Mmmmm ...

Chocolate milk.

Fast Food

Oh, I hear screaming and wailing! So just listen a minute. I am very thankful that on any given day I can pick and choose - hamburger, pizza, chicken or chinese. It is wonderful to have someone fix a lunch for me. I order, pick a table, get my book out and enjoy an oasis of time away from work. No dishes to wash. I throw my trash away. I return to work refreshed and ready for a few hours more of hustle and bustle.

Let's hear it for fast food! Thanks for providing a quick meal for me. Thanks for waiting on me with a smile and a 'thank you.' I will be back tomorrow or next week for another moment in my fast food oasis.

Birthdays

There is a point in life when one is not quite as excited about a birthday as one was at the age of, say six or ten or 21. That was the case for me this week. I am now 54. For some reason, this 'feels' older than most of the other milestone years that have come and gone. I am already a member of AARP, so that is not causing any fear or trembling. I wonder what it is that is so disquieting this year?

Thankfully, it was a low key day, even though I wore a BIG birthday name tag at work the entire day. Coworkers today asked when was my birthday. Seriously? Yes, they missed the birthday pin, and missed the note on the schedule. I thought that was quite funny.

So, here is to another year, for the gift of time, adequate health and life are among the top ten things for which to be thankful.

Happy days to all!

A good day

I am delighted to report that today was a good day. A Good Day. I do not know why today was so very good. Yesterday was the opposite. I wondered if I would even be able to make it in today. I have been questing for the recipe for a good day for months now. I am no closer to discoving the answer now than before.

I do, however, know that a good night's sleep really helps make any day a better day. I forget, sometimes, how important, how powerful a good night's sleep is. And then, it happens. I sleep a good six hours and wake up feeling almost human.

And lunch with a friend adds to the sense of 'goodness' of any day, too. And lunch at 'The Waterfall' is almost always great.

Here is hoping tomorrow will also be a Good Day.

Doubly thankful today

My mother-in-law gave me a seat heater for my car. I plug it into the cigarette lighter. On those cold, cold days (think 10 degrees, or 10 degrees below zero) the bit of heat it gives off is so appreciated. On the way home, in the dark of early winter evenings, the heat feels great on my back. And I guess that is why it was still plugged in when I got ready to leave this morning. I must have REALLY been enjoying that extra bit of heat. And I was listening to a book, too. Anyway, when I unlocked my car this morning I saw that >gasp< I had not unplugged the seat heater last night. Usually this means a dead battery.

No! No! No! I have had to jump my car once this winter because I did not double check and unplug. And no one is home. No! No! No! But today, the battery was still OK! The car started and off I went to another day at work.

I am thankful my car started, even when I was just plain careless. And I really love that extra heat from the seat heater. I'll be using it again tonight.

I do hope I remember to unplug it tonight.

Hot water ... ah!

I love being able to turn on the faucet and have hot water.

Most people take this for granted. They have always had hot water. What's the big deal?

My grandparents did not have hot running water until the 1960's. That meant putting big heavy pots of water on the stove, getting the water boiling and mixing it with the cold water that was hand pumped. Heavy, hard work. No wonder daily baths were a luxury.

I am so fortunate. If I pay my utilities, I have hot water at any time of the day or night. Life is so good.