the universe is in us

It's been a very relaxed Saturday here. It's felt very Sundayesque, possibly the whole 'long Easter weekend' effect but since we're all off work, all the days are basically fading into one blur. Sometimes that's good and sometimes that's bad.

I've mostly spent today bumming around on social media. I've fallen into youtube and some Discord channels and joined in some conversations on Twitter.

Jack's been watching the snooker on TV - I don't get that at all. I love sport but snooker. And watching snooker? Oh well, he's been happy and that's what matters

Lucy locked herself in the kitchen and has been making Easter Eggs. She's made a variety of dark, milk and white chocolate eggs and different fillings and taken over something like 3/4 of the fridge. Jack & I have been banned from looking! I'm excited to see what she's made us tomorrow.

I found a notebook I'd started setting up a 2019 bullet journal in and I've been thinking about continuing with it. I love the idea of it and want to give it a go. One of the things I've written in there - and forgotten about in all the furore - were my 2019 resolutions -
Learn how to eat using chopsticks
Start spending more time together as a family
Stop spending so much time staring idly at a screen
Take a vacation to Italy
Find happiness in the small things
Try to be more patient and understand
Be more present
I actually really like those and have actually been trying to incorporate a lot of these into my life anyway - spending more time together, finding happiness, being more present. I think I chose very well.

Speaking of 'finding happiness in the small things', I've had a few of those moments today
-an afternoon nap with Lucy (I didn't get much sleep (Lucy did) but kissing and cuddling with her is always fun
-in a twitter chat about books/authors, I mentioned loving Cecilia Ahern's books, the sense of whimsey and otherworldliness and sparkle... and she favourited the quote
-Jack fired up the grill this evening and we had steak, baked potatoes, macaroni cheese and steam vegetables sitting on the patio watching the sun go down.

A week without complaining
Day 1, take 3 - I am trying again. I've had some trouble with low mood due to not sleeping very well, and that makes things a bit tougher. But I am going to keep on trying (and re-starting!) this goal until I have done it. It's been very interesting to note what I do complain about.

I always forget how exhausting healing from a non-minor (I'm hesitant to use major because complications aside it was only a broken leg) injury is - throw in an operation and a lack of general mobility and I'm stil tiring really easily. I also have to keep reminding myself that it's only been two months and that there's still a while to go.

I'm being a very lazy Samantha today. I'm stretched out on the couch with a blanket and a cat.
Lucy is upstairs working on a 'Stargate fanfic for an exchange community on Dreamwidth' (I have no idea what that means past Stargate fanfic and Dreamwidth.)
Jack is watching the Huddersfield vs Newcastle game, doing a crossword and talking about cottage pie. Ooh I hope that means that's what's for dinner.

Thank you for all the anniversary wishes. Jack & I had a lovely meal out last nice. We went to one of our favourite restaurants - and probably for the last time since we're moving four hours away next week. Jack had a rib-eye steak. I had a welsh lamb steak. Much fun was had with the other anniversary gifts although I don't think I need to share the details. I mean, I could if you wanted to know about them but that could be TMI.

I do, however, want to at some point write about the BDSM aspect of our relationship and our roles and how it all works because - much like polyamory - it's so very misunderstood. And nothing like Fifty Shades Of Grey. Ugh!

But that's not for today.

I'm now on the second disc of season 1 of CSI: Las Vegas. I really had forgotten how much I love the show, and the characters, and all the inventive ways the writers have for killing people and all the red herrings and twists. Dubious science and investigation aside, it's still very entertaining. And I still have such a thing for Gil Grissom. Having discovered fandom online it makes me feel a little less dorkish for having a crush on a fictional character - apparently this is the norm rather than being as bizarre as my husband thinks it is.

I'm not finding an episode-by-episode chronology for CSI like I have for the MCU, the DC-TV and for Star Trek but I did find ( this lovely little chart ) which tracks where each show spins off so I can try and watch the show in some semblance of order. Because I'm a good little geek like that!

Do any of you use either trakt.tv or letterboxd? I've just signed up for them and I have no friends on them either than Jack and Lucy. I'm quantumcupcakes on Trakt and samanderson on Letterboxd.
And while I'm on the subject of social media - if you've got Twitter, I'm AWelshGeek so feel free to add me there too