real-time, he's finally able to answer:

"You know, in the greater scheme... yes, I'd say I am."

And I would have to agree!