Thankful

After being inspired by my future sister-in-law's recent blog entry, I've decided to take a few minutes to talk about some GOOD things that I have to be thankful for right now. Because life has given me quite a few tests of strength over the past couple weeks, it would definitely be easy to sit around and complain about everything that's going wrong. However, if I do that, I feel like my mentality will never change. So, here are a few things from today that I will focus on in an attempt to remember all the good things I have in my life! :)

• The shower in my new apartment has great water pressure!
• Today--11/16/10--was 51 degrees and sunny in Milwaukee!
• I have a dishwasher.
• I found a stellar grocery store less than 1 mile from my apt.
• I found said grocery store WITHOUT the help of my Garmin.
• The neighborhood I live in pretty much rocks.
• I start my job in approximately t-minus 36 hours.
• My newest niece or nephew is due in 3 weeks, 5 days! Eek!
• I spent 2 hours on the phone tonight with 2 dear friends.
• I'm alive. Yep, that's a good one. :)

Okay. That's enough for right now. Still a rough day, but this list of things serves as a reminder that I still have a lot to be thankful for, no matter how bad it seems sometimes. And as this list proves, sometimes it's the little things that make life seem so much better.