Day 3,397
I am thankful for a good Sunday. We spent the first half of this day with family celebrating birthdays. We went to an escape room and then out to eat at a Japanese restaurant. It was a really fun day being with family. I think I'm especially thankful for the way that my family is understanding and compassionate when it comes to my strange ways sometimes. I'm not sure why new things make me so anxious, but they do. I was feeling anxious today, but it wasn't a big deal for them to see me feeling that way.
When we came home from hanging with family, we took naps, did housework, laundry, relaxed, watched shows, and just spend the rest of the day being quiet at home. I talked with my mom for a while on the phone. It's always nice to talk to my mom. She makes me feel better.
We will be bringing our new puppy home soon. I'm very excited to meet our sweet girl. Our home has been so quiet since Higbee passed. I don't like it. I am excited for the upcoming adventure of training a puppy as a family.
I've been missing Higbee so much lately. I miss the smell of him. I miss the feeling of his fur under my hands. I miss his hair just everywhere in this house.
I'm excited for a new week of school. I'm walking into this week with this thought in mind: I'm working for God. Not for anyone else. I am working to make Him proud. Not anyone else.
I'm thankful for my health. For my body that moves and works well. For the ability to make good food. For a good lunch prepped for tomorrow: sweet potatoes, olives, feta, and turkey. I'll add some tomato and kale tomorrow morning. Thankful for time now to sleep and rest and be quiet.
I'm thankful most of all for all the beautiful things I don't deserve: my family, our home, this beautiful life, food to eat, water to drink, clothes to wear, friends, nice things, my job, and this space where I can record all the wonderful things I have to be thankful for.
God has been so good to me.
