mid-deadline, pre-flu redux gratitude

i am still coughing and just might have a fever. so. um. right. i am grateful for….

1) spa day with e. at integral. doing our own oatmeal facials and foot scrubs, yoga, good food, shiatsu, chi kung, reiki, talking. so nice.
2) that i have hawthorne valley raw sauerkraut in my fridge
3) emailing with a.
4) facebooking with my 11th grade english teacher and realizing she’s the one who introduced me to the word palimpsest which is her favorite word and because of her is now very high on my list of favorite words. i use it when i can. (and no, she didn’t teach me not to write run-ons. apparently.)
5) being home
6) my mac
7) that i’m still a little bit on a media fast. i’m feeling sort of uninformed and lame, but i’m also liking the extra brain space.
8) kitties on a roomba (see below)
9) that a talk with a friend in some crisis seemed to help him a little. and that it helped me too.
10) remembering this: bird by bird, buddy. bird by bird.