Tell us about something that cheers you up.
For me, it is the excitement of our dog when she sees us, especially after she has a walk. When my wife takes our dogs for a walk, the young one (18 ish months) will always come running into my study when she gets back into the house. I hear the door open and then hear her little paws on the floor as she runs to find me. She is so excited and happy and it makes me smile every single time.
So what is something that cheers you up?
Watching videos of baby colts frolicking in the pasture.
Pictures/videos of my horses.
Talking to my little dude.
Practicing the piano.
This song - I swear to god she put happy drugs in the music. Bing Videos
LOL, same thing when I come home and the 100 lb + big furry dog runs towards me.
Also a nice flaworful cup of coffe and a good pastry
our two year old grandson when he laughs and giggles when you play with him. I have never met a kid who laughs so much! It is pure unabashed joy! I’m smiling just writing this.
I get up early every morning and read for 2 hours, with coffee on a coffee warmer and my golden sitting beside me. In the warm weather, we do the same, sitting outside. I put out peanuts and we have 3 chipmunks and 6 Blue Jays come in the yard to eat, with my dog just watching.
I do absolutely everything to avoid any interruption to that morning ritual.
That’s awesome. I can imagine the joy you get from that.
We want grandchildren so bad, but I just don’t think it is going to happen. I
Same.
I have 4 grandkids … 1, 2, 7 and 10. Each cheers me up no matter what. Even more than my dogs.
But also … a hard bike ride. It doesn’t so much cheer me up directly as it clears the sludge, which leads to me being cheered up.
I’m either going to the pump track or the pickleball court this afternoon with the 10 year old. His choice. I don’t care which. It will be the highpoint of my day (first day back to work from vacation).
hearing a new inappropriate joke
My youngest is just learning to say “I love you, daddy”. It’s pretty hard to top that.
The smell of my daughter’s hair when she runs and jumps at me for a hug when I get home.
Spring has arrived and we have been having sunny t shirt weather. Getting up in the morning and going for a sunrise run on the water front with no music is incredible.
My dog when, at the end of the day, she jumps on the bed, wedges herself between my wife and I then rolls over and demands belly rubs, and the subsequent loud, deep exhale of relaxation she lets out always makes me smile.
can’t resist the challenge…
what’s your daughter’s phone number?
on topic, it’s fascinating how so many of these things are sounds or smells. it’s testament to just how sensory we are!
I’ll allow it just once. Or, however many times it takes to get us a grandchild.
But I better not find out later that you had a vasectomy five years ago.
Kids and dogs for sure but I also build and fly model aircraft, putting a plane I’ve built through it paces can instantly change a rough day into a good one.
details shmetails 
Pranking the kids. Never gets old.
Hearing “Here Comes the Sun”.
Our hospital played that song over the PA system every time we discharged an ICU COVID patient. Don’t care to hear it ever again.
[pssst here you go Dr Tigerchik] - That’s still better than “Another one bites the dust”, isn’t it?
Oof