Year 1 Day 192: sleeping in, weird cat, gf cupcakes

I appreciate:

Year 1 Day 191: cool new improv, prius love, sweet streets

I appreciate:

Getting to try cool new stuff with my classmates in HUGE 501. Silent improv is fun!
That my sweetie always lets me drive the Prius. 🙂
The fun game my daughter and I invented when we were out today. It’s based on a street we passed called Brownie Road. The game is to come up with alliterative bakery item street names. It’s fun!

I appreciate:

Big, fearless, joyful improv like Show X last night. Thank you, Rita and Jill, for your stunning animal portrayals. I’ll never look at a squoose the same way again… 😉
Learning to be gentle. With all that’s going on lately, my mood is up and down and up and down. It’s teaching me to be okay with what is in this moment.
YOU! ♥ You wonderful, bright lights circling around me are endlessly fascinating, beautiful, and deeply appreciated.

I appreciate:

The beginning of a week that feels a little bit like a “normal” week — only one short visit to the hospital scheduled!
The birds making a ruckus outside the window. Maybe there’s still hope spring will come….
The hearts and notes Lee-Anne posted a few years ago — and the fact that I copied them to a text file to reuse whenever I want to! ♪♫♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*¨*•.¸¸♪♫♪♥♪♫♪♫*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*♫♪.¸¸♪♫♪

I appreciate:

I appreciate my super-fancy way of numbering. I keep skipping numbers (on the fb page – here I’ve got it figured out! ;)- for no apparent reason. So funny!
I also appreciate that it just occurred to me that I can use my super-expert knowledge of google doc spreadsheets to auto-fill my numbers from now on. 🙂
I appreciate all the components of my gluten- & dairy-free, yet completely satisfying breakfast.

I appreciate:

Hahaha! I know I’m crabby when I start the sentence, “I appreciate…” and in my head I hear a huge growl. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… So I guess I appreciate the cartoon characters in my head. 🙂
I appreciate that for some reason, Droopy Dog has joined the faceless growler in my head.
I appreciate that Jody offered to step in and do the LY presentation at the MS Conference today. I am so unbelievably grateful to be able to stay home today and recover from this week.

I appreciate:

Gmail’s spam filter for saving me so much time. Good filter!
All the goofy, fun times we’ve had with GracieDog during the past 10 years. Good dog.
Our vet, for being so gentle with Gracie – and with us – as we go through Gracie’s last days. Good vet.

I appreciate:

That I managed to save my sister-in-law’s delicious gf cookies for later instead of calling them breakfast.
That waking up at 4 am + Melanie’s gift of gf muffin mix = banana muffins for breakfast (remember, instead of cookies??)
Knowing that I can take a nap this afternoon and possibly even get some work done then!
That we’re on the road to Pat’s recovery.
That I’m past the half-year mark in my year of posting daily gratitudes. I didn’t even notice. This practice has been so incredibly helpful – especially lately. Coolio. 🙂

We appreciate:

The beautiful view out the window
The sunshine
The chemo drugs that will help Pat return to good health
The sunny disposition of our chemo nurse, Emily.
Coming home this evening to another delicious meal! I don’t know when I’ve felt so pampered….
And I appreciate the kind look from the pharmacist tonight when I was sorting out which meds Pat is supposed to start tonight. It was so full of gentleness & sympathy. So sweet.

I appreciate:

Last night’s laughter yoga for reminding me that I like smiling (smiling’s my favorite)!
Melanie and Mary for their infectious, amazing laughs and encouraging words. (And thank you, Melanie, for the gf muffin mix. I can’t wait to try it. ♥ )
Show X – oh, how I missed you! Thank you, Mike and Eric, for all your shoe/misdirection/slow clap games, and Jill for your movie synopses, and Tim for your line, “Someone went to Tom and made him not alive.” 🙂
Good cancer news. No cancer in the bone marrow. Yay!
Our amazing vets for their gentleness with Gracie and for helping us figure out ways to keep her more comfortable and encourage her to eat.
The truly incredible support of our friends. After our long, long day today, (hospital all morning, vet all afternoon) Terri’s delivery of Thai food at the end of the day was the most amazing gift. So delicious (way better than the toast I’d’ve made) and we felt so exquisitely cared for. We are feeling blessed. ♥