I have a puppy.
She's a complete goofball. She runs to greet me and slams into the 3rd step rather than walking up them.
She pottied in the house last night - right in the middle of a Frisbee I'd left on the floor.

Even years where I don't have a puppy, I have dogs.
they get me out for walks (annoyingly so).
They greet me at the door, even when I've only been gone long enough to collect the mail.
They bug me.
They fight for who gets to sleep touching me the most.

It has been overcast here for the last 3 weeks, no sun anywhere. Yesterday there was a rainbow that came out of the Columbia river on one side and descended into the rive on the other, it was amazing.

My SO keeps dragging me to crossfit. He set my bike up on a trainer in my livingroom and checks the progress on the bike computer I mounted to the back wheel - it only shows distance and can't be seen when riding. (OK, maybe that's annoying instead of uplifting, I'm not sure ).