find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year

The teacher said she made the tests harder. She did. I still passed.

It’s Saturday. I slept in. Ten whole hours of sleep, after a week with about three to six hours of sleep a night.

I am soooo happy!

After all the awful days, I had a good one today, gave meds and administered my first injection. All went pretty well, considering how nervous I was.

And worked out, legs, and that felt good.

So nap, coffee, and pulling an all-nighter for the test tomorrow.

Went to the Y today, and started working out my back. I have uncorrected scoliosis, and I have found that strengthening the back muscles around my spine is most effective for preventing pain. I also did ab exercises for the core strength.

I feel marvelous.

We applied for a hardship membership at the Y, which was graciously granted. I had been waiting to join tho, cause we had to pay extra in the beginning. We finally had enough, I went to join, and the gentleman working there decided to waive the enrollment fee and give us an extra week. I was so pleasantly surprised, as I did not ask. So we always need extra money, and this was a blessing.

I thanked the Nice Guy profusely.

I have always loved Thanksgiving, the holiday I consider the unwanted red-headed stepchild of holidays. It doesn’t have lots of decor, is not a big money maker, and the stores pass right on over it and have the Christmas decorations out. And yes I know the mythos behind it is bogus, and it’s probably not politically correct with what was done to the Native Americans and all, but heck, I just love the idea of a holiday for gratitude. Bless it’s little giblet-laden heart. As a pagan, I consider it the very last of the harvest festivals, and as someone who loves autumn, well that simply makes me happy too.

Hubby Je and I went to our favorite little diner, noshed on the delicious turkey dinner, and saw our favorite waitress. We are grateful to see her, because she had a stroke earlier this year, and it looked like she wouldn’t make it. But she’s back with her distinctive laugh and her wonderful sense of humor intact. And a gentleman came in, he’s older with a touch of dementia, but still with it in his own sweet way, and played his harmonica with ease and finesse of standard old-timey songs. The entire little diner crowd applauded him again and again. He beamed with joy.

Then we took a very long walk to the beach and down the beach, the boardwalk on these sort of holidays (read: non-partying) has it’s own special feeling, quiet and somewhat mournful: serene. So we walked for a long-time and chatted, and held hands, and all those nice things.

All in all, an entire day of things that make me happy.

Oh my!!!!!! The beginning of a four day weekend. Already indulging in sleep…fun. And all that time to study and maybe even get ahead in school a bit.

I am grateful for many things in my life today.

Depositing the surprise grant money check from the school. We will actually have turkey for Thanksgiving, not noodles!

Getting the Big Project done for school, on time. Three hours sleep. Yawn. Naturally I did not do it to perfection, as I merely followed the guide given to me to a T, and that was not enough. There were uber secret stuff I was supposed to know by osmosis, once again. Dang, I need that secret decoder ring to Read Her Mind.

Preparing to pull an all-nighter to study for the Big Test tomorrow (cookie-baking clinical teacher gave her students today off to prepare, and my teacher, naturally, did not). So coffee is something to be grateful for.

When she tried to intimidate me once again, I did not back down, but quietly held my ground. I am reaching the point of Not Caring, which is good. I am holding to my goal here of ‘not get people who don’t like me to like me.’ I am grateful for that awesome goal, as she clearly does not care for me. I am always polite, tho. Now everyone in the class has done meds but me, some multiple times, and we must do meds to pass. So it’s on her now, I just show up and wait. I am grateful for…

...being me.

I was very depressed, lying in bed. Then I thought to take a second dose of tyrosine and some B vitmins to boost dopamine production. It worked!

It was nice, breezy, blue skies. Sweetness in the air.