Thankful Thursday | so much litter mess!

This week, I am thankful:

for a lidded litter box

When we brought Chiquita home, I picked up an inexpensive plain litter box, and my goodness, that turned out to be a mistake.

This small cat is quite aggressive with the litter-kicking and I was sweeping up so much litter from the floor!

So, I ordered her the same lidded litter box we have for Shelly, and now my floor is staying much cleaner.

I’m still waiting on the litter mat to arrive, because Chiquita can actually manage to kick litter out onto the floor, despite the lid and the door.

that Chiquita is healing up well from her spaying

Her little belly is still looking pretty shaved, but otherwise she’s all good.

And her cold is gone.

that we got to adopt her!

Once her spaying was done, I was able to sign the papers to make Chiquita an official member of our household. 🙂

Some of you asked how the two cats are getting along; Chiquita really wants to be friends with Shelly, but that’s a one-sided feeling at the moment. But we will keep trying to implement all the wise advice we’ve read about acclimating two cats to each other.

And hopefully Shelly will come around eventually.

for some beautiful skies

I took a little walk around the block the other night after dinner, and the sky was so lovely.

It looked like a painting!

that all my kale is gone

I made it through that whole big bag all by myself. Yay me!

 I think now I am ready for a little break from the kale. 😉

for the bumblebees I see on the coneflowers

I can remember watching these last year…bumblebees really love coneflowers, so I can usually depend on watching a few of them when I come by on my morning walks.

for wineberries

The ones in my backyard are starting to ripen, and so are a lot of the ones on my walking routes!

Before I moved here last year, I’d never noticed wineberries before, but now I see that they are all over the place.

They are an invasive species, unfortunately, but hey, I figure that by eating the berries, I am helping to slow the spread. 😉

for the ways I’ve grown in the last year

As I see things that I remember from last year, like the wineberries, or the bumblebees on the coneflowers, it makes me think back to where I was a year ago.

When I think through all the processing and healing work I’ve done since then, I can see progress, and that’s encouraging. I have gained a lot of clarity and confidence about the path I’ve chosen, and it feels good.

I also think I’ve gained some more confidence in myself; I think I felt pretty capable before, but the biggest change since I left is that I have a more accurate view of myself and my value in many ways.

that some of my medical records already got approved

We have to submit a bazillion things to get approved for nursing school, and the portal finally opened this week. So, I uploaded all of my papers, and some of them already got the green light.

I’m not really worried about whether or not they’ll be accepted, but I will just be glad when it’s all official.

I think the only other things left on my prep-for-nursing-school list are:

• get a flu shot (which I’m not allowed to do until August)
• buy my books

I’ve almost got it all done!

What are you thankful for this week?