Grateful Wednesday

I'm taking time off from my blog in honor(?) of chemo.

So today's grateful Wednesday.

I'm grateful that there is snow on the mountain.  It will never not feel like money in the bank when there is snow on the mountain.

I'm grateful Olivia is coming to do chemo with me.  

I'm grateful that I have a really good sub.  She is spectacular and the whole school knows it.

I'm grateful for the kind people at my doctor's office.  Marie Louise told me that cancer doctors and nurses are extra nice and I think that is true.

I'm grateful for all the things I have to entertain myself when I am down and out.  Good books, cross-stitch, coloring books, podcasts, Netflix.  It's a good time to be alive.

I'm grateful that while chemo isn't anyone's idea of a good time, it will be a blessed relief from certain unnamed students who exhaust me.

I'm grateful for all the offers of help that I get.  A woman in our ward texted me yesterday wondering if she could come and clean my house.

I'm grateful that I don't need that kind of help.  We're doing OK and are not without our resources.  (Still grateful it is offered.)

I'm grateful for my team.  Miriam has been gone and I miss her.  Alissa came in my room after school and we validated each other about some of the crazy town.

It's the main thing we do.  That and remind each other of things. Every day one of us is saying something like, "Don't forget the assembly!"  The other two say, "What assembly?"  

"Don't forget the fire drill."

"Fire drill?"

Teams make things better.  

I'm grateful for my family.  Braeden sends a text about the Roman Empire and that just gives Emma permission to be witty and Mark to follow up with some cleverness of his own.

Those guys entertain me.

I'm doubly grateful for Mark and Adam.  They are endlessly kind to me and do so many things to help both physically and emotionally.

Like the Irving Berlin song states, "I've got plenty to be thankful for."