good things on a Wednesday

[alchimie]

1. When my son (7) came to wake me up this morning, he said both shyly and proudly, "I helped Dad make you breakfast!" And indeed, when I went downstairs there was coffee and freshly made chilaquiles, one of my absolute favourites. My son very happily watched me eat it and told me how he stirred eggs and various other tasks.
   
   
2. Purring cat in my lap, right now, and when I post this and then go lie in bed to read he will come and purr on top of me there as well.
   
   
3. Taking a shower before bed after a very hot day and using Lush's Lord of Misrule shower gel, which is vibrant green and smells of pepper and patchouli -- I strongly have the (negative) association of patchouli with hippies but I do not care, it turns out I like the smell so I am not going to deny myself a pleasure. This particular scent combination makes me think of Puck, whom my daughter (10 1/2) aspires to play someday.
   
   
4. Said daughter saying thoughtfully while I was putting her to bed, "I think I understand why people write fanfic! It is because they want more, or because all the questions weren't answered... I'm going to write fanfic about the book I just finished reading and I'm going to put myself in it because why not? I'll write fanfic and be an actor!"
   
   
5. Said daughter then bursting into my room 45 minutes later very excitedly to read me the first four pages of her fic!
   

Now to bed!

Comments

[cmcmck]

As an ageing hippy chick all I have to say is :op

That said, I love patchouli which might be predictable.

[alchimie]

<3 to you (that is a heart if it is not obvious) -- it is one of those reflexes I am undoing, left over from having had terrible terrible parents who doubled-down on how they Had Been Hippies and thus did not need to provide meals or basic care because we were all doing our own thing.

And isn't it a lovely scent? I did not actually know what it smelled like before this, just the word.