Simple Pleasures: September 30th

Wow, this month flew by.....first I wanted to thank Nubby who dreamed up this challenge and inspired me to join in :)

- Getting a damn respectable amount of work done at my job today

- midday snuggles from Mikey on my lunch break

- hot soup and crusty bread for dinner

- getting ALL of my laundry put away

-another off-book rehearsal for Othello that we got through without any major catastrophes :)

- looking forward to lots of great stuff this weekend :)

I am so glad I did this challenge. Some days were easier than others, but it was always worth it. There is good in every day, even the shite ones, if you have the courage to look for it. I am grateful for all the blessings in my life :) I wish I could come up with more eloquent thoughts on the topic as a wrap up, but allow me to direct you to my dear friend Merlyn's blog, who stuck with me all of this month too. Her reflections are put much more beautifully than I could ever hope to do, revel in them, as I have :)

I think I am drawn to these 30 Day Challenges because I fear that if I were to just write about what comes into my head, no one would want to read it. Having an outline or subject or challenge to write on takes some of the pressure off. Maybe my next writing challenge for myself will be no challenge at all, to merely write as I am moved to write and see what happens, I'll give it my best shot :) Thanks for listening!

With Love,
Lynn

Simple Pleasures: September 29th

- sort of/almost/maybe getting the hang of a new task I have at work

- flipping through cookbooks with Steph on our lunch break thinking about recipes she could make for Book Club on Monday

- looking at some wedding gowns online :)

- getting through our first off-book rehearsal for Othello with no major catastrophes

- leaving my bedroom window open and feeling the cool autumn night air :)

Love,
Lynn

Simple Pleasures: September 28th

- having a handful of Hershey's Kisses and then having the fortitude to walk away and not have more. That could almost be construed as portion control :)

- getting to have lunch with Mikey today :)

- a good long text chat with one of my girls :)

- A wee bit of retail therapy :) There's a pair of boots of I've had my eye on for AGES, but all the shoe websites I've seen them on seem to always be out of my size. I've been squirreling money away for weeks for them, and then, today, FINALLY, I found a website that carried them in my size!!! Mikey offered to go in halfsies with me on them as an early birthday present :) I nabbed them up and they'll be here next week! Huzzah! It has been literally years since I had a good pair of all-purpose knee-high boots, I can't WAIT until they get here!


Love,
Lynn

Simple Pleasures: September 27th

- the fact that the people in my office actually take the time to say good morning and good night to each other

- getting good news about about a friend who had surgery

- going to the library and reading on a rainy evening before rehearsal

- a very productive night of fight choreography for Othello

- seeing my sweet Michael on the 11 o'clock news becasue he helped our friend Heather grant a Wish at a Pirate-themed Make A Wish Party for a little boy who is a cancer survivor :)

- a cozy bedtime shower

Love,
Lynn

Simple Pleasure: September 26th

- I forgot my glasses today, and Mikey drove all the way back home to get them for me (we're still sharing my car as the paperwork gets finished on his new one) and he brought me an iced chai :) I love this man :)

- A GORGEOUS day, I bought a sandwich and took it down to a grassy patch by the river and laid down under a tree, I closed my eyes and listened to the wind in the leaves and the river and the faraway sound of traffic and blissed out.....FANTABULOUS :)

- something happend to me today that has basically never happened to me at any of my *day jobs*. Last week I took over a task that used to belong to someone else. The person that was training me to do this task got pulled into another project and didn't get to finish training me. I tried to wing it on my own and was doing fairly well, but I was running into more and more things I didn't understand. I mentioned this to my supervisors, saying that I was feeling a little overwhelmed and confused and I was going to need more training in order to do the task efficiently. And, THEY LISTENED. They were sympathetic and supportive and made arrangements for my training on this task to conitnue. It's been literally years since that has happend at one of my day jobs. My request wasn't ignored, I wasn't made to feel bad or stupid or like I was being a pain. They listened to what I had to say and they made arrangments to help me. I was floored by that.....in the good way :)

- Had my engagement ring re-sized to fit my finger more snugly, so now I don't have to panic that it will accidentally fall off while I'm washing my hands or something :)

- dinner on the screened-in porch at Steph and Mike's house on what will probably be one of the last warm nights of the season :)

Love,
Lynn

Simple Pleasures: September 25th

- lovely long bruch with Jen, a new and dear friend that we met this summer in the 'Shire :)

- seeing a hug flock of geese grazing in the field in front of a middle school near my house

- after a solid week of complete wheat avoidance, I allowed my self a few small servings of wheat over the weekend, and I am happy and relieved to report that they caused me absolutely no discomfort or GI distress whatsoever. I'm not about to go on a full-on binge or anything, but it seems that a moderate amount of wheat doesn't affect me, so either the sesitivity is mild, or I've misinterpreted the sensitivity. I'll play with levels and see how it goes :)

- lovely family dinner for my grandparent's 46th Wedding Anniversary!

- a gorgeous warm day, I enjoyed it very much because it'll probably be one of our last...

- The Buffalo Bills beat the New Enlgand Patriots!!!

- listening to my family debate politics, discussion of that type I try to stay out of, but they're amusing to watch :)

Love,
Lynn

Simple Pleasures: September 24th

- A damp but lovely early morning at the Farmer's Market

- I scored a Coach Bag today for $13.00!!! (Thanks to the extreme generosity of my wonderful Michael, he got me a Coach gift card for our anniversary and I've been hanging onto it for months!)

- Lovely sushi lunch

- went to see NATC's *A Few Good Men* and enjoyed it very much :)

Love,
Lynn