10/3

i'm thankful that i got into a somewhat heated end-of-day discussion at work about a product decision and i'm thankful that even though i felt i was making and could continue to make the better case (NB: as i usually feel - scorpio), i decided that continuing to try to make that case for it was not the hill i wanted to die on and so didn't do that. i'm thankful that there are lots of other hills and that i can choose when and if (if ever) i want to die on one (but i'm thankful, mostly, to not want to (or feel like i need to, die). 

i'm thankful that after dinner we were finally able to get d's car, which was trapped in a parking garage by a music festival. i'm thankful that on the way back home, d and i had a long and comical argument (which she won) about whether her peep toe wedges made her taller in the context of driving. 

i'm thankful that when we pulled into the driveway, i saw that the house was dark and realized that we hadn't left any lights on for miso and felt bad about that, since outside of my parents being in town, we rarely leave the house in the evening, and she might have been scared. i'm thankful that when we came in the house, i felt a pang in my heart. i'm thankful for how miso reacts when you leave and then come back with what d calls "airplane ears," which is that her normally perky ears slide down and to the side, and she pants and wags her tail very fast. 

i'm thankful that we got to spend time with my parents, but i'm also thankful that i will have a few days with just me and deborah and miso before i go on my work retreat on sunday. i'm thankful that will be short and when it's done neither of us will have to leave each other for several months.

i'm thankful for joy.