Thankful Thursday | Regular Kristen here

This week, I am thankful:

that I feel more like Regular Kristen than I did last week

I got a chance to get a bit more rest over the weekend, and I think that helped a lot. I feel more like my usual self this week, and I am grateful.

that it worked out to walk to school yesterday

I haven’t done that in a bit for a variety of reasons. But yesterday everything aligned to make it possible. 

that we are halfway done with exams in this class

I got a 92% on my second one, so I have lots of wiggle room to pass this class. You need a minimum of 150 exam points, and I already have 94, so it should not be a problem to get the remaining 56 points over the next two exams.

You all know that I love me some margin! So this makes me very very happy.

Also, we are way over halfway through the material…exam 3 has all new lecture material, but exam 4 is a cumulative final exam, so that’s all on material we have already learned/studied/been tested on.

that I only have to go to clinical in the city one more time

I do not love this clinical assignment, largely because it requires a lot of driving time. It’s an 8-hour clinical, but I leave my house at 11 am and don’t get back until about 10 pm.

So, it’s almost as long of a day as when I work 12-hour shifts at my nearby hospital!

My group and I are super happy we are almost done.

that we haven’t had to pay for any parking

We get one validated parking pass per group per week, and since we have faithfully carpooled each week, we all have paid exactly $0 for parking. Yay us!

that I haven’t lost the packet of parking validations

My instructor gave them to me at the start of our rotation, and I was very nervous I would misplace them (they are very small!)

So, I stuck them in a zippered inner compartment of my clinical bag, so that they are safe and secure.

I know myself well enough to realize I would almost certainly lose a small packet like this if I was not careful. It’s just so easy to mindlessly put things like that down and then forget where they are.

(I have lost enough things in my life to make me grateful for the times I don’t! Ha.)

for the knowing-your-own-foibles that comes with age

The parking validation responsibility made me think of this:

When you’ve stacked up enough trips around the sun, you start to be able to anticipate your own mistakes, based on past history.

For instance, you know how I have forgotten to bring doctor referral forms or bloodwork orders with me so many times? Well, because of that, I always put them in my glove compartment right away, even if the appointment is months down the road.

And now I never show up without the form.

(I do, however, sometimes have to run back out to my car because I forget that I even need a form until I arrive at the front desk. Ha.)

I also know that I should never trust myself to throw everything in the dryer and then remember to come back in a few minutes and pull out the things I only want to be fluffed a bit.

So in that scenario, I just turn the dryer onto a 5-minute setting. That way if I forget to come back, I haven’t accidentally shrunk anything.

Life operates more smoothly when you are able to compensate for your persistent flaws. 😉

for Chiquita snuggles

I don’t often sit or lie down on the couch, but when I do, Chiquita is SO happy. She always comes and sits on my lap or lays down on me.

And then, of course, I feel like it would be rude to get up. So it’s some nice quasi-forced rest. 😉

She may have only two brain cells, but she is a good cuddler.

for the mint KitKat that Zoe brought home for me

A million miles better than regular KitKats if you ask me!

What are you thankful for this week?