Isn’t that an inspirational blog title? Yup, I came up with it ALL by myself!!
What is this all about? Well, it is November ~ Thanksgiving Month, therefore, I have named today, Thankful Thursday!!!
Really I decided on this yesterday when I was having a beyond horrible day!!! There really was NO reason for it; I really don’t have much to be cranky about. However, I was still just that…..cranky!!!!
Spending over 30 minutes trying to agree to a number an auditor pulled out of her ass, only to realize she was looking at one September file and one February file sure did NOT help and served to reaffirm my large dislike of auditors (and yes I know I was one, and now I know why they’re hated!).
Ok, back to the thankful part!!!
While I was having my mini meltdown yesterday I had a co worker who stepped up, who listened and who offered great advice. I’m thankful for her!
I text my BFF who has her own ‘crap’ going on and told her I needed a hug, but I stopped her as she was getting in her car to drive across town (literally) to give me one. I’m thankful for my BFF!!
I came home with my smoothie, of course, and let my puppies out of their kennels and we hung out!! Tanner is an expert at ‘reading’ moods, I think he was a mind reader in his last life!! He always sticks real near to me, but when I’m ‘down/sad’ he’s that much closer and there’s just something about the love those little furry babies have for me that help me smile!! Later on, I went to brush my teeth and when I was rinsing my toothbrush I looked down and saw Tanner sitting on the rug, not even 2 feet from me……..just watching me, and it just made me feel all warm and fuzzy, he’s such a good boy!! I am thankful for my babies and their unconditional and undying love (provided I feed them, haha!)
Then as with every other time I’m crabby and down, there’s my mother!! Who has being dealing with her illness and been extremely sick in the last few weeks (Lupus SUCKS!) and still she’s there for me, she’ll pick up the phone and call if I ask, she’ll email me warm fuzzies, contact Jeanna and anyone else necessary to ensure I am OK and always put me before herself and her own problems!!! I am so thankful for my mother!!
Last, BUT not least, is Jeanna Marie Pelton!!! She is my grounding force!!! She listens, she listens to the random and most pointless ramblings of Debbie!! I rant, I vent, I LOL at stupid crap on twitter and she laughs too, I think just to entertain me!! I have entire conversations with her about stuff she doesn’t care about, but she sure can pretend to care, with the best of them!!!!!! She holds me late at night when I have a tummy ache, cause I’ve stressed myself out all day, even though it’s keeping her awake!! Just having her BE THERE, and KNOWING she is always going to be there, is such a calming factor in my life!! I am so extremely thankful that Jeanna is in my life and that we’re on this journey together!!!
Bino says
Beautiful Debbie my baby girl.
Debbie/Africa says
Thanks Momma Love ya!!!
Pamela says
Well, you may have missed the MBS “deadline” but I got to read your post anyway. 🙂 Wonderful things to be thankful for. Thanks for sharing.
Africa says
Thanks for stopping by anyways!!! It was a very hectic weekend with hockey and reffing, I really wasn’t home much in order to blog 🙁
I’ll link up with the next one I hope!!
Farrah says
Hi! Stopping by from the Thankful blog hop. 🙂 Better late than never! 🙂