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<\/center><\/p>\n<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The dangers of negativity.<\/strong> Apparently, I’m not the only one who finds perpetually negative people to be a cancer<\/a>?<\/p>\n To a degree, being happy is a choice. I don’t believe depression can magically be cured by happy thoughts, but you can choose to find happiness in really difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n An interesting protest.<\/strong> Some Catholic protesters in the Russell Senate Building formed a cross with their bodies while protesting the draconian immigration situation<\/a>. A friend found some other pictures of the protesters being arrested which included some Dominican nuns.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n OCD princess learns about the BUJO lifestyle.<\/strong> I want to start a bullet journal, but I’m having a heck of a time figuring out how to start and what to do because I’m OCD as all get out. So… I’m reading a book<\/a> on it.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n NFP Week, yo!<\/strong> It’s NFP Week, so I’m betting there will be a boatload of posts on how WONDERFUL it is (not!). Here’s<\/a> the first one posted.<\/p>\n By the way, my Fitbit<\/a> app has accurately predicted my period’s start date two months in a row. Woo.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Camp NaNoWriMo update.<\/strong> I abandoned my novel at 30,000 words after it stalled out because I had letters to write. No regrets. None at all.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Just why…<\/strong> A friend of mine got these<\/a> for her kids. She regrets it. Apparently, the envelope stank to high heaven. Just.. why do these things exist in the first place?!?!?!?<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Minion update.<\/strong> Baby Blackpaw had his yearly vet visit on Tuesday. He was quiet in the car with the exception of giving me his order at Starbucks. (No, I did not buy him coffee. He steals mine.) He purred like a jet engine for his vet tech and vet until they trimmed his claws, at which point he started growling and hissing and meowing. He was doing all of this while trying to snort up the Cheez Whiz they put on the mat to distract him, so it sounded like he was saying “omnomnomnom!”<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — The dangers of negativity. Apparently, I’m not the only one who finds perpetually negative people to be a cancer? To a degree, being happy is a choice. I don’t believe depression can magically be cured by happy … Continue reading