Hi everyone. I’m feeling very overloaded today, but it’s too early for me to go to bed or I might wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep. Instead, I’m writing a gratitude post. As always, I’m joining Ten Things of Thankful (#TToT). Here goes.
1. I am grateful I was able to let go of the issue with the staff from two weeks ago.
2. I am grateful for delicious home-cooked couscous, which a staff member who is originally from Morocco shared with me and a few others at the care home on Sunday.
3. I am grateful I beat this same staff member 4-0 in the card game mau-mau again today, but also grateful he beat me on Thursday. I think I told you all last week that he’s learning the game from me, so I love it when he wins (but I love it just a bit more when I win!).
4. I am grateful I was able to try out polymer clay a few times this week. So far, all of my projects failed before I even attempted to bake them, but that’s okay.
5. I am grateful for white chocolate. I consumed quite a bit of it over this week.
6. I am grateful my medication got sorted. It was quite the ordeal last Saturday and I actually called the out-of-hours GP surgery, not knowing that, if my staff said I could cope without meds for a day or possibly two, that meant a doctor had actually said so already. In the end, I got my Saturday morning meds at around 9PM and am now thankfully fully in the electronic medication system.
7. I am grateful for quetiapine. I just took one about half an hour ago and thankfully, it’s calming me.
8. I am grateful for fish. Doubly grateful, in fact. Last Saturday, my staff took me to the marketplace for fish and, this afternoon, the staff ordered fish for everyone at a fish shop in the next town.
9. I am grateful for warm weather. The daytime temperature hardly got below 15°C this past week and, for the past several days, it’s been 18°C.
10. I am grateful for a nice, long walk across institution grounds and through the nearby forest with a fellow resident ant two staff. I regret not having taken my phone with me so that I could have taken pictures.
What are you grateful for?
A Multitude of Musings 
There’s nothing like going to bed with a head full of thankful things. These are good things to meditate on.
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Thank you and I agree wholeheartedly.
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I’ve seen lovely things from the clay but yet to attempt it. Sounds like a tasty week!
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Yes, polymer clay is a really versatile medium with which you can create lovely things. I did have a lot of tasty food indeed.
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Great list Astrid.
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Thanks for saying that.
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You’re welcome
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What wonderful reasons to be grateful. It sounds like you have had a lot to deal with but are doing well in coping. x
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Thanks so much for your kind words. Things unfortunately took a turn for the worse over the past week, so I’m really barely holding on now.
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Today at church, the lesson was about forgiveness and how freeing it is. Being able to let go is something to be thankful for!
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Thanks for saying that! Yes, you’re very right about that.
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I am grateful that my previous cat just turned 17. I had to find a good home for her a while back and the girl that took her loves her and calls her ‘Kitty’. She shares pics of her with me. I miss that cat but it was the best decision for all.
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I am so grateful on your behalf! I do understand you miss her though.
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A lovely gratitude list. The couscous sounds lovely and I bet the walk was nice xxx
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Thanks! Yes, the couscous was definitely amazing!
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#3 made me laugh out loud! I’m thankful that you got Kathleen to join the TToT this week!
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Thank you! I can’t remember what I wrote for #3 but I too am grateful Kathleen joined in.
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“…grateful I was able to let go of the issue…”
I’m glad had this as a Grat. I’m beginning to suspect that not letting go of things I can’t control is going to be a lifelong effort. (lol)
one of the benefits I get from participation at the TToT is when someone mentions something (such as the gratitude of letting go a situation) and I can identify with them.
nothing completely direct, but encouraging that I can also achieve the same.
have a good week
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Thank you. I’m glad identifying with my grateful helped you. Hope you’re having a good week too.
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