September 19 and 20

Yesterday's list was short anyways. 

It was a long day that I was grateful to have started with a good, long, hard run.  Because at least that was productive.

I was grateful that my two little darlings were not any more uncomfortable than they were after all their shots yesterday.

I was also grateful to have a continuous 5 hours of sleep thanks to Nat letting me sleep upstairs in my office nest.  Amazing that 5 continuous hours can actually feel refreshing...

Today, some more:

I am grateful I started my day with a run again.  I have missed, in some strange way, working out every day.  I might get back to that.

I am grateful I worked with my students, all day long, without meetings interrupting until 3pm.

I am grateful that the sun came out this afternoon.

I am grateful for the music of Haydn and Mendelsohn and Mozart and the luscious richness of chords layered under a simple hymn.

I am grateful for car rides home with the wonderful Fiona, the most inspiring 80-something I've had the pleasure to chauffeur around.


I am grateful for the silly, ridiculously good TV show I get to come home to. 

I am grateful for my warm and comfy house that I get to come to.  Even if it is heaped with laundry right now and cluttered with children's toys. 

I am grateful for the children's toys, piles of books and a stray doll stroller and a dining room table so littered with markers and hotwheels and magazines that there's hardly room for eating.

I am grateful that this give me the excuse to look for a larger dining room table.