Having coffee, smth sweet and a followup cigarrete in the morning makes me happy to be awake. Or kiss goodbyes and hellos.
Every morning before I go to the kitchen for breakfast, I call out my bunnies, lie down in my bed, and have them jump on top of my chest to ask for food. I'd give them some pellets for breakfast right there and watch their little moufs chew for 10 minutes, then depending on their mood I'd either pet them for a bit, or watch them jump and zoom around the room.
This is almost always the best part of my day; every day I wake up half an hour before I'm supposed to, just so that I can do this :)
visiting a nearby cat colony every single day before work. The cats have gotten used to me and I get to play with a lot of them everyday
I leave food and water out for the local birds, and sit outside under a beautiful big tree, and birds come up, eat the food, have a drink and a bath/splash around, then some of them land on me and we have a chat. I actually get a lot more sense out of those interactions than I do with any human where I am, so it really helps. One little goober gets a crazy look in the eye, then (most of the time) gently bites my finger and half rolls over. So I roll him/her over and tickle the belly. It's hard to stay grumpy when you start your day like that!
That's sweet. Don't birds relieve themselves in the vicinity due to this?
Love Mr Little Goober
I trained most of them to aim their tail feathers away before they do, but yes, sometimes it just gushes out when it gushes out. They're wild birds, it's part of the package. But I do put a towel on my lap, so that makes things easier. Also no scratches on the legs if the birds decide to fight each other on my lap. They do that especially in spring, when the hormones are fluctuating.
I call all of them goobers, so "Mr Goober" is called Derfred. It is the goofiest bird I have ever seen. I suspect it might've hit a window or car or something at some stage and stayed a bit silly. Derfred even bites and climbs on other birds, just playing. But the other birds aren't always prepared to put up with it haha. Poor thing. But Derfred is healthy and happy.
Here are names I've given to some of the other birds:
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Signore Salieri (has an unusually large beak and high "hair line")
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Mr Faith No More (actually a girl, but looks a lot like Mike Patton. Sounds dumb but I swear it's true).
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Mr Roy (has a rainbow-ish pattern on the head. Full name is Roy G. Biv).
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Cleopatra (a lady bird who gets a lot of attention from the boys, and takes no prisoners. She's always very nice to me, though)
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Mr Blackbottom (he has a large black patch on his lower beak - completely harmless. Beaks are black as juveniles, then the black gradually fades as they get older).
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The Scream (a girl bird who enjoys landing on my arm, staring me square in the eye, flapping her wings and screeching at me. No other reason than to chat/play. Weirdo).
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John Deere (when I sing or talk, this goober stares at me like a deer in the headlights. As if I am threatening it. It knows full well I'm not threatening it, just a bit of a drama queen).
There are more but I can't remember them right now.
Oh my god youre the bird whisperer. Love your naming capabilities.
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Every morning my cat needs to play follow leader (she's the leader of course) for a few minutes. She leads me around the house to make sure I see all the things she rubs her face on. Then she'll jump up on the cat tree for pets and her morning pill. It's probably close to a 10 minute ritual we go through everyday.
Drinking + expensive vegan takeout on Fridays. I’m not a big drinker, I work from home and I’m kind of a loner. I like watching a really good show or listening to music while I drink and I have a lot more fun than going out, potentially drunk driving and listening to terrible low quality music out in the world.
When we drive over train tracks, we have to lift our feet so we won't get caught on the tracks. We'll be mid conversation and then both of us are lifting our feet all silly like.
Note the driver only does this when it's safe to do so. If traffic is slow or stopped on the other side, we're not just going to rear end anyone.
I has a friend once who would press his hands to the roof of the car when crossing tracks. It got to be a thing in the circle of friends, and eventually it got so he'd get irate if someone in the car didn't do it. I was sure he'd gotten it from a movie.
I've read about a variation of this and do it faithfully! Except you have to be driving under an overpass with train tracks, and there has to be a (preferably moving) train on the tracks above you. The idea is that when you press your hand to the car's ceiling, you get to send a wish to hitch a ride on the train going by above you. The moving train takes your wish along with it, giving it quicker travels, more exposure to the world, and thus more opportunities to be fulfilled.
Lost in the mists of time. I get that myself a lot, only these days the mists-of-time start yesterday.
Hah thats fun. Didn't know people drove over train tracks, never lived in a country with trains as a common method of transportation.
Seeing the ocean on my regular commute.
It used to be 50c chicken wings night at my local pub, but I moved away
Putting my bracelet on that my family gave me every time I leave the house. It makes me feel as if they're with me.
Im thinking of crawley from good omens. Hopefully you don't pressure them to grow as much.
Coming home from work, having a little snack, a glass of tea, sitting in my chair, and playing a few games of euchre on my iPad
Letting my hair air dry with a morning walk after showering.
Stretching before sleep and then again in the morning.
Enjoying some tea and good food while catching up on YT.
Combining booze and difficult games.
work nights, and sometimes afterwards I'll head up to the top of a fire escape of a nearby warehouse, have my breakfast and watch the sunrise
Love that, outdoor breakfasts at sunrise are my favourite
Rolling a joint then smoking it. It’s a ritual I repeat a lot… it’s pretty stupid but it does make life a bit easier to handle.
