9/20
i'm thankful that though i was feeling very anxious before work yesterday for some reason, i did some freewriting in this vein and that was helpful. i'm thankful i had a good and not too stressful day where in my project work, i had a breakthrough on a problem that i had been facing, after another similar breakthrough on tuesday—i'm thankful to tell myself to celebrate those breakthroughs rather than focusing on how i'm not making progress fast enough. i'm thankful, rather than trying to work constant overtime to keep up with arbitrary standards i've set for myself through overwork, which is what i would do in the not so recent past, i'm doing a good job of accepting that there is only so much that i can accomplish in a given day.
i'm thankful that our friends came over for dinner last night. i'm thankful we ordered pizza rather than trying to make a nice dinner party dinner in the middle of the work week, which i did not have the energy for. i'm thankful to feel no guilt for this. i'm thankful that they brought beer and wine and cake and ice cream. i'm thankful that our sofa is two pieces and we could move the two pieces to face each other. i'm thankful for how incredibly well miso got along with them from the very start, since she has been less friendly to other people. i'm thankful that i felt comfortable saying the night was over at 10, whereas often in the past i would feel uncomfortable doing so and might stay up later and not feel good the next day.
i'm thankful that miso didn't have any accidents all day yesterday. i'm thankful that she's started to roll over and let us scratch her belly. i'm thankful that she is getting more comfortable outside and that when i took her out on my lunch break yesterday, she romped through the tall grass across the street (i'm thankful for the bounce of a romp) in the hot sunshine and then laid down on a gently sloping hill, her mouth open and tongue wagging.
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