Hi everyone. I’ve really been struggling lately, which is one reason I haven’t written much. To get myself out of my rut, I thought I’d share a gratitude list. As usual, I’m joining Ten Things of Thankful or #TToT for short. Here goes.
1. I am grateful for salami pizza. We ordered delivery from the local Italian restaurant on Sunday and I had this.
2. I am grateful for the night staff who helped me calm even the slightest bit on Sunday night when I was experiencing severe mood dysregulation.
3. I am grateful for a new book to immerse myself into. I’m reading a collection of short, autobiographical stories from a Dutch GP.
4. I am grateful for relatively good weather again over the past week. We’ve hardly had any rain and, though the temperature was quite low for my liking, at least it wasn’t freezing.
5. I am grateful my abdominal discomfort seems almost gone. I think I’ve finally reached the right dosage of magnesium. We aren’t to evaluate it with my GP until sometime next week though. Fingers crossed.
6. I am grateful my assigned home staff has returned to work part-time again. Like I mentioned before, she had been on sick leave since late September, but she seems to be recovering. She worked part of my day activities shift on Tuesday and my evening one-on-one today.
7. I am grateful for white chocolate. I bought myself a chocolate bar yesterday. I have it in my locked kitchen cupboard so that I can’t consume it all at once, but that way I do enjoy it more.
8. I am grateful for new essential oils. I ordered cypress, mandarin and lavender. Lavender, I’d had before but had used up. The others, I’d never used before. I did have to throw out a few others that I either didn’t like or that had expired, but that’s okay.
9. I am grateful I finished my polymer clay owl. Some people think it looks more like a turkey, but oh well. I’ll write a separate post on how I made it with more pictures later.
10. I am grateful for my staff. I have been extremely depressed lately and have been convinced that they should and will abandon me. While I heard from the manager yesterday that three staff are indeed leaving my care home, this apparently has nothing to do with me and the staff I have the best relationship with, aren’t leaving (yet).
What are you grateful for?
A Multitude of Musings 
Your owl is really, really cute! I hope you are feeling better soon, just think of all the good things in your life.
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Thanks for the compliment on my owl. I will try to think of all the good things indeed. That’s why I made a gratitude list.
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I’m so sorry you’ve been struggling a lot and are feeling so insecure about the staff leaving because of you. I’m also glad that they have been helpful for you in this difficult time. It’s also great to hear that your abdominal discomfort has finally lessened significantly, and that your assigned home staff is back part-time.
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Thank you so much. Unfortunately, my abdominal discomfort does seem to be back, although it’s somewhat different now from when I was still on a higher dose of magnesium.
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Oh no, that’s such a bummer! I hope this time its cause will be easier to identify and deal with.
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I’m afraid not. I think I may need to go off magnesium entirely before the doctor is going to look into any other causes.
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I am grateful for being alive and in very good health for my age. The sun is shining this morning and all seems to be well with the world.
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Thank you for sharing. That brings a smile to my face.
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I enjoy reading your gratitude lists. 💖
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I am so glad you do. 🙂
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an awesome gratitude list, Astrid!
I love pizza, and chocolate!
Glad you are having less abdominal discomfort now! This is good news!
So glad your engrossed in a new book, too! Xx
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Thank you so much for stopping by. Indeed, pizza and chocolate are great.
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‘cellent TToT post.
(I always catch weather-related grats… we are in that portion of the year I do not enjoy*)
Nice work with the owl. (Like one of those illusion pictures, I see the owl first, but if I look ‘starting on the left’ I can see a turkey.)
A Grat list is always a productive diversion.
Have a good week.
*after Summer ends and the middle of Summer, lol
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Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I love your perspective on my clay work as an optical illusion. I also love weather-related thankfuls, which is why I tend to include them a lot.
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Such a really great list of things to be thankful for #MMBC
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Thank you so much for saying that. 🙂
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It’s a delightful owl, and i don’t blame you for locking up the chocolate. It’s one thing to say resist temptation, but when you can’t get the key, it’s much easier!
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Thank you. Yes, I agree, it’s easier to resist temptation when I can only get some chocolate when I ask the staff to open the cupboard for me.
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The owl is really cute! You could make a turkey pretty easily from the same pattern, too! Add a snood and a wattle and you’d have it!
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LOL, thanks for sharing that awesome idea. I might give it a try.
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Cute little owl! Whether one sees it as an owl or as a turkey, it is still cute.
I am trying to figure out if the Dutch GP is a General Practitioner doctor, or a Dutch Grand Prix winner, or something else. If I am totally off base with this guess, at least perhaps I made you laugh. HaHa
I totally get the feeling of needing to lock up or hide something one graves to avoid overindulging.
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Thanks for your compliment about the owl. The Dutch GP is a doctor and you definitely made me chuckle.
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Love your owl Astrid. And I’m sorry you’ve been unwell and feeling depressed.
Your list made me question what I am thankful for.
Well, firstly, I thank God that I opened my eyes this morning and woke to a brand new day. What a treasure that was. I often, nearly every day, think that this day could be my last. It helps me to prioritize the important things.
Secondly, I’m thankful for those important things, especially, my family – 9 children, 25 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren .
And the list could go on, my faith, my friends, and then, best of all my dear husband who I share all my thankfuls wit. xxx
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Oh, I am so grateful you are alive and able to come to my blog to share your gratefuls! Thank you for stopping by.
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