This week, I am thankful:
that I have work scissors again!
Yay! My new pair arrived to replace the ones I lost:
Watch out, potassium bags, nicotine patch packages, and colostomy baseplates! I’m armed and ready. 😉
for time to rest and reset
I’m going back to work today, but boyyyy, do I feel better after having had a string of days off.
I took care of some practical stuff, I exercised, I cleaned my house, I made some social plans, and now I feel much less overwhelmed. Yay!
I’m refreshed and ready to go back and take care of my patients. 🙂
An unfortunate spike in flu cases means mandatory masking for all employees right now, but luckily, I am good at smiling with my eyes. So I will still bring cheerful energy to my patients.
that I don’t mind the cold
It is so so so much easier for me to go for outdoor walks in January than in July! I do feel a little chilly, especially at the start of a walk, but it never bothers me as much as heat and humidity do.
I was not built for summer weather (which is unsurprising, given my German/Norwegian genetics. I am probably quite literally designed for the cold. ;))
that my yard is now tidy
I have never paid for yard help since I moved here, but I finally cracked and hired my neighbor down the street (who owns a landscaping company) to come and clean up my leaves.
I texted him and said, “Can I trade you some money for some yard cleaning?” And he said yes.
It was kinda expensive, but I didn’t even care. I did NOT have time to deal with it, and now my yard is clean without me doing a thing except writing a check.
(I know you can just let the leaves sit and rot, but my lease specifies that I have to keep the yard maintained. So, it’s not really an option to, uh, leave the leaves. Ha.)
for my lovely hosting company
As you can see, I was working on a new theme, and I needed a little help with a few things for the migration. So my lovely guys at Deep Roots hosting (formerly called Agathon) helped me out.
I seriously cannot say enough good things about them; they are BY FAR the best hosting company I’ve ever had.
(Also, please forgive the remaining site issues; I will deal with them when I’m off from work next!)
for my support group friends
My two friends Kristin and Maureen were in a divorcing-a-certain-kind-of-man support group with me back in 2022, and though that group has since dissolved, the three of us have stayed friends ever since.
We all live about an hour and a half from each other (seriously a triangle!), but we text regularly. And we had one of our Zoom catch-ups on Sunday, which reminded me again how much I love them. No one understands you quite like friends who have been through similar difficulties.
You know that Taylor Swift line that says, “At least you know exactly who your friends are; they’re the ones with matching scars.”? I don’t know what she meant by that line, but when I heard it, I immediately thought of my friends who have been through similarly hurtful marriages.
Our matching scars make our friendship special.
that my new-car joy is un-squashable
My Instagram post about my new car has now reached almost 800,000 views (!!!), so of course, there have been a handful of people saying my dream car is stupid, or that my car is ugly.
And it has changed absolutely nothing about the joy my car is bringing me. I still feel wildly happy about my purchase, and no one on the planet could possibly convince me that my car is ugly.
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. 🙂
(And honestly, 99% of the Instagram commenters have said the same; it has been a wildly supportive comment section!)
that I got to use my sunroof
Yesterday was the first day it was warm enough to actually open my sunroof and oh, I was happy!
I delightedly drove down the highway with the wind tickling my hair feeling like…oh my WORD, I can’t believe I finally have a sunroof.
for my new Snoopy shirt from Zoe
I love his ridiculously large bowtie!
It makes me chuckle every time I look at it!
What are you thankful for this week?
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