Day 5 of Gratitude - ??

I almost didn't post anything today. I've been sleeping poorly lately, have not felt well for a couple of days (yeah, I'm casting blame on you Gluten, even though I don't know why/how), nearly got bus sick on the way to school this morning and I had a minor pity party for myself last night. So really, I was kind of thinking "screw it" all day.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE EFFING POINT!!!!! Sorry for the all caps, but I really had to remind myself that the whole point of this exercise is to find meaning in everyday things that I am thankful for, not to get caught up in all the misery.

So voila! Today I am grateful for:

- There are only 2+ weeks of classes!!! YAY!! I am almost done!!!! Today my accounting teacher said our final presentations and quizzes will be on Dec 6 and then we're DONE!!! And my operations & data analysis professor said it seemed likely that we wouldn't have class on Dec 13 even though our final group papers will be due on Dec 16. I am so grateful that I have nearly survived my first semester of business school!! And I am super grateful that I am almost done!!!

- I stopped at a different branch of my yoga studio on the way home from school. I ended up taking a hot yoga class, my first ever. The heat itself wasn't that bad but let's just say I sweat. A lot. Like rivers down my face and puddles on the floor a lot. It was unreal. But it was also kind of fun and kind of challenging and there is nothing in the world that's better after working up an unearthly sweat than to take a hot shower and get into cozy pjs.

- Strangely, today I am also grateful for technology. I belong to a couple of Celiac/gluten-free meet-up groups. When I can I try to go to events, though with my schedule I haven't been to many. Yesterday I got an email through the meet-up site from a classmate! P is an international student (from Germany) (and exactly my age!!) and was just diagnosed with Celiac and is totally freaking out. She was searching for information, found the meet-up group and found my profile. She's also a vegetarian. I am so happy to make this connection! I've been wanting to get to know P better all semester. We're already making plans to get together and share info.

I guess that wasn't so difficult after all :-)