Gratitude Journal Entry

it’s one of those days that i woke up, well, kinda giddy.  grateful as hell.  happy for what i’m seeing happening in this world, and in my own world, even with those out there who ooze cynicism, elitist attitudes, selfishness and closed hearts & minds.  there is SO much good out there, and today i just wanted to get back to the good ol’ fashioned Gratitude Journal Entry…

1) I’m listening to “Groovy People” by Lou Rawls on my record player.  You can’t help but giggle at this silly happy song.

2) My 300 gallon rain cistern JUST trickled it’s last drop from the rains it caught back in the spring.  Dang that’s cool – watered the front & side gardens all summer  long and into the start of fall.  Suh-WEET!

3) The girls across the street at Cafe Eleven are just great.  I always go in there with a book and never open it up because we chat the whole time.  And they make a great turkey veggie pesto sammie (or just veggie, depending on my mood).

4) I sat out in my driveway and weeded for an hour in the 75 degree sunshine.  Not bad for October 6th.  Some are complaining but I say, DUDE, the rains will be here soon enough.  Autumn in P-town is the best best best!

5) Yesterday a professional colleague I had coffee with called me a “force of nature”.  Love that kind of compliment!  Had me smiling ear to ear.

6) An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr.  So, so classic.

7) Knowing my honey will be here in under 10 days.  Yayyyyy!  He has added to my life in so many unexpectedly wonderful ways, it is just….right.

8) The fact that even after so many years, I still whoop it up whenever I fill a position – giving great news to my clients and my candidates NEVER gets old – I totally love what I do and these past 3 months since I my new business have gone way beyond my wildest expectations.

9) A giant bowl of Italian sweet red tolles peppers from the garden (it’s been a good year for peppers, relatively speaking) on my kitchen counter.

10) I’m going to be WWOOF-ing in Tasmania with my honey in February in a really eco-rific setting.  How rad is that.

11) As of Monday my student loans will be 50% paid off.  Holy shit.  I never thought something like this would be so emotional, but when your loans equate closer to a mortgage than a car loan, you can understand why I am grateful.  Damn grateful.  Teary-eyed grateful.

Yeah sure I’m still dealing with near-constant insecurity, am preparing for the effects of the upcoming 4th anniversary of my father’s death, and miss my pup in ways that still tear me to the core, but these things I am working on, every single day.  I am healing.

One more thing:  I always, every day, every breath I take, am grateful for the friends at all levels who surround me with their awesomeness, whether they realize it or not.  Big, big, BIG love for them that words can never properly describe, but I still say it.  Thank you for seeing me for me, appreciating me despite my eccentricities, and helping me see more than I ever could have imagined on my own.

xoxo