Thankful Thursday | we have a crack
This week, I am thankful:
that we can get Zoe's windshield fixed for free
Her windshield has a crack spanning the whole windshield, and it seems to have been started by a single ding, perhaps from a rock.
Luckily, this is not my first rodeo with cracked windshields, and I knew we had full, no-deductible glass coverage through our insurance.
Sooo, today a guy is coming to install a new windshield on her car, right in the driveway. Yay!
And she gets new wiper blades too. Double yay!
Honestly, overall, it's a win if your windshield goes kaput every now and then, because a free new one is pretty nice. 😉
that we are probably done with significant snow/ice for this year
We are almost through February, and it's fairly rare for us to get frozen precipitation in March.
I mean, I could be wrong. But more than likely, spring weather is on its way. Yay!
I do always feel a slight sense of dread associated with spring weather, though, and that's because it's closely followed by summer weather.
And summer weather is a struggle for me.
I try not to think about that, though, so that I can just enjoy spring. 🙂
that I am over halfway through this eight-week class
This is week five of eight, and I have had exactly zero crash-outs over this class.
Every single week, I feel thankful that this class is better than my last one!
Slowly, slowly, I am getting closer to having my four-year degree in hand.
that my life skills are coming in handy for my BSN classes
I am doing a lot of writing, which is something I've practiced for years.
And I also have assignments that involve recording myself talking, which is something that would have terrified past me.
But, I have recorded myself pretty often for social media posts, so I have completely gotten over the horror of listening to my own voice. Ha. I think that makes these assignments much easier.
for the snacks in the tele room
Sometimes our patients are on portable telemetry monitors for their hearts, and when the tele packs are no longer needed, we carry them down to the tele room.
Technically, I can delegate this task to my tech, but I sometimes choose to carry the pack down myself because the tele room has a basket of snacks.
And sometimes a hungry nurse just really needs a little packet of junk food as a boost. 😉
that my piano is freshly tuned!
It had gone a little funky and I kept thinking, "Oh, I should let my tuner know." But then the other day, I got a reminder email about a prescheduled tuning. Sweet.
Now I can play octaves again without hurting my ears. 😉
for the treat that it is to drive my car
I'm kinda fresh into the experience of owning my dream car, which means I'm still pinching myself when I drive it or when I see it in the parking lot.
Yesterday, when I was driving home, I was thinking about how this car feels like such a tangible result of my hard work because I paid for it with my nursing paychecks. Very satisfying. 🙂
This week I am particularly thankful that we found a dog park with a separate section for small dogs. It's been a joy watching our pup run like the wind as she is always on a leash or in a small fenced-in area outside our back door. Free entertainment and exercise for all of us.
Just caught up with yesterday's post, so will start being thankful for:
- legumes! They are a frugal girl's dream, especially when bought dry.
- that our dear cat is more stuck to my husband, which leaves me to work on the computer or otherwise generally unhindered. Miraculously, he also doesn't care to jump on counters.
Also:
- Immensely thankful for a clear CT scan (routine, post-treatment) and good visit with my oncologist.
- Thankful for my entire medical team the past two years - from ER to inpatient and many steps in between. I only encountered one terrible-for-me doc and one wacky nurse, neither of which I had to see or interact with for long. Everyone else has been solid medically and compassionate as humans.
- That only today and tomorrow are left in this workweek. My cognitive load is too heavy in this stage.
PS - Kristen, very best wishes with your new keyboard. Change is tough! Proud of you for ordering one anyway.
Also thankful for spring's ever closer creeping (although we still have several inches of snow and HUGE piles of it everywhere. But I heard a tufted titmouse singing "it's nearly spring" yesterday morning, and an owl woke me this morning.
Very thankful for a happily retired husband who stays busy, helps others, and helps around the house. He has a camper van and enjoys trips on his own while I'm still working.
Thankful for a natural fiber wardrobe in complimentary colors so I can pretty much grab anything and go for the day.
Also, thankful for the young cat's behavior modification squirt bottle (and really looking forward to him improving).
OK, 6:27 AM and gotta go to school. Have a great day everyone!
Aw, I love summer weather!
Thankfuls:
1. I had a ventilation issue in my apartment for weeks, where it would randomly go off and start humming for long periods of time. It was incredibly frustrating but a technician came and fixed it this week!
2. I enjoyed going out for a meal with colleagues last week (and it was paid for by the union, so even better!). I also got to see a friend after work one evening.
3. I had a lovely Do Nothing Day on Saturday after my busy week.
4. Our ice and snow has finally melted!
5. My repayment plan for student loans is lower than I initially thought, which gives me some breathing room for savings.
Oh! That tangible feeling you mentioned - I have felt that, too. I try to hold onto it for a couple minutes and pat myself on the back for doing what needed to be done so I could enjoy what I currently have. An amazing sensation, really.
This week I am thankful for:
*going to see my daughter and taking her some warm cookies from the oven and hearing all about her promotion and feeling proud and happy for her. A perfect little visit!
*meeting with the retirement account advisor today - getting my ducks in a row and feeling thankful to past Gina who although she struggled, she saved!
*spring has sprung here - happy to have gotten all of my plant babies out of the garage and into the sun. And I see grass growing in my front yard so that's exciting, ha ha.
*No knee pain, very little shoulder pain even with all the lifting of bags of bedding soil this week, lots of walking, feeling healthy. This should really top my list every week!
I am thankful--
For some slightly warmer weather, which means DH can bike to work. He is so much happier and healthier when he bikes to work, as he hates driving. And the warmer weather means I may be able to open windows for the Commodore.
For the experience of taking my college communications class (every major in my college requires it) with DS#4. He's taking it through College Credit Plus, and it's been actually kind of fun both taking the class and 'teaching' it to him, as it's online. We both got As on our first papers, which delighted him. He's surprising himself by actually remembering quite a few of the terms from the reading assignments when he takes quizzes!
For a good night with DS#3. Yesterday we worked hard on taking in more nutrition and ambulating to the bathroom, and he was determined to not use his bedside commode last night, which made the night much more pleasant and DH and I got more sleep. DS still needs somebody to walk with him, as he is still shaky, but he texted the family group chat at 1 am and DS#2, who was still awake after his 3-11 pm shift at the nursing home, helped him so DH and I slept right through that. Thankful for a family that pulls together.
For the clever way DH arranged the room for DS#3 when we switched his room with DS#1...it's like a small living room now, with places for everyone, so that at dinner time we all pile in and keep DS#3 company, which he loves.
For green tea...I drink maybe one cup a day (sometimes two after a rough night) and I look forward to it every morning. Much better for me than coffee, which is for me a tempting vice, but luckily we don't keep it in the house.
For the illness that required me to cancel my interview with a longterm care facility back in January. At the time I was a bit resentful, but then it dawned on me that I was needed more at home with DS#4 needing homeschooling and DH possibly moving into a higher-responsibility post at work...and then DS#3 had his health crisis, and well, as DH put it, "If you were working even part time right now, we'd be toast." So I am using my nurse aide skills, but at home, and I'm reminded that many times, things work out the way they should!