Thursday:
- Seeing my old boss, and that we still enjoy each other as much as we ever did.
- Getting a fabulous and long-overdue haircut.
- Finally finding the shade of lipstick I’ve been searching for, for months.
- Store manager, who doesn’t really know me like that, addressing me as “Hey beautiful”. (We ladies don’t put ourselves together to be completely overlooked, you know! Compliments are always welcome!)
Friday:
- Co-workers noticing my lips having color for the first time in half-a-year, and liking the color. (Thankful, too, that they were honest to tell me when the couple I tried out during that time was not cutting it for whatever reason I actually already knew, but was giving a chance anyway.)
- Families in the congregation gathering for dinners in each others’ homes, and that I attended when I wanted to cancel and stay home alone.
Saturday:
- Much-needed, long naps!
- A mom that’s flexible and understanding … more-so than I am with her.
- The best humidifier available in local stores being on sale for 30% off, and having the cash (though I don’t really have the money at all), to buy it.
Sunday:
- Feeling better! A humidifier really does make a difference in one’s ability to deal with sickness!
- Feeling better! I don’t know where the money I spent on the humidifier is going to come from with all the disconnect notices I’m getting, but it’s always a relief to know that the money you’ve just decided to spend has been a good investment and not wasted.
Monday:
- An employer who offers even just a few paid sick days, and the sense to finally utilize one to keep getting better and not push myself too hard.
- A ‘free’ day at home with the kids.
- All the hand-me-downs we’ve been blessed with.
- Having the opportunity to weed through a ton of clothes, and coming up with 4 trash bags’ full of kids’ outgrown clothes to free myself of, and bless others with.
Tuesday:
- Qdoba’s for lunch! And co-workers who get it from several towns away for you.
- Patient landlords who are nice when they stop by after I don’t return their phone calls (because I’m sick, though I still should have called) asking why I haven’t paid rent, and still patient when I say it’s going to be another week before I can.
Wednesday:
- Having a second sick day to take off, since the dry air at the office made me feel really awful yesterday, with regards to my sinus and ear infection.
- My ear draining a lot last night.
- The ‘free’ time to go through kid #2′s clothes, and get rid of everything outgrown that doesn’t need to be taking up space.
- The stubbornness God has gifted me with, which allows me to stick to my own convictions and principles and beliefs, regardless of the oh-so-intense pressure from outside forces.
- The friend I’ve been blessed with who will stand up for me, even in my absence, against those outside forces.
- The body God has given me, which can fight off infection without use of harmful antibiotics, and the experience he’s given me to learn and know that this is true.
I failed to start this post ahead of time, so I could easily add things to it as the week went along. I sat down on Wednesday to pound it out, and my mind was blank. I couldn’t think of anything clearly. But it’s true what they say: the hardest part is getting started. Because once I got the first event noted, the rest filled in themselves. I’ve got quite a lot to be thankful for this week!
(And then after all that, the post didn’t publish when it was scheduled to! Sorry about it being a day late in showing up.)