August 3rd

Today has been... meh. Lazed around the house, mostly due to my uterus feeling like it was carrying out a mutiny against the rest of my body. (That was probably TMI. Sorry. But hey, I'm guessing you've all been there.) Anyway, in keeping with our practice of offering gratitude daily, I'm pleased to report that I did find things to be grateful for during this otherwise not very thrilling day.

Today I'm grateful:

• for the hot cup of coffee waiting for me when I got up this morning
• my lovely flowers from the farmers' market.
• for the many Spring Awakening tour videos on youtube. Regardless of how many times I've seen them, they still make me happy.
• (and on the same note...) for Matt Shingledecker's abs. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKcUPzU0RWY
• for Kelli, who is completely amazing and agreed to housesit & dogsit so my family and I can road-trip to Ashland, OR. We'll be gone Aug. 18 - 21. My mom has been pestering my dad to take her on vacation, and to my surprise, she loved my suggestion that we go down to Ashland. It means 8 hours each way stuck in a car with my family, which I'm not too wild about, but I'll get to shop and see two shows, so it's totally worth it. (We purchased tickets for Don Quixote and Macbeth tonight.)
• for modcloth.com. Even though their beautiful clothes and shoes make me want to hand over the entire contents of both my checking and savings accounts. (Must. Resist.)
• for texting.
• that Gidget is doing so much better with her leash training. She went on two walks today! I'm such a proud mama.
• that I get to hang out in Seattle's international district tomorrow.