It is Thursday evening as I write this. It has been a good week. I haven’t had to take any medication other than the 1 teeny pill given to me in the E.R. on Sunday afternoon. And my blood pressure has stayed in the normal range.

I took Monday morning “off” – a bit of time to regroup, do a few house chores that didn’t get done over the weekend: kind of mindless chores but things got put to rights. It was a decision made knowing that just kind of puttering is relaxing to me as well as getting those things done makes for a “clean slate” to start working. I think it worked.

Despite a short Monday, I’ve accomplished quite a lot this week work-wise. Additionally, I’ve spent good time with Bear and Auggie, fixed myself nice meals and slept well.

It is VERY smoky and despite the smoke reached to 89F yesterday and today, but that stuff: small potatoes! The weekend events turned my head back to focusing on the good stuff. And “this too, shall pass!” – that is my motto re the weather, etc. I have no control so it is silly to spend time agonizing about it.

Today, I read Heather Lende’s Four Good Things Post. I highly recommend clicking over and reading the entire post. She concludes with “I don’t know exactly what prayer is, but paying attention with gratitude is a good start.”

Paying attention with gratitude. I interpret that as staying in the moment and being thankful … whatever the circumstances. I had a great lesson this past weekend in how a seemingly challenging event could be something that had more good than bad. Not that I want a repeat, but I came away from the experience a changed person with new knowledge: about the E.R., about care professionals, about blood pressure and the heart and the body and the mind, about what I really want to focus on … I’m still thinking on the experience.

I hope that I am paying attention with gratitude: counting my blessings … which are many!

Happy Thursday, almost Friday!