{"id":114,"date":"2025-10-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grownupish.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:32:51","slug":"thankful-thursday-at-least-last-week-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grownupish.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Thankful Thursday: At least last week is over."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes you have a great week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was not my last week. My last week was the other kind of week – you know, the one where everything that could possibly go wrong did. The one where 2 back injuries (on separate days), one bee sting to the torso, and 2 gallons of laundry detergent on the floor that needs to be cleaned up are all real things that happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are the weeks that we most need to look for things to be thankful for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, that’s what I’m gonna do. Five things I am thankful for, even after the week that was cursed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. It was my fall break. Why is that something to be thankful for? Because it meant I had time to deal with those things. Time to recover from the first back injury. Time to clean up the 2 gallons of laundry detergent on the floor. Time to sit down afterwards and just be. I’m thankful I didn’t have to fit all that around a work week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Easy health care. I don’t take this one for granted, and I know that a lot of people don’t have easy access to healthcare. My insurance (thankfully) has a teledoc type service that’s available 24\/7. That meant that one of my injuries could be taken care of even though it was 10pm on a Saturday. That’s something I am grateful for.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. I’m not allergic to bees. I may have, kinda, sorta, panicked when I got stung, because I have a childhood memory of being stung by a bee and swelling up profusely. So when I got stung I was sure this was a hospital run for me. Thankfully, it wasn’t. Just an itchy bump for a few days. Grateful.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Medication. (Is this doubling up with #2? Am I cheating?) If it weren’t for the meds I’m on right now, I would be in a lot more pain. I am thankful that I live in the age of modern medicine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. My husband’s patience. I know I was thankful for him last week. I am trying not to double up. But when he ran to the pharmacy for me at 10:30 on a Saturday after watching me bawl in pain and whine all evening, I couldn’t tell you how grateful I was for him. I simply could not have driven myself. He’s amazing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I’m starting to really like this once a week sit down and come up with five things you are thankful for exercise. I highly recommend it. It makes even cursed weeks like last week seem…not so bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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