Thankful Thursday | counting down

This week, I am thankful:

that today is my last residency meeting

I am thrilled about this! All we have is a little graduation meeting next month, and then I’m truly done with nursing residency.

Woohoo!

that I am nearly done with my class overlap

On July 12th, the overlap ceases to exist, and I am so relieved.

I had an end-of-class group project due this week in one class, and an 8-10 page paper due in the other one, so I am glad to see the back end of this week’s schoolwork!

that I have only six weeks left of full-time nursing

We are going to be counting down each week, so prepare yourselves. 😉

August 23rd is the start of my part-time work life, so after this week, I just have six weeks left to go!

I can do this.

for some cooler temperatures

the terrible heat wave has passed, so it is not as beastly hot outside now. Thank goodness!

for my car

You guys, I still feel a happy little grin spreading over my face when I walk out to a parking lot or parking garage and see my car.

I still can’t believe it’s mine!

that dairy doesn’t bother me

I was eating some yogurt the other day and thinking how happy I am that dairy doesn’t bother my digestive system.

I hate drinking milk (blech) but I would miss so many other dairy products if I were lactose intolerant.

Like…CHEESE.

I’m glad I don’t need to live a cheese-less life. 😉

for my good health

Working at a hospital is a constant reminder that good health and mobility are not to be taken for granted.

Sometimes, I’ve taken care of patients who can’t walk because they got polio before the vaccine was available, and I think about how terrifying that time must have been for parents and children, and how thankful I am that my children and I were born after the vaccine was invented.

Random fact: the last known wild poliovirus case in the U.S. was in 1979, a year after I was born. But it still is endemic in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and active in a number of other countries. And since we live in an era of travel, it can still spread. Here’s an interesting site that lists polio-free countries along with those that have ongoing polio.

Also: apparently, the last living woman using an iron lung just passed away at the end of June this year. And this NBC article has a cute picture of her as a kid in the iron lung.

Woo. I really went on a tangent there. Ha. Long story short, I’m super glad that I can walk, and super grateful I didn’t get polio!

for my little house

I know I say this all the time, but my goodness, I love my rental house. It is such a cozy spot for Zoe and me, and I love that it is in a peaceful little neighborhood.

What are you thankful for this week?