Thankful Thursday (on Thanksgiving)

Well, hello there, friends! You must have some space in your day (maybe you’re not in the U.S.! Or maybe Thanksgiving is a quiet day for you), and I’m glad you’re here. 🙂

This week, I am thankful:

that the days will get longer in just over three weeks

You guys, we are already very close to the winter solstice! The shortest day of the year is December 21st, and that’s three weeks from Saturday.

for fun dinnertime phone convos with Lisey

Her schedule works out so that when calls me after work, Zoe and I are often eating dinner at the time. So we have a little three-person conversation while we eat our dinner, and it almost feels like Lisey is not all the way over there in the middle of the ocean. 😉

that I ended up not having to be scheduled for two night shifts

My goodness, I am delighted about this. I was originally scheduled for both Wednesday and Thursday night.

But as it turns out, I only have to work overnight tonight. Yay! So I will take it easy today and maybe even try to get in a nap before I go in overnight tonight.

Zero night shifts is really my ideal number, but one is way way better than two!

that my UPS driver’s got jokes

Our Halloween skeleton had fallen off the bench, and when the UPS man delivered a package, he set it up like this:

It made me giggle and I wish I could find him and express my appreciation.

I love when people bring some personality to their jobs!

for the hilarity of cats and laser pointers

I always laugh when I see a cat skidding across the floor in pursuit of the little red light.

for wooly bear caterpillars

I have loved these since I was a kid. They are just so fuzzy!

And their coloring is very good camouflage; at first glance you would not notice the caterpillar in this picture:

for the way water makes the cold months look less bleak

There’s not much out there in the way of leaves these days, but the water views are still pretty!

Also: mosses and evergreens help.

And a bay view looks mostly the same year-round.

for my cozy little office

I am very lucky to have a room where I can spread out all of my school mess during the semester.

Even in this highly digital age, nursing school still does involve a lot of paper.

I will get it all cleaned up after my final exam. 🙂

that a trip to Starbucks helped me get my brochure project done

We had an assignment to make a teaching tool for parents of pediatric patients, and most people make a brochure.

I was having a very hard time getting going on this project, so I hauled myself to Starbucks again to force myself to focus. And it worked! I got it done in one afternoon.

that Canva makes it easy to produce something quasi-professional

Their free templates are so much better than anything I’d come up with from scratch, and I am grateful!

for the way Lisey and I share a sense of humor

When one of us sees a meme or a joke that makes us dissolve into giggles, it is almost guaranteed that the other person will also have the same reaction.

For example, this one made us both laugh so hard this week:

I can’t even explain quite why it is so funny, but as soon as I saw it, I knew Lisey would feel the same. And she did. 😉

What are you thankful for this week?