It’s Friday again! I am not a big fan of the week-end, but I like Fridays nonetheless. I don’t relly know why. Maybe it’s just that they’re blue in my mind’s eye’s synesthetic perception and blue is my favorite color. Who knows?
Friday also means it’s time to link up with #TToT again. Here are the things I’ve been thankful for this past week.
1. Tarot apps. I don’t really believe in the spiritual basis of tarot, but I wanted to learn it anyway to use as a thought-starter. I read up about it on some blogs, but didn’t know how to make it work for myself, as I, being blind, cannot use real tarot cards. After looking for a while though, I found some accessible-with-VoiceOver tarot apps. Of course, I still miss out on the visual aspects, but I can still reflect on the card meanings.
2. Gratitude journaling. Okay, yeah, I am doing this now, but I also have been doing it in an iPhone app this past week. I couldn’t manage to do it daily, but I managed two tims since installing the app on Monday. It does help me.
3. Yet another extra afternoon at day activities. This was just once though. Because my support coordinator was off sick and my support worker or mother-in-law couldn’t come either, the staff got the manager’s permission to let me stay at day activities on Wednesday afternoon. It was really nice.
4. Horseback riding with my mother-in-law. My support worker couldn’t come on Thursday to go riding with me, but my mother-in-law could. It was a lot of fun.
5. Dinner with my in-laws. Alos yesterday, I decided on a whim to go have dinner with my in-laws. I was scared my husband would be mad with me for it, but thankfully he wasn’t. We ate delicious macaroni.
6. My fabulous husband. Need I say more? I just love him.
7. Good food. My husband has been experimenting with healthier food choices. On Tuesday, he made zucchini noodles. When on Wednesday he made rutabaga (Swedish turnip) fries, I was a little suspicious. However, I liked it.
8. A lie-in on Thursday. I didn’t have anything to do except for horseback riding at 4:30, so I slept in till 11AM. I also listened to some relaxing music in bed.
9. Relaxing in the snoezelen (sensory) room. On Tuesday, I took my phone into the sensory room with me and listened to whale sounds and music while lying on the water bed. I also took time to relax in the sensory room on Wednesday morning.
10. Chatting to a former nurse. Yesterday, a former nurse from the acute psychiatric ward I spent sixteen long months on in 2007-2009, sent me a text message. It wasn’t intended for me, so I told him who I was and that he probably had texted the wrong Astrid. He started chatting to me anyway. I don’t have a lot of memories of that time, but I did remember him.
What have you been thankful for this past week?
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The sensory room sounds very relaxing. I think I would probably fall asleep!
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Yes, sometimes I falll asleep in the sensory room too.
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A lovely week, and a blessing that when any particular thing did not work out, another popped up in its place.
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Sounds like you had quite a relaxing week and spent time with wonderful people on the phone as in the real world as well.
Have a nice week!
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sounds like an enjoyable week… despite the vegetables*
the sensory room sounds interesting… we have a waterbed here at home, but I suspect its not quite the same thing
have a good week!
*lol… I do like corn and tomatoes but most not
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If there was a sensory room with soothing music, beautiful blue and green colors, and a waterbed that I could actually get in and out of easily, it would be something I totally would enjoy.
I’ve only eaten rutabagas raw. I hadn’t heard of them being fixed as fries. I’m glad that you liked them.
Glad you had a good week.
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