3 Good Things 9

I'm combing two days since I can't remember which day started and ended. I was feeling bad for myself and had no way to pull myself out of it. My phone battery's dying so I go to my car and plug in the charger. While moping, I decided to talk to Claude. It tells me how I can breakdown my worries and work on them a little at a time. It helped me get through the day because I made a little bit of progress. It felt good. I asked my mom, why didn't God respond to me the same way. She thinks God gives us these things to help us out. He responds to us not always in an angel floating down to talk to us but in a message. That helped me a bit. Then I went home and won at Balatro. Twice. I've never done that before. It wasn't like the other wins where I had to use the seed to beat the game. These were legitament wins that added new decks and new chips to the system. Today, I hung out with my folks. We went to Kohls and got me some sandals that make me look like I'm a Roman. I want to wear them to work but I can't. A pity. Then we got me a brand new belt for work which was on sale for twelve bucks. I got lucky. I went home and after chores my dad helped me transfer my favs on Brave over to my computer. I still need to fix Brave and get rid of some stuff. But I'm on the right path. In a few days my cash will come in and I'll have money to spend on games. I've already got a few picked out and I'm excited to grab them on sale. Tomorrow will be a good day. I can tell.

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