I had a pretty darn great day today, and I'm sorry; if you've been having a bad day, don't read this.

It was pretty ordinary on the whole, actually, but to me, in the evening, I couldn't help but feel really, really lucky. I went to eat dinner at Bedok with six of my family members, and I truly wished I could capture the evening and store it somewhere safe. I don't know, it's just that we had such a great time together, and I sort of miss that. We'd left the house completely empty save for our 5 cats, and we expected the house to be in a state of complete disaster when we got home. But it wasn't - when we got home all the cats were asleep near the door. (: Possibly waiting for us to get back.

See? I told you it was ordinary. But I just can't help but feel such a strong love for them, and be thankful that I have a large family, which I prefer. I wouldn't be able to imagine life with one or no siblings, or without cousins and aunts and nephews which bring colour into the family.

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I found this story on fictionpress.com last night, and I think I'm falling in love with it. It is absolutely wonderful and amazing and awesome, and everytime I read it, I get the same feeling I get when I read Jac's story, Dirt: I feel like I can never be good enough, and I almost feel like giving up SB and just letting it rot away, simply because I can't ever be as wonderful as these two writers. Don't take this to heart, jac, but I can't help it, because you really are an amazing writer. :D
I look back, and I think of how I didn't use to be like this. I wasn't that passionate about writing a few years back; sure, I liked to do it, and sometimes I thought that hey, I might be good at this, but now I can't live without it. Earlier today when I went out, I brought a black pen and a small notebook, in case I got inspired suddenly, or in case I thought of a scene or something. And I never used to do that, but now I do, and it feels great. :D And it definitely takes my mind off things I shouldn't be dwelling on.

My dad was hospitalised on Wednesday night, because his two legs were getting quite swollen. It turns out it was a result of water retention, and now he's much better, though I don't think he'll ever be able to heal completely. He's getting discharged tomorrow. I feel happy about it, and yet I also don't, because once he gets back, he won't be able to control his dietary habits. Which is bad. :/

I'm off to clear the mess in my room. You would be horrified if you saw such a mess; I'm surprised I haven't cleared it before this, because I'm such a neat freak and all. Yay, time to see my room neat once more! xD