A small Success is still a success

So I didn't even come close to achieving the "to-do list" I posted, but I did get my PowerPoint Presentation that I started yesterday done in time for class at 2pm today (uh, or yesterday). I was really stressed out, but my dear, DEAR friend helped me keep my cool and my focus so that I could actually finish. I was so tempted to go back to bed when I woke up this morning, but I didn't. I stayed on campus to keep working- and that! in itself deserves comment! So I'm proud of that, but even better, I got the stinkin' thing DONE!!! And now, all I have to do is type up the "Report" for the thing. That shouldn't take too long. It's just a write up of what I said in the presentation. So I had two successes today. Even if they're small, I still feel good about them, especially since I've been so down lately. It feels like I'm heading back up again- Thank Goodness!!!
It's really nice to be reminded that there are people who care. I went to a gathering tonight, to play games and afterward as things were winding down I sat and talked with a friend I hadn't really talked with in a while. I have a bad habit of shying away from people when I'm low because I don't want to drag anybody down, but I told her how I was and what had been going on with me and it was nice to feel like I could talk to her. It was also really great that she just listened without giving anything but her attention to me. That is a really hard thing to do... to just LISTEN. But it's also really important that people have that chance to be HEARD.
I have a friend who is really good at Listening, but I'm also trying to build myself a broader support system because having placed the entirety of my emotional safety on one individual in the past has left me lost and scared. I don't ever want to be stuck here again. People need a web of support not just one pillar. The question is how does one go about building a web without spinners, and silk? Where there's a will, there's a way?... We'll see.