Tonight, I am feeling quite grateful for many things. Let’s see, there is:
1. my gratitude for the absolutely wonderful, peaceful, cheerful young woman who has taken possession of SD#2’s body. She laughs at things I say. She answers my questions. She asks me how I make my grilled cheese sandwiches so gooey! She does her homework at the kitchen table and she and her sister help each other with homework. Oh, I hope she stays for a while!
2. my gratitude for a productive day at work. I finished the budget for my grant proposal and was able to include funds to address the last remaining dark spot in the formerly-troubled program.
3. my gratitude for freecycle.org. I posted our old, ratty sofa and have at least 3 people who want to take it off our hands! I think it is a great way to get rid of some things.
4. my gratitude for progress on getting the house ready for sale. Tonight we found some rather inexpensive light fixtures to go outside the front door and garage door. The handyman will be here tomorrow to do a lot of the little things that need to be done, the painter should be here in the next week or so, my sister will be working on the landscaping for us next week, and then we should be just about ready to see how long it takes to sell a house in this economy.
5. my gratitude for the hope, joy and excitement which always fill my spirit when the new school year starts. It just feels right to me.