Ugh. This week bites. SO! Gratitude injection time.

[kyrielle]

Stress, stress, more stress, and a truly VILE cold (possibly now a truly vile sinus infection, and my doctor could not fit me in, and getting to urgent care is not really doable while on call AUGH).

However. I can let it define the week or I can argue. I've been missing a lot of gratitudes lately (over on Twitter/Facebook, and I haven't copied any here in forever I know), because of stress, and I think that is NOT helping me deal with the stress.

So. I am grateful for:

• Cough drops, decongestants, and other medicines. I may not like needing them, but I'd like how I felt a lot less without them.


• Hot baths, hot showers, hot tea...sensing a theme?


• A goodly supply of clean water, so that staying hydrated is a matter of remembering to drink. I'm very fortunate to live in a country and a time when it is so easy and convenient.


• Washer/dryers.


• Super comfy leggings.


• Cuddly cats. (I won't be grateful for claws. But the owners of the claws are sweet, cute, and generally well meaning.)


• Cell phones. They make so many things more convenient than they otherwise would be.


• Oyster. Seriously, OYSTER. I've got so many books queued up to read.


• Goat Milk Soap. Looking forward to another bar of honeysuckle, and a half-bar of pineapple to see if I like it! :)


• My family – Scott and the boys, but also my wonderful extended family, both sides. I am blessed with amazing relatives, including my in-laws.


• Computers. Because hey, I'm posting this, right?


• Coursera, even if I am presently playing the “which courses do I keep and which do I drop” game because there are too many I'm vaguely interested in all at the same time. Actually, maybe ESPECIALLY because of that.


• The amazing YMCA Wilsonville day care/pre school that my boys go to. A wonderful group of people, and thank goodness for all they do for the boys, which goes far beyond simply caring for them even before they're officially in preschool.


• Ian's parrotting of words. He's learning some fairly complex pronunciations (for an under-two) and becoming increasingly comprehensible to people who don't know him well. Last night, he was echoing whatever got said for a while. “Chocolate” was the one that stuck in my mind – which is a pity, because some of the others were more hilarious and less expected from a kid.


• Lactase supplements from Rite Aid can be bought in bottles. Which means you can carry them around without crushing them to powder. EXCELLENT.


• Patient friends, even if I did basically barely say hi to them last night.


• A comfy house to be at home IN.


• Chocolate. And caramels. And chocolate-coated caramels.


• Airplanes, even if I'm not using them at the moment myself.


• My coworkers, who are wonderful people to work with.


• Root beer. Minor? Yes. Yummy? Yep!


• Progress made on cleaning, however slight.


• Warm blankets fresh from the dryer.


• Sunlight.


• Trees turning colors in the fall. And the effect of the sunlight on their colors.


• Rain, and water in general.


• Music.


• Any of you that has read this far...and those of you who didn't. My family, friends, and coworkers rock.

Comments

[technoshaman]

A damn fine list for an otherwise sucky week. Good healing to you, my friend.

[kyrielle]

Thank you. :)

[lemon_badgeress]

talk to me more about this oyster? they're pissing me off because apparently they won't let me find out what they actually /offer/ until AFTER I give them money, and fuck that.

[kyrielle]

Yeah that bit sucks. I was lucky - several things I wanted to read were in the title blob picture. Also if you go to their blog, they list several topics highlighting books in them. And if there are things you are interested in, I'll search and let you know.

I'm not sure if it's a business plan to not let you search, or just a less-critical feature since they're still new.

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Ugh, sorry to hear things are so unpleasant right now. Hope next week is much better!

[kyrielle]

Thank you, so do I!