Day Eight

One week.

Many times I have found myself thinking, "It would be a lot easier to make a list of things that pissed me off today." or "How about a list of things that went wrong today?"

What is puzzling to me is that I find that I laugh or smile a lot at work and at home. The kids, the dogs, my friends, and Jesse all make me very happy. Why is it then that the things that go wrong are what I tend to dwell on? Is it that I take all the wonderful things in my life for granted? Sometimes I also think they are so fleeting, they are brief moments in time, that are hard to explain-especially in a daily list. But what I have also taken from this is that if I am not willing to take the time to 'share' these small happy things, why bother sharing the small bitter things? When snippy little thoughts unravel in my brain, I am more conscious to remind myself to not focus on it, not to dwell.  Obviously there are times when this has the complete opposite effect but, if nothing else, I am more aware - and sort of embarrassingly so - of my own tendency to be a brat.  

With that:

1. The absolutely gorgeous weather. I took the dogs out for a walk and it was the perfect blend of warmth and breeze. Days like this, I know why I live in Los Angeles.

2. Trusting that having a substitute teacher in yoga, and therefore an incredibly weak and kind of boring class, was exactly what my body needed to get over the my cold. (I had to really push to find something good about this. It was really not how I wanted to start my day.  I forced myself to find something positive about the experience because I felt so put out by it.)

3. Jesse is coming home early from work.

4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the movie. So, so good.

5. Homemade gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I actually probably won't eat any of them because they are calorie-fat bombs, but the batter was good-at least what I could taste through my stuffy nose.