Gratitude on the go! 9-24-13

Today I am grateful for:
-Sleeping the sleep of sleeps.
-Zarah calling me before her trip to London. So excited for her. And a wee bit jealous. Alright a lot bit jealous. But in a good way!
-My therapist. I so appreciate her support and reassurance. I explained to her about how I was in the hot seat last night in group and how it threw me for a loop. The conclusion we came to was that I was struggling with the fact that I was been heard, but not understood. Also that the things we were talking about were things that I already knew! There was no new information being given last night, which is why I was so frustrated that I couldn't convey that. We also talked about how it was okay that I wasn't able to deal with the feelings I was having at group because I honestly couldn't. I had somewhere to be and if I dealt with those emotions immediately I wouldn't have been able to go to the Ivey's. The important thing is that I did deal with them later that night and today in therapy. Props again to her for helping me see that perspective. Anyway, processing that was wonderful and it was like the train went back on the right tracks again. The train was never derailed, just on a different track. I left our session today feeling very calm and collected which is not how I was feeling when I went in. I know part of that was being able to just actually talk about it as opposed to keeping it in. The other part I believe was my therapist has just a very calming energy which is contagious in the best way possible.
-This article. Sorry I'm not sorry, World, but this is almost exactly how I feel about that song.*
-A fun VO. Got to try a lot of new fun things.
-this picture:

Roomie took this picture of us at the Ivey's.
Roomie's the best.
#winning!

-being able to help out at callbacks. People really rocked it out. I genuinely laughed at pretty much everyone's choices they were making. In the end, that's all you can ask for. Strong choices. 

-getting an email from Lizgibbs! It's been so long! It was wonderful to hear from her. I have to respond to her email still (which I'll be doing right after I finish this post), but just the fact that she reached out to connect again is a win. She's such good people. So many amazing memories from college. Sigh. Or should I say, Le sigh. :) I've heard hows she's doing a bit through the grape vine (Litza) and I'm excited to hopefully hear more! 

-the basics

-laughter

-as always, my friends. 

*Just a quick side note, there is something I struggle with in this piece. This article talks about Feminists with a capital F as opposed to a lower case f. I personally think a feminist is a feminist. If you believe in equal rights for men and women, then you're a feminist! That's it. The end. Some people, particularly women in this case, might have stronger opinions about certain things, but that doesn't make them anymore feminist than me. It just makes us human.