misty day gratitude

i am grateful for…

1) this video:

2) this info graphic on how soda affects the body. garkon, more water, please.

3) video ichatting with my girl in pareeeee!

4) these embroidered cowgal boots from the sundance catalog, which i cannot even sort of afford, but which please me deeply to gaze upon.

5) making a dinner of fish, rice, and veggies

6) the mist shrouding us in a kind of chill-out blanket. i know one woman’s romantic fog is another’s melancholy hell, but today it is striking me as pretty, a justified reason to stay indoors and tap away on the ‘puter.

7) not being in a cubicle. the gratitude comes in great waves of relief and contentment to simply be doing my own thing. tomorrow it will be one year since being laid off and i am continuously (continually?) amazed at how good it feels, daily, to be free. anxiety about money often follows, but the good waves are carrying me to actions that hopefully will send the anxiety mostly packing someday.

8) the sound of the dryer

9) getting up early. i know most people know this by age 25, but i’m pleasantly agog at how it expands the day in all the right ways. by noon i am relieved at how much i have done instead of sweaty with shame and fear and “it’ll be ok” talk-downs at how little has gotten done.

10) having a partner who’s my partner in so many good things and different ways. it’s fun.