Grateful Wednesday

 Another chemo week so this is it for the week.

I thought gratitude would be worthwhile.

Yesterday I went into the office to ask if we could order more cap erasers that go onto the end of pencils instead of the bar erasers that the supply drawer is overflowing with.

When I walked into the office, there were about 5-6 teachers and Matt and a secretary there and they were measuring the distance between their outstretched fingers.  I said, "This looks like a scintillating discussion I'm walking in on...."

Matt had Oakley hold up her two fingers, like she was making a peace sign.

I said, "Whoa."

He said, "See?!?"

She has flexible fingers!

I said, "Well can I shift this conversation from fingers to erasers?"

They said sure and then Matt had Camie order what I wanted from Amazon.

I am always grateful I work at that school with those people.

Speaking of school, I'm grateful as ever for Beverly Cleary.  I read my class in Beezus and Ramona about Ramona taking bites out of all the apples and they gasped.  Then I read about Ramona inviting her friends over for a party without telling her parents.  They were horrified.  "My mom would KILL me!"

I love reading quality books to them.

I am grateful that Emma is doing chemo with me.  Adam will still be in Nashville on Thursday and I'm grateful that my support team is layered.  If I didn't have Emma, Mark has class I don't want him to miss, but I can honestly think of at least five other people close by that I could ask to go with me.

Adam and Emma will both be there on Friday.  I don't love it, but I'm doing it and I'm grateful for that.

I'm grateful that my teammates and I are having a data day this morning.   Another day of sub plans to add to the mix was a drudgery, but I am always grateful to hang out with my team and I love that we are like minded and have the same goals and don't waste time when we meet.

(Unless one of us gets distracted and then Alissa says "squirrel!" and we get back on task.)

I am grateful Mark is around, especially when Adam is away.  It's nice to have someone to eat dinner with.

I am grateful for physical therapy, because it is helping my neck and I'm grateful that I could pull up Pride and Prejudice on my phone to read while I sat there with the heat and electrode things on my neck.  I am listening to a book and reading another book, but I just started Pride and Prejudice because why ever not?

The fact that Pride and Prejudice is just there in the world whenever you need it is something to be grateful for.