Some days I feel pretty good about myself....well...most days lately. I have a new job, which I dive fully into in a couple of days, in a place I am proud of, working with people I am proud to know doing something I am VERY proud I can do. Count your blessings they say. Here goes. I am gifted with people, I have an honest love for them, I enjoy the company of others and rarely meet people that I could say I don't like on some level, or at least appreciate. I am gifted with dogs. When I was younger I truly wanted to be gifted with horses, threw myself into that fully, but the truth was, I was not Margie Goldstein, never would be, but I sure as heck can be competition for Victoria Stillwell, or Ceasar Milan. I love dogs, I am blessed with two bright, loving and adorable dogs that I am grateful to have. I live in a beautiful home with a wonderful roomate. She's a tough lady, who I respect, and who, while tough and plainspoken, has a heart of gold and has done more to help me in the time I have been here than most anyone else in my life. I live in a great area full of interesting places and people. I live close to a brother and sister I am deeply grateful to know and have a good relationship with.
My health has improved since I moved to Houston. I may not be as thin as I want to be (I want to shed at LEAST 50lbs) but I am better off now by far than I was when I first returned home.
I have a nice car, it's not a Pt Cruiser or a Ford Ranger (my dream machines) but it's reliable and comfortable and not an eyesore in the driveway. I have this computer, the internet, and the ability to use them both well. There is a box of soft licorice within my reach, it's organic, with real licorice root and anice seed oil and soooo tasty.The holiday season is comming, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, I adore this time of year, Autumn is my absolute favorite time of the year, followed closely by spring then winter, I look forward to wearing sweaters and jackets and feeling a chill in the air. Curling up under a pile of warm blankets with my darling dogs the night before Christmas is one of the greatest things in the world.
I will soon get to make halloween cookies and treats for work, and hang decorations in my very own office! I will soon be seeing turkeys and cornucopias in windows and discussing which kinds of pies to bake for thanksgiving. I know I have a wonderful beautiful home, I am safe, I wont go hungry (though maybe I should) and nobody is in a hurry to see me move out. Watching my young dog play with his toy spread out on the soft bed while my elderly dog snoozes happily in a cozy bed by feet makes me smile every time, and happily, it happens every day. If I look at him right now, Reno, my young dog, will freeze and look back at me and wag his tail furiously. I could go on, for pages and pages, it's so easy, and something everyone should practice often, something I plan to do every day now, write down at least 10 things every day that make me happy, I feel blessed about, or just made me smile.
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