Daily 5 - Day 107

I think I'm only going to write 5 today, not 10 the way I have been... it's not that it was a bad day, just very, very long, and the things I'm grateful for are large and simple tonight.

1. I'm thankful to have made it home in one piece. On an evening where the roads were like skating rinks, it took me two hours to drive to meet my parents, I had to abandon my car because I couldn't get it up an icy hill, and then we spent three more hours trying to get to my brother's Christmas choir concert before finally giving up (turns out only 11 choir members made it there either!), going so my dad could rescue my car, and get both me and George home, I'm just grateful that there weren't any accidents, and I was incredibly relieved to be out of a moving vehicle and in the safety of my own house.
2. I'm thankful for three hours in a car with my parents. Lots of chatting and catching up.
3. I'm thankful for the changes in my body that let me know that I'd missed dinner while sitting in a car for five hours. It used to be that my appetite was so suppressed that I didn't even notice if I skipped a meal. While I was by no means starving, I was definitely hungry by the time I finally made it home tonight.
4. I'm thankful that there are almost no plans for tomorrow that are pressing, and that the few that are somewhat pressing can be accomplished with relative ease via public transit.
5. I'm thankful for the comforting warmth of my own bed.
6. (oh, and a bonus) I'm thankful my dad rescued my car. while I could have walked from where I live to get it once the roads thaw, I definitely feel better about it being parked outside my apartment building instead of along a relatively abandoned street near a local park.
   

Daily 5 - Day 80

Today's Daily 5:

1. I'm thankful for fruit salad, made from fresh farmer's market fruit. Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, nectarines and two kinds of apples. A huge bowl, so that I can just pop it in a container and munch on it all week.
2. I'm thankful that the mall was not nearly as overrun with halloween partiers as I expected. 'twas a pleasant relief after the many gross costumes and decorations at the farmers market.
3. I enjoyed a short nap this afternoon - much needed relief after a very draining day yesterday.
4. I'm thankful that it wasn't snowing or cold today as it so often is at this time of year.
5. I'm thankful for the feeling of hunger tonight. I still, after six months of very deliberately forcing some health issues and eating at least three meals a day, rarely feel hungry. I mostly eat because my watch tells me that it is time for the next meal, and the next set of supplements. The moments when I'm really feeling hungry, I tend to indulge with tasty treats. Tonight that included "pillow squares" - a favorite baked square that has these little "pillows" of lovely tasting dough baked on the tops of them... My mom made some and sent a few home with me, and oh, they're yummy.