Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)

It is Sunday, and I am grateful …

... for a very successful NaNoWriMo half-way party.

... for being half-way with my words.

... that I could borrow the power cables for the laptops I promised to supply.

... for the people who worked on this Sunday to keep our electricity coming.

... that carrot cake makes such a delicious supper.

It is Saturday, and I am grateful …

... that I no longer feel like hiding my car. That’s how dirty it was.

... for DEET that keeps the mosquitoes at bay.

... for help with the paper collection and the repair of the collection box.

... for the novelty of liver for supper.

... that my old laptop is still in good running order.

... that I’m within striking distance of 22 000 words on NaNoWriMo.

It is Friday, and I am grateful …

... for a good meeting and party.

... for a chance to visit the sailing club again, and experience the lightning reflected off the water.

... that my car has four-wheel drive so that I could get it out of the hole I parked it in.

... that I realized what I’m doing in the lab now is part of my vision of what should be, even though it is as yet a very imperfect implementation and has to do with the apparently time-consuming obstacles I have to overcome.

... for the way the worry disappears once the phone call is made.

It is Thursday, and I am grateful …

... for positive feedback on sometimes painful growth.

... that I found the short circuit.

... for the symmetrical, separated clusters of bubbles I saw in my wake in the pool today. It means I’m getting some style in my swimming.

... for people who ask uncomfortable questions.

... for people who ask the right questions.

It is Wednesday and I am grateful …

... that I have been able to persuade a stranger to try Toastmasters.

... that I’m half-way through week two of NaNoWriMo and I’m holding together well.

... for the person who discovered that cold water is the best treatment for slight burns.

... that a lying, cheating bastard got sent on his way.

... for a lift into work this morning.

It is Tuesday, and I am grateful …

... that the thermocouples are now working properly.

... that I’m on target with NaNoWriMo.

... that for the second day running I wrote in the morning.

... for a family picture from a friend I don’t talk to often enough.

... that I’ll be home before dark

It is Monday, and I am grateful …

... that I got something figured out today.

... that I can have naps at work.

... that I can declutter when I’m stuck or too sleepy to work.

... for the slow way that knowledge grows. I don’t have to wait for the ‘Aha!’s’.

... for the power of my plans book.

... that in six month’s time it will be the end of mosquito season.

It is Sunday, and I am grateful …

... for an improved word-count.

... for the Wrimos who turned up at the write-in.

... that my paper-collection box is now repaired.

... that I could pit my repair skills against the broken stop-watch and get it to work again. Its a warning against buying cheaply, but what can one do if that was all the shop had to offer?

... for a washing machine that can do so much laundry in such a short time, and sunshine and a breezy morning that dried it all quickly.

... for the thunderstorm we’re having right now.

It is Saturday, and I am grateful …

... that I got a thousand words down despite everything that happened today.

... for the people who helped us load our stuff at the Green Market.

... for doctors, and that they work on Saturdays, and that they could help my brother.

... for an ambitious young man. Not only is he the kind of person the country needs, he might even sell some of our firelighters.

... that I found the source of the roof sheeting made of recycled plastic.

It is Friday, and I am grateful …

... that I found how to get a stable, accurate signal.

... for progress in the gym.

... for a nice supper waiting when I got home.

... that a small plan is coming together.

... that lack of sleep is not a killer disease.