Got some sleep last night. Got some more sleep than the recent usual. This is good. Do I feel alive? No. Do I have exceptional shoulder pain? Yes. Do I feel less tired than I have for a good few weeks? Also yes.

I consider this an improvement, and so should you.

Yesterday was a big day, and mainly because I walked nearly ten kilometres. Why did I walk nearly ten kilometres? I misjudged. But it was a rainy day and I wanted to go into the city before seeing Ewe, who was in Sydney after dropping Anna off at the airport. I wanted to walk around and capture a city empty due to the rain. It had been a long time since I’d done such a thing and figured that it’d be a good opportunity. But there were people around. Still took photos.

Anyway, I walked around and appreciated a rain-swept city, or at least a small part of it, and I kept walking and headed back to Glebe and met up with Ewe, then took him to Duoly Rob. And it was a good time, and he liked the food, and we went to a rather diminished Glebe Markets before wandering about a bit and then went our separate ways.

Met up with another friend visiting Sydney after, did some more wandering about with him, went for food elsewhere, took him to where he’s staying, then headed home.

It was a good day. It was nice. It was easy. And these are small moments in time. These are small pockets that might not be remembered, but will have their feelings carried on into the future. It was a day enjoyed and everyone had a good time.

Not that I needed it, but it was nice to hear Ewe tell me about how he and Anna had noticed how much happier I seemed because I am happier. I am having a better time in my life than I was at the start of this year, and even last year and the year before then… It might be the happiest I’ve been in years. I don’t seek validation, or at the very least I try not to seek validation, but hearing from my friends – from the people who have seen me grow and change and stuck by my being me and being intense and all those things; from people who have had my back throughout my life – that they’ve noticed the change in me does make me feel a little better. It’s just a nice thing.

And hanging with my other friend was great, too. Hearing how he’s starting to reach goals in life and get into a better position was great, and I’m so happy for him, because he’s getting back to a position where he can start building his life back up again, and be better equipped to look after himself. These are small things, but they’re big things too, and they create moments we carry with us.

The time it took to write five-hundred words: 08:59:13

Bit dull, bit slow, but I’m fine with it. Just a light, honest rambling about a good day.

Written at home.