What are you excited about?

Excited because they have said DH may be coming home from hospital tomorrow - he has been in for two weeks.

What a lovely upbeat story and topic.
I get excited every time I am due to see my grandchild, usually an average of about twice a week.
My husband died a long 10 years ago and finally my life is in a much better place.

Haven’t been excited since me and husband moved into our first home together. We were both brought up on council estates, and ‘the likes of us’ were told not to expect any better in life! But we married and moved into my parents back bedroom, with a 12” black/white t.v. for company. For three years we saved every penny, didn’t go on holidays, didn’t do much ( that wasn’t free) and persevered!! We finally did it. Raised the deposit...with some left over for legals. Moved away from my family (50 miles) and closer to his. That was the most exciting day ever ...even with birth of children I can’t remember being that excited!! And haven’t felt it since. Shame!

You must be a very special person, GA. Your lovely story restores my faith in human nature.

As for myself, I'm very excited to be spending Christmas with Galen on a cruise. It will beat last year when the dog and I spent it on our own.

I'm also excited about my trip to the US in Feb when I will visit my two eldest DD's and only DGD. I miss them all so much.

Just a tiny deviation from this wonderful thread by Granntactivist.

A big thank you to all those GNetters who have sent me PMs or sent positive messages since my comment of the events happening in my family’s life.

I realise many of us are going through sad and difficult times, and I am just one of them. Life is full of ups and downs and there will be light at the end of the tunnel.

Finally Grannyactivist what a wonderful photo of you and your lovely young man.

????to you all.

NanKate
Yes, many people have dreadful things going on in their lives, but it doesn't make it any easier on you. Our problems and worries are very difficult even though there is always someone worse off.

Dear Granyactivist

What a heart warming story for Christmas. My father and mother in a similar arrangement looked after 2 brothers from Thailand one of whom returned to a run business and one of whom became a doctor living in a northern town. Sadly he died; but gladly the one living in Thailand received my mother and I for a 2 week holiday in Thailand and 2 months before her 100th birthday. He took us to and from the airport and met up with us and his family at weekends. do hope you are now having a lovely reunion. Thinking of you.

I'm excited because I did a fundraiser for my charity on Saturday and got an amazingly generous response. It was a concert and I had exactly two minutes before the start of the second half to make my pitch. I wrote a mini speech (it usually takes me two minutes to draw breath!) and timed it to perfection - and then as I walked up to speak I made the decision to ditch what I'd written and just speak from my heart. As I sat down I thought I'd really blown it and tried not to rehearse in my mind all the things I thought I should have said. Then I was flabbergasted when people filed out and were mostly dropping notes into the collecting bowl. Over five hundred pounds worth!! But what has really excited me today is that I had a follow up phone call from someone who was at the concert and is now considering our tiny local charity to be the recipient of his next fundraising venture - and he usually raises big enough sums that if he does decide in our favour we won't need to fundraise again for quite a while. I'm not mentioning it to my team yet, it'll be a lovely post-Christmas surprise if it comes off.

Well done grannieactivist. Hope the visit is going well and good luck Fingers crossed you get that extra support for the charity.
For me what has made me very happy today is my first uninterrupted sleep in a very very long time. Aided by a tablet but i got that elusive nights sleep. Am delighted.

I don't do excited - it is too closely related to panic. I try to remain calm at all times. I may miss out on the highs but then I tend to miss the really lows too. #calmcalmcalmcalm

This evening I had the lovely job of visiting the people who put on the concert and announcing the total we raised, but before I did I was given a further £30!