Count Your Blessings Tuesday on a Wednesday

Today I am grateful for:

• my upcoming 5 year anniversary :)
• a nice weekend with perfect weather and good health!
• my moon photo... I can't stop staring at it
• my date with Beeps-- long overdue and so nice!
• patience... I don't really have a lot but I'm grateful for every bit I can muster
• the family that C and I have created-- I feel that with all the dysfunctional examples that we have, we've come out unscathed.  I love the traditions and values that we are instilling in T
• play time outside.  I love watching T play outside and talking to our neighbors 

Super Moon!

I've wanted to take a picture of the moon like this for a LONG time.  Check off from bucket list ;)

This weekend...

Nobody will get sick, our heater won't break, it will not be cold and raining and I WILL enjoy it. I'm glad our weekend is not packed with plans other than a birthday party tomorrow and a photo shoot on Sunday.  What are YOUR weekend plans?

Count Your Blessings Tuesday

Today I am grateful for:

• LIFE-- it seems so trivial the things I am grateful for when others on the other side of the world are thankful to just find out their loved one is alive or to be able to drink clean water.  Click here to see how insignificant these things we have become when this is your reality.

...now on to the "trivial":

• C and his thoughtfulness :)  
• compliments and learning how to take them
• SUNSHINE at 6pm-- I come back alive in the Spring and Summer
• a little boy who will randomly tell me he loves me and will sometimes crawl into my lap for some cuddles-- how much longer will he do this for?
• finding out I have Monday off from class so I can work on the project--woo!
• friends that stick by me and understand that I have fallen off the face of the Earth because of my packed schedule... I promise to be back and have a life as soon as I am done with grad school!

Random thoughts...

• I'm glad to be feeling better after laying in bed for two days
• I'm sad that my sick days are all gone
• I'm glad to have presented at my PD today and have it over with
• I'm disturbed by the state of my house after being out of commission for two days
• I need a time out sometimes... like a for real sitting in the corner to reflect on things time out
• I need grad school to be over so I can actually have a social life-- one where I can meet up with friends and not have to worry about all the extra crap that has to get done
• I'm happy to be working out again after my sick days
• I'm hopeful that by the summer I won't mind my bathing suit as much
• Giving up chocolate so far has not been a struggle.... however, I had a stomach bug for a couple of days and I'm sure that helped!
• I need a mani/pedi/wax stat
• I can't get Japan and all the destruction out of my mind (keeping them in my prayers)
• I am scared to go to work on Monday and find piles of work just waiting for me but in comparison to the above, not so bad

Happy Weekend!