A grateful day

Phew!  Back from dropping Anna off at day camp.  My back is crunchy.  But for the first time in...? (way too long), I have some concentrated quiet time at home.  Yeah, I've got things to do, thankfully some of them are computercentric so I can rest my back while I do them. 

But I had a nice moment when I was walking back to my car from leaving Anna at the barn (She's in a farm camp!  The first half of the day is fiber arts, the second half taking care of the farm animals!).  Anyway, as I strolled back, looking around the campus (It's at a farm school; very cool), I felt grateful for my life.  There's so much good in it.  Yeah, the constant physical pain sucks and no mistake.  But even so, it's beautiful.

I'm blessed with awesome people in my life, and I'm blessed with work.  I love to work!  Yes, it hurts.  And no, I can't do all I want to.  But there's always something I can do, and I'm grateful for that.  For me, a sense of personal pride and accomplishment comes from caring for people and my home.  I leave it all on the field every day.  And that makes me happy (in the long term!).

Don't know about my weight today.  It's been very difficult to find scarb free days with all the summer stuff (like baseball games and the like).  But yesterday and today are.  We'll check in with the scale tomorrow.  My other cortisol type symptoms are at play.  My face is red; I have headaches; my pain level is high.  I'm just hoping and praying there's no associated rapid weight gain cycle.  I worry about the surgery.  At least I have a great week planned with my friend in Kentucky immediately before.  She takes good care of me.  :)