Thankful Thursday | green!

This week, I am thankful:

for the green that’s spreading through the trees

I know this happens every spring, but my goodness, every year I am amazed at just how quickly the trees go from bare and brown to having a visible green tinge to being decidedly green.

I love to watch this!

for a lovely day yesterday

The weather was perfect (70s and sunny!). I had an OB lecture all morning, and once I got home, I went for a walk in the lovely sunshine.

Then I lifted some weights, showered, and ate my lunch on my front steps.

While I ate, I watched the bumblebees, who are currently obsessed with a bush in front on my house, and I texted with Sonia (she’s currently house/dogsitting for someone who has a waterfront house. Lucky girl!)

Next, I ran some errands (which included seeing Zoe at her job), played my piano just for fun, had a phone call with Lisey, baked some enchiladas for dinner, and then had my divorce support group meeting.

Nothing about the day was terribly remarkable, but it was pleasant in so many ways, and I am thankful to have days like this. 🙂

that I used my my whole rotisserie chicken

A big chicken from Sam’s Club is a lot for Zoe and me, but I used it up in a lot of different ways, and now the bones are in the freezer waiting to be made into broth at some point.

that I am just not grossed out by very much

I watched a wound dressing change on one of my med surg clinical days, and oh, this poor patient. It was a really awful wound that I will not describe here, and I felt terrible for the patient’s pain.

However, I didn’t feel the slightest bit grossed out or faint or anything of the sort. I seriously could have eaten a sandwich while observing, that’s how not-queasy I felt.

This felt like pretty good confirmation that I’m gonna be fine in a nursing career. 😉

for kind words from my clinical instructor

This was my last week of med-surg clinicals (OB starts next week!) and at the end-of-clinical meeting with my med surg instructor, she said a bunch of encouraging things to me, and I almost cried.

Every time along the way, when I get encouragement from my professors or instructors, I react that way, and I think it’s because I faced some really tough challenges trying to get going on this educational path.

Those challenges make this encouragement particularly touching…I feel seen by people in the field (my instructors) and their validation feels so so good.

that I get to do OB lab with a friend of mine

One of my friends from my lab group in semester one is in my OB lab group today (we have a 5-hour lab), and she and I are both so happy we are assigned to be together.

We are in different groups/sections this semester, so we’ve barely seen each other!

for all the interesting things to see in the woods

I know I say this repeatedly, but I never cease to be interested in seeing all the sights the woods have to offer.

Check out this hollow tree that fell over! I spied it from the path and took a little detour to go inspect it more closely. 😉

So interesting to think it was just a hollow tube standing up for so long.

Here’s my hand for size reference. 

for camouflaged cats

Zoe sent this picture of Shelley to our group chat, with the words, “spot the cat”.

And then I sent this one with the same caption. 😉

They’re so sneaky.

What are you thankful for this week?