I can't stop smiling

Wow, nearly two weeks since my last post; my new job sure kept me busy and I'm slowly settling into a new rhythm of life. To my pleasant surprise I've also had to spent a lot of time keeping an eye on new art-community quicky_bang as authors enthusiastically submitted short stories for artists to illustrate. I'm thrilled that art has already been posted and there's more to come! You can still join in if you want (and -as one of the participants noted- the challenge comes with a built-in rec list of all sorts of short fanfics;)

Oh, I've also finished the 30 Days Pilates Challenge, yay! Next up is the Upside down abdominal work-out from Jillian Michaels... I'll tell you more about that later. (You can already read about the experience in somersault_j's post and comments here. Keep an eye on her journal if you want to join our work-out group.)

My new job is another thing that's keeping me fit these days, not that I move around a lot during the day (I get to sit down for 8 hours to study satellite images, it's honestly so fascinating I have to remind myself to get up and stretch;) but I ride my bicycle to work and back, which takes me right through the center of my gorgeous old town. It's a seriously beautiful route and I enjoy it every day, even when the weather is cloudy and gray. The pictures below are all made on sunny days though, which makes the town even prettier.

( Cycling home from work and other things that make me happy )

I'm enjoying life a lot right now, hope this spreads a little of that to you too.

J.

Oh, oh, oh, almost forgot: that online no-cure-no-pay lawfirm that I requested to help with my claim to United Airlines, for compensating the cancelation of my flight last summer (a separate issue from the loss of my bag on another flight, which I was reimbursed for in February), managed to make them pay! I honestly didn't think that would happen anymore. So here's a thank you promolink to Green Claim for sticking with the long procedure despite the total non cooperation of UA.

I also totally forgot to thank the anonymous person who sent me an LJ Valentine!

And I was so eager to get the quicky_bang going in the quiet time before other fandom challenges that I completely forgot to thank quickreaver and dephigravity for taking a look at the set up and encouraging me *smishes*. Hope the new spn_heatwave is just as big a succes! It's going to be an awesome fandom summer, y'all!