ack gratitude

ack, ack, ack.

that said. i am grateful for:

1) the tests being over on friday

2) a. coming to town! yay.

3) seeing someone reading “the hope” on the subway tonight

4) steve waldman for creating beliefnet and employing me. tonight’s farewell party for him reminded me why it’s a force for good and i’m lucky to be a part of it.

5) talking with f. about etheric access in nyc. so long since i’ve talked about anything mystical with anyone.

6) the tech team for saving me. i was the only person left at the office while everyone else was at the party (aside from j.–thanks for waiting while i cursed), publishing the stupid, non-publishing homepage. it’s amazing how that nightly act (and its technological quirks) brings up so much stuff in one burst–not feeling heard or supported or acknowledged, mostly by the little elves who live inside the machines. and then how all of that can be erased in one fell supportive swoop by a tech team that can pull out a laptop while eating middle eastern food and take care of everything. the words, “we’re on it,” were actually truly healing. a flood of that feeling of being supported, hauled up, relieved of burden. and tonight’s awesome irony, i was publishing a lead on gratitude lists. all a great big metaphor, these stories we live.

7) h. coming to town, yay! so nice to see you in real-time, m’dear.

8) really good baklava from turkish kitchen

9) apples

10) shakti. increasing amounts of shakti i’m not sure how to channel. what to do with extra electric energy? i need a mr. miyagi.

11) home. when home feels like home.