Thursday, March 5, 2026

Thankful Friday, March Edition

 It's been an interesting week, to say the least. I drove back from South Carolina, had some church stuff and Girl Scouts on Sunday, a slew of doctors appointments on Monday, and oh yeah, apparently we are now at war with Iran. :/  I'm still thankful for a lot, including:

1. I'm not traveling internationally right now. I can't imagine living in the middle east and suddenly missiles are headed your way, or getting stranded somewhere because you were trying to catch a connecting flight in Doha (which I have done in the past).

2. Health Insurance and pretty good health. I'm trying to knock out all of my preventative healthcare visits for the year (minus eyedoctor in July), so I have a slew of doctors appointments for a couple of weeks. Other than my angry shoulder though (x-rays and PT), everything is preventative, which is awesome.

3. It's mom's birthday! I managed to get her a Costco cake for VIPS and get her TO the VIPS meeting, so I think she had a really good day. I'll take her out for dinner sometime next week to spread out the celebration too.

4. My snow has melted! When I left for South Carolina, my yard was still 2/3 covered in snow and I had -just- managed to clear my deck of the ice. When I came home, all the snow is gone! Then of course we had an inch on Monday, but that melted pretty quickly. I love snow, but I'm also ready for spring.

5. Work is going well. I wasn't sure how working 60% was going to go, but I seem to be able to get my workload done, and my projects are going well, so that's a win-win.

6. My mojo is back a little bit. Sometimes I have a little bit of seasonal depression in January/February, and it can be hard to get things done, even things I'm excited about doing. Somehow the calendar flipping to March has helped, so I can feel more in control of my time. (Such as scheduling a bagillion doctors appointments.)