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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34772864

Whether it's a project you're working on, plans you have this weekend, an event you're going to, etc. What's something that's got you excited?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's looking like it's going to be a good year for gaming.

Games I'm looking forward to:

Subnautica 2 The Outer Worlds 2 Death Stranding 2 (possibly. I'll wait for reviews) GTA 6 (Assuming there is an offline, kernal DRM free mode) Solarpunk Paralives

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Timberborn’s experimental branch adds some cool shit and the mods are patching for compatibility. New gaming addiction.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Looking forward to Blue Prince releasing. Looking forward to....something happening with Heaven's Vault. I'm hoping a new game and not just more books?? Hoping my dental abscess and enlarged spleen is nothing.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I finally got a new dishwasher to replace the one that was spewing water, and my husband promised he'd tackle getting the laundry washing machine replaced with one that works soon. I'm very excited for when i get to stop going to the laundromat!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I appreciate the effort but I have to wonder if folks hanging inside Auschwitz had conversations like this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

what the fuck yo

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Small shout-out to

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

In May my spouse and I are going away together for a few days without the kids for the first time in a decade.

The tulip and daffodil leaves are emerging in our gardens and soon we will have flowers.

Our church is starting up again this week & I love choir.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been a vegetarian for a hundred years, but I've finally decided to go vegan and I'm kind of excited about it. I'm growing a garden from seeds I started inside, and my seeds have almost all sprouted.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nice! There's a bunch of vegan communities on lemmy to check out too

Both for general info and also things like recipes


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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

I'm taking three days of annual leave between Easter and ANZAC day next month. I'll be out of the office eleven days straight. Time to properly unwind.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

There's a conference in Albuquerque next week. Never been that far West before, and it beats going to work!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

A friend is smoking a brisket this weekend 🤤

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Roughly four months after being run over and rendered bed bound my mom is taking the next step in her recovery. Literally. She's been okayed to start walking. She recently went to her first physical therapy session and is working on getting that leg strength back. Still a ways from walking even with a walker but hey progress is progress.

My lemongrass plant that I tend to neglect is showing signs of life. Seriously I haven't changed the pot or soil of it in at least two years now. Not to mention the amount of times I forget to give it water. It's a miracle the poor thing has lasted this long really. But today I noticed some new growth so that's cool.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

I’m getting married on Towel Day. To a woman who is excited that I wanted to get married on Towel Day.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago

Every two weeks


this next weekend being one such event ---, I have sushi with my grandma and my brother. I love sushi, my grandma, and my brother. Feeling stellar.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm going on vacation *next Tuesday! We're driving south until it's aggressively springtime, and then we'll see what's next. Probably hiking, sleeping late, and waffle house. I'm a simple sort.

Edit- I have no concept of time. Boo.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Sometimes simple pleasures are the best and just what we need.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm excited that my company could break 2 million in revenue this year. 1.7 at the least.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I am finally getting a surgery I have desperately needed for mental health and basic quality of life since the height of COVID. I didn't see it as a life threatening need-to-be-done so I waited until after the height of COVID to begin pursuing it.

I was scheduled for this surgery in February 2023, and when they took my blood tests, they had to cancel the surgery, because that's when the found out I had cancer. (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)

My cancer treatment has been going very well, and now I am once again scheduled for this surgery with the blessing of my cancer doctor and the requirement of not taking my cancer medications for a week before the surgery and three weeks after the surgery. That is because my cancer medications increase bleeding and impact how long wounds take to heal. (Sprycel/Dasatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor)

Here's hoping it goes well, I absolutely hate surgery, but I really need this done. I've been literally waiting for this moment for years, it's going to be a huge mental health boost.

And to be clear while I am indeed on the Blåhaj Lemmy, this is surgery is not about gender identity or gender affirming care. It's still important and impacting my mental health, however.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Gosh, the amount of strength life has required from you these past few years is incredible to imagine. I'm glad to hear your treatment is going well and I hope the surgery and recovery are smooth for you. It's great you're finally going to get it!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Thank you, I have honestly been through so much more than even that, and it has been so hard. I lost my place to live, the majority of my possessions, and I have just been broken, but I am trying to keep going. I think the hardest thing to lose was my bed. It took me until I was nearly 40 to afford my first bed, frame, mattress, and quality sheets, that was all my own and wasn't a hand-me-down of some kind. I am back to sleeping on a shitty 15 year old mattress I got for free that hurts my back and I have no idea when I'll be able to afford a bed again.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
  • Reading. Like I do with online content, I select very strictly the books I read, doing my best to keep hate/anger (as well as proud idiocy) at bay.
  • Writing (& journaling)
  • Long walks (edit: nicer weather makes it even more tempting ;)
  • Quality time with my spouse
  • A little music too.

Nothing fancy, but very efficient as far as I'm concerned.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What's been one of your favorite books so far this year?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have big plans for the spring and summer: multiple backpacking/camping trips in the mountains, a week-long family vacation, and (hopefully) getting back into mountain biking after a multi-year break. I can't wait!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nice! Those sound like really solid plans. Anything with mountains instantly ignites my happy chemicals.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Absolutely. Like Gillian Welch sang, I've been in the lowlands too long.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

I have some travels planned this year :)

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kicking addiction once and for all. No, I mean it, this will be the year I get my brain back.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

Good luck on this difficult road to redemption!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

More sunlight as summer approaches, and enough heat that I can be outside without freezing to death. Can't wait until I can get the back patio set up, and see hummingbirds coming by again. Plus it'll be kayaking season, just in time for my sprained wrist to have hopefully healed.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The days are finally longer than the nights and I'm starting to see grass underneath the snow. I'm looking forward to start working in the vegetable garden and being able to have a nice cup of tea outside in the sun.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Enjoy it! We're going the opposite way now. One of the major downsides of living in the southern hemisphere is people forgot why the holiday season landed in the middle of winter. It was to give people something to look forward to and help them through the dark months... There is NOTHING like that during the winter here. It can be pretty bleak!

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