Thankful Tuesday

[fandoria]

This has been a horrible week already and we're only a couple days into it.  We're having house problems that are going to require *expensive* repairs.  Yesterday while shopping, I slipped on some crystallized snow while getting into my car and sprained my ankle.  I've been so stressed by everything that I'm sick to my stomach and can hardly eat.  I haven't written in 6 days and see no chance for at least a few more.  Suffice it to say, this week sucks.  There's so much wrong with this week, that I realized I need to take time out to find something positive.  Maybe that'll help settle my nervous stomach.  I can't wait for Thursday, so you're getting it today instead.

Today I am grateful for:

1. Running water and the chance to wash dishes and do laundry (yes, I really did just say that).
2. That my sprain is just a minor one and I can still hobble around without too much pain.
3. The people who have already come to help us, offered to help, and will be helping us over the next week or so.
4. That no one is sick at the moment (aside from stress-related issues)  (knock on wood)
5. That my husband still has a job and a steady paycheck coming in.  I shudder to think of how much worse our situation this week would be if he didn't have that.
6. That it isn't currently snowing and therefore I don't have to shovel.
7. That Sammi (my cat) has forgiven me for shoving medicine down her throat twice a day for 20 days and is willing to cuddle with me again as I sit at the computer.
8. That even though T was a bit too hyper today, he's still been incredibly well-behaved these past few days.
9. Good books that can keep me distracted.