Thankful: Day 6

Today I am thankful for this:

 

I have some really great friends.  I have a sweet hubby who makes me laugh a lot.  My entire family means the world to me.  But there is only one person on this earth who:

calls me the morning of the presidential election to tell me she doesn't know who she's voting for  (neither do I)

listens as I rant on about how I don't like a person, place or thing

(neither does she)

lets me yell at her and then pretends that I didn't

(and doesn't even expect me to say I'm sorry)

makes me feel like everything I say, do, feel and think is completely normal

(this is not easy to do)

I'm thankful for my sister.

Thankful: Day 5

Today I am thankful for Yoga Mondays.  Usually when Rob is gone I spend my time being strange and unproductive.  I shop after work, eat takeout in my car and meander home around 7:30 with the intention of running on the treadmill.

Two hours later, I realize I've been sitting on my couch for 120 minutes.  Looking at my phone or computer or both.  And then I sleep there. Sometimes in my work clothes.  Like I said...strange.

But not on Yoga Mondays.  On Yoga Mondays, I spend my working hours drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water.  I go to my natural chiropractor to get snapped back into alignment.  I take the prescribed overdose of Fish Oil and vitamin B, C & E.  And I follow up all this holistic preparation with 1.5 hours at Hot Yoga.  Today I focused on my breathing and I truly completely let go of everything that was annoying me--work, student loans, and Facebook friends who post their political views and affiliation.   I felt so happy, so balanced, so calm.  I think if I'd gotten a deep paper cut, I would have bled green-tea. 

Yoga Mondays are a perfect way to start my week and I'm thankful for them.  It should be noted that this was my first Yoga Monday...but it's not my last. 

Thankful: Day 1, 2, 3, 4

"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone."
G. B. Stern 

I'm going to use the month of November to show daily gratitude.  Since we're already on the 4th of the month I'll multiply my thankfulness (x) 4 today.  

I'm thankful for routine chaos.  And occasional days of nothingness.

Our schedule changes every week.  Since Rob spends three or four workdays in Dallas, we scramble to get everything in on the two weekdays and two weekend-days we have together.  It's a bit much sometimes, but it keeps life busy and fun.  And it makes me thankful for the days when we have no plans.

I'm thankful for D.E.A.R Sundays.

One or two Sundays a month, when we're in town and not hungover, we walk across the street to  Embassy Suites and pretend we're guests.  Actually, we just walk very blatantly through the front door and make a beeline for the Starbucks counter.  I buy a coffee, Rob takes a "complimentary" newspaper.  And then we walk our little criminal selves back home to DEAR.

(Drop Everything And Read)

I love it so much.  Right now I'm reading The Art of Fielding.  Sofar, Sogood.

 [D.E.A.R aftermath]

I'm thankful for Sunday walks

I'm thankful for Revenge.

 We never miss it.  It's the perfect end to a routine or chaotic weekend and it always gives me something to look forward to on a Sunday night--to keep me from thinking about Monday morning.