Upgrade with no unicorns

Assembled two new dining chairs, fixed a wobbly coffee table, and installed hanging lights over the dining table today. Strong sense of achievement and a really pleasing aesthetic outcome.

Psychologists say that the secret to happiness is to love and cherish what you have rather than to be constantly chasing unicorns. I’ve loved this house since the day we moved in twenty seven and a half years ago, and although it has seen its changes I treasure it for what it is: a home. 

Finished reading The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu which is a brilliant piece of sci-fi with an immense span of ideas and some really complex characters. Have yet to watch the Netflix series of the same name that came out in March but I’ve heard it’s impressive although much modified from the three novels in the series.