Thankful Thursday

It's been a while since I've done a Thankful Thursday post. There has been plenty to be thankful for, but to be honest, all the health issues I've been dealing with this year made it hard to feel that way for a while there. So, it's way overdue and it feels good to be making a new list.

Today I am thankful...

** Our daughter was just here with her son because he had a tick and Tim was able to remove the whole thing without too much fuss. Ticks are a huge problem around here. Everyone in our daughter's family (except her husband) has had Lyme disease in the last two years. My mom had it last year and got so bad before it was diagnosed that we thought we were going to lose her.

** that taking my whole department out for a day at the park went well. Among those that went was one of my favorites, a big, strapping young man with autism. My old supervisor made the (poor) decision to take him out when he was brand new with us and he bolted getting out of the van. That supervisor had to tackle him and they landed with their heads only a foot from the edge of a very busy highway. It also messed up the supervisor's artificial hip. Since then we have not been allowed to take him out. I have been campaigning for it since last fall and today it finally happened. He did very well and had a wonderful time. I was so proud of him.

** that while I was hurting after chasing after the above mentioned client and pushing another in a wheelchair up and down a few hills...I was able to deal with it and get the job done. I even saw a client after work for a few hours. It wasn't that long ago that I wouldn't have been able to do it.

** Tim was able to buy a new "toy" this week and that I was able to control my irritation (mostly) with him for buying it without discussing it with me. So what was the toy? This bad boy...

I told Tim it looks like the mower Batman or James Bond would use if they mowed their own grass.

** Tomorrow is Friday and a fairly easy day at work since for some reason we are celebrating Memorial Day early with a pizza party.

** Our grandson is doing great on the doubled dose of Zoloft. The crippling anxiety he deals with (at age 7!) has eased and he is doing things he wouldn't have been able to do just a couple of weeks ago. It does, however, aggravate his ADHD so when he visits the doctor next month they are going to try him on another med for that.

** Both grandkids started new activities recently and love them. Colton is doing parkour and Leah is doing gymnastics. Colt is also doing well riding his dirt bike.

** Leah got a great year end review in the pre-k program. Good teachers make such a difference and we are glad our daughter was able to get her out of Headstart and into this program. She scored a 15 out of 100 on her evaluation at the beginning of the year. Now she tests at 85! She's also reported to be a dream student...well-behaved, helpful, kind, etc. 

** that some things were switched around so that I now get full-time benefits at work. Not a huge difference, but it does mean paid holidays, my birthday off, and eventually...more days off. Not this year, however, since I used up all my days being sick in January. Sigh.

There is more, of course, but it's getting late and I need to say goodnight. I hope you're having a wonderful week!