First I just want to tell Grace that I haven’t changed my mind. 😉
ahem…
This is always a quiet week around the office. Lots of folks taking extra days off due to the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Here at the University where I work, we get the Friday after Thanksgiving off instead of Columbus Day. This decision was made by the employees. We are a diverse and politically correct group of folks. Most days I can go with this flow. I’m all for including instead of excluding. Or remembering history the way it really was instead of how the winners tell you it should be.
In AA November is Gratitude Month. I’m sure this is a direct result of Thanksgiving. And I? Love it. While I don’t go for the party line story of the original Thanksgiving and sometimes I think the Indians Native Americans Tribes should have given us what for instead of the food, I can’t help but love the idea of having a feast that revolves around the idea of being grateful for what we have, what is right in front of us.
I’m grateful for many things today and thought I’d take a little inventory.
I’m grateful for:
- The sky, the earth, the air, the trees, the path I’m on
- The Beloved who honors all of me
- My family whose generosity and giving hearts have a lot to do with why I’m still on this green and blue rock in this body
- My sponsor who makes my life so interesting
- The rain that patters on my roof and makes me smile when I’m in bed reading and I hear it’s arrival
- The crows that gather at my home AND office
- That I have enough in this age of never enough
- That I have 4 days off this week
- That I think I finally have a migraine medication that works YAY!
- That the universe has a sense of humor
- The warmth of a glowing fire
- Crispy turkey skin
- Hugs
- Blogs, pagan or otherwise
- Paganality
- Books
- The new black sweats I am wearing to work that don’t look like sweats but they sure are cozy
- That the part of the family that lives in France is coming for Christmas
- That I am aware of and access my creativity on a regular basis
- That I am sober and alive
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I haven’t changed MY Mind either…In fact, after reading this..I’m totally convinced! (It was the crispy Turkey Skin that did it! ;-)…)
Aren’t crows just amazing???? I have them all over the Tree House and here in the office, too. (OK…how did YOU manage to get to wear sweats to work? LOL ;-)…) Going to LOVE having 4 days off…I just want to lounge. Eat. Read. Walk. Write. Cry maybe. Laugh definitely. Take naps. NOT have to drive the fucking commuter traffice (it takes almost an hour to go 12 miles… one way).
((( Cyn ))) Migraines SUCK. I got alot of them during the first year I started to miss my periods. I’d have a really sudden hot flash (at, almost always, around 4 a.m.), and my head would just pound. If I took something right then, it warded them off (OTC – Excedrin Migraine works for me).
Where do you live? Any chance you’re in So. Cal? LOL
I’m in the opposite of Southern Califoria, Seattle Washington. Glad you asked I was wondering where you were too. It would be cool to hook up some day. If we’re ever in the neighborhood…
As for sweats at work, I’m a webmaster so classy sweats is dressing up for my ilk. But it feels so very radical to this woman raised by parents who married in the 50’s and our rules about dress and professionalism.
I carve the turkey every turkey holiday. My mom thinks I’m sweet. I’m really just a mercenary. I get more skin that way.
My migraines are definitely hormonal and have always been a part of my cycles. Usually I get on my second day. But this one was during ovulation. No regular anything these days. So looking forward to the end.