#365Gratitude Day 109: A little shelter

Sunday was a busy day of errands for me, culminating with grocery shopping.  Unfortunately just as I finished it started to rain.  

It was a cold rain, too. I was wearing shorts and no jacket and it was just windy and chilly enough to make it rather unpleasant.  When I got home I backed in, using the hatch of my car to give me some shelter as I unloaded.  

I almost never back the car in, and it worked really well. It struck me that a lot of things in life are just like this: if you are mindful and make small changes, little improvements can happen.  

#365Gratitude Day 108: Reboot

Friday night, or rather Saturday morning, I was up until about 3am because we were recording an episode of the podcast.  

I woke up feeling like I was run over by a truck.  So I spent the day moving slowly. I slept in, cuddled Missy a lot. 

It was good.  Sometimes it's good to exhaust yourself and reboot. 

#365Gratitude Day 107: 8 bit memory

Found this 8 bit tie friday morning.  

Brother and I wore them 4 years ago when we ran in the Disney Wine & Dine half marathon together. We had light up EL wire fedoras and shoelaces, wore all black, and these ties. We were "8 bit commuters".  

Terrible pun, great memory.  

#365Gratitude Day 106: School crushes with robots

So I have this friend, @Roewoof on twitter.  This morning, while catching up on her feed, I stumbled across her often very NSFW tumblr, (hey, if you click it, you've been warned, okay?) which in turn led me to discover an absolutely amazing comic.

It's about a robot girl, going to a new school, and feeling socially awkward, and alone, until she makes a friend.  Here's a page from it.

I know you're going to want to read the whole thing, which is available online, in two tumblr posts.  Here's a link to the first one.  

It's damn brilliant.  I've never been a young robot girl, that I know of.  But I instantly understood how both characters felt.  I think we've all been there, being the new kid, not quite comfy in our skin, clothes, class, whatever.  On a deep, deep level this thing speaks to me.

I'm so grateful I stumbled across it.  I know you will be too.

OH OH - if you really dig it like I do - you can buy it for $3 at gum road.

#365Gratitude Day 105: ...and ice cream

After dinner last night, Missy asked me if I wanted a piece of chocolate cake.

My response was, "yes."  (Well, okay, let's be honest here, it was more like "yes!!!!")

She didn't bring me a piece of cake, though.  She brought me a piece of cake and a scoop of ice cream.

Because that's the sort of person my wife is.  She doesn't do the minimum for people.  She always brings a little something extra.  She's thoughtful, and kind.  As people go, she's really very sweet.

Like a piece of cake... with ice cream.