Thankful Thursday | a few leads!

This week, I’m thankful:

that I have a few hopeful leads for a place to rent

I have had plenty of experience with hopeful-sounding places falling through by now, but my optimism is still bubbling up, and I feel hopeful about these two.

We shall see what happens…

for optimism

I get knocked down and discouraged, of course, but I always do eventually manage to get back up and find some fresh optimism.

I think sometimes optimism is a weird gift; sometimes it doesn’t even make sense, but even in those times, I still think it is, overall, a gift. 

that my parents taught me to be persevering

I think if I had grown up in a different family, I might be a person prone to giving up a little more easily. Like, I don’t know that perseverance is really baked into my personality.

But my parents really created a culture of perseverance when I was growing up, and I think that was good for me.

So, I get rejected for rentals, I feel discouraged…and then I keep on trucking. 

for bad rentals falling through

I’ve had two right here in my parents’ neighborhood that I almost rented (one fell through the day before I was supposed to sign the papers. Ugh.)

I was disappointed over both of these homes not working out, but I can see now that both of these companies were not going to be great to rent from, and I’m grateful that became obvious before I signed anything.

(One switched, last-minute, to requiring a three year lease instead of a one year. SKETCHY.)

for school assignments that involve writing

We’ve had multiple graded discussion thread assignments this semester, and lemme tell you, I am in my element here.

This week, we had to research a condition, write a post about it, and then respond to other classmates’ posts. 

Sooo, it’s kind of like..writing a blog post. And then responding to comments. I’ve inadvertently been training for these assignments for years. 😉 

We also had an extra credit assignment that involved watching a video and then writing about it. Again: super easy for me, so I am thankful.

for an anatomy-heavy unit

I like anatomy better than physiology, and this one on digestion looks like it will be a bit light on the physiology. SWEET.

that I only have three more regular exams left

Well, three plus a cumulative final. But still, that’s only three more units of new information to learn.

I’m gonna make it!

for all the interesting mosses in the woods here

I keep thinking that surely I have seen all of them, but every time I go out, I seem to notice a new patch of moss, and of course I have to stop and inspect it. 

(And photograph it.)

Look how perfect this one is! It’s like a carpet!

I don’t know what is quite the right word for how I feel when I see stuff like this…maybe delight.

Like, sometimes things in the world are so beautiful, I feel some sort of emotion bubbling up out of my chest, and I think that yes, delight is the right word. 

The moss isn’t exactly doing anything for me, and I don’t own it…I just feel delighted that it is there in all its tidy green glory. 

What are you thankful for this week?