Sunday Gratitude – 1.VI.2025

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It’s only been the last couple of days or so that I’ve felt like I could even breathe; with the end of the school year for my younger kids being just before Memorial Day, and with one of them graduating from eighth grade, it’s been more than even the normal crazy.

I am grateful, though, to be able to slow down a little bit, and to finally not have to be driving as much. There may even be days at the end of the month where I won’t have to drive anywhere all day. The thought! 🙂 (For reference, as of September 10, I had just over 88K miles on my vehicle and today, I’m over 102K.) I really, really hate the driving; it takes up so much time and it’s terribly mundane. I’m thankful to have the Beatles to listen to (particularly Chris Carter in the morning), and I’m absolutely thankful I haven’t been in a wreck – I’ve passed many of them now, especially on the one road.

I am thankful to have had great weather to go out with the bike today. I’m incredibly out of practice, but I went about eight miles. It feels so weird to be fighting the bike, and the more I am in practice, the less I do that. However, even in the last couple of miles, I seemed to be getting into a little bit better of a routine. It felt good, though.

I’m thankful to have had a couple of long conversations with friends. With one, schedules didn’t mesh and whatnot, and so it had been months, and as a result, the conversation lasted over two hours. I still love my Shokz OpenRun headset (forgive me for the affiliate link); I use them a lot not just for listening to podcasts when I’m washing dishes or walking, but I can wear them and talk to people on the phone and fold clothes at the same time.) I’ve had them just under six months now, and they’re still going strong, and I use them a *LOT*.

I’m thankful that the “fun day” this past Tuesday worked out reasonably well.

I’m thankful, also, that, despite some unpleasantness, there wasn’t too much drama with the 8th grade graduation either.

Months ago, someone recommended to me the book The Tender Bar, and I bought it. It’s been on the top of a pile of a dozen books next to one of the recliners I often sit in. I finally picked it up, and it’s a captivating story, and without even trying, I’m about 270 pages – so maybe about 2/3 – of the way through. I think I’ll even finish it! *L* Finishing books has been so hard to do, but just doing some “fun” reading seems to help my soul and I’m grateful for it.

There’s a lot more things I could probably write if I thought about it hard, not in the least includes Memorial Day, but I’ll leave things here for now, except to say that as always, I’m grateful for your time, your thoughts, and your prayers.

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