#365Gratitude Day 118: Mako "Two Plans" Allen

There's a famous Monty Python sketch about a composer, Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson.  

It's on my mind this morning after my day of mistakes yesterday.  It's not really related, in the same way as say, having a garden shed isn't related to being a composer. ​

I do have a point here though. ​

It's about having a plan. Yesterday I had a distinct plan for my day and this, the next day, that fell right through, because of some choices I made. ​

Sounds like a bad deal, right? There goes my well-crafted plan! Boo-hoo!​

This morning while re-evaluating my options, I made a new plan. Look, I have two plans! (Actually, from the time I began writing this, I actually threw that plan right out, and made yet another new one. But there's no Three Sheds sketch, so there you go.  You work with what you have.) 

Joking aside, that's right square where my gratitude hit me this morning. I have ownership. I'm responsible for me. 

That means I'm the ultimate maker of my own choices. (Even when those choices mean losing code, getting bad sleep, or maybe getting a good hard smack or three for misbehavior [in my mutually consensual d/s relationship].)

It also means that as plans for my day go, I'm like a veritable plan factory.  If a plan isn't working out I can scrap it and whip up a new one in nothing flat!  Then as soon as I have it, it's time to execute the plan!  (Even if the first step is to scrap the whole thing. Funny, that.)

It makes a sound in my head when I do that, in fact. It almost sounds like a symphony!

#365Gratitude Day 117: A Side of Don't Do That

Yesterday was filled with don'ts. First, I lost a bunch of code at work because of something I didn't realize about our version control system. 

Then after fasting and a doctor's appointment, I got to try Smashburger, a place I had never been to before. 

I know it looks good, but the food was heavy. Plus, I hadn't worked out that morning. Plus, I had a shake.  After I felt sleepy, slow, and just bad. 

Plus, I came home and stayed up way past my bedtime with Missy, playing Minecraft.  

I had trouble getting to sleep, and now I'm running late for my day.  I was a bit of a mess getting up this morning. 

Why would I be grateful for any of that? Because mistakes are how we learn. 

After my code mistake I began putting things back together, and committing each file as I did.  

Today I know that it's okay for me to have a moderate amount of junk food, but not a lot all at once.  I know my limits. 

I also know that as much as I had fun playing video games, I'm as much (actually more) my own grownup as Missy is, and when it was bedtime I should have spoken up, and got ready for bed.  

Learning is hard. But it's good.  

#365Gratitude Day 116: A Minor Loss

This working out thing is, well, working out.

After staying under my calorie budget for a week or so, through diet and exercise, I'm down about 4 pounds. 

I've got a long ways to go toward my goal, but I'm happy to be heading in the right direction again.

#365Gratitude Day 115: It suits me

More about working out again, as I catch up my blog, I'm afraid.  I have this one particular bathing suit that fits me very well, despite the weight I had put back on.  I've also been noticing that it's starting to be big on me again.

It won't be long before I'm using other suits I have which are for when I'm skinnier!

#365Gratitude Day 114: Not being a sucker

I got this account suspension email supposedly from Apple Store the other day.

It's phishing spam, of course.

I grabbed a screen cap of it, because it amused me.  The grammar in it is silly and atrocious.  I especially like how it's from "the apple customer service."

It kind of boggles my mind that scammers have the technology to send email like this, but not the language skills to write a proper email.  

But I'm glad that that's the case, and what's more that I'm not so easily fooled.