#365Gratitude: Despacito means slowly

My Auntie Squee is bilingual. Speaking Spanish is a big part of her life, so learning it in pieces is becoming part of mine.  

It's not just "this word means that word", there's more to it than that. There's meaning  and nuance   and idiom .

We're both so excited for all sorts of milestones. Our being long-distance makes us move towards them gently, with occasional little rushes of new things. It's rich and luxurious in its slow movement.  

The word for that is despacito .  It means slowly, carefully, mindfully. 

I love her so much. 

#365Gratitude: Best thing about a space-diaper...

The best thing about an ABU space diaper...is putting it on someone you love.

Richard was over last night, for a late-Christmas celebration and to spend the night.  Missy and I cuddled him up real nice in bed, and drifted off to sleep.

This morning, after I got him all cleaned up we were talking about ABU space diapers.  He'd never worn one before.

This simply would not do.  I love those things, they really are the greatest adult diaper I've ever seen or worn.  I told him all about them, how much I love them, and how I wanted him to wear one today.

So I put him in one.  

He loved it.

#365Gratitude: On Dine-and-Dasher!

Last night my friend Scott and I did an annual tradition of ours, something we have done for many years each holiday season.  We pick a reasonably priced restaurant, nothing too crazy, and go out for dinner, and exchange birthday presents. (His is new year's eve!  He's always going to be 13 days older than me.  I get a little joy out of this.)

Anyhow, the christmasish (sure, it's a word) part of the tradition is that after dinner we leave a 100% tip in cash, and a nice note, and then quietly ghost on out of the restaurant, so the server doesn't have to be awkward about it.

I've known Scott for decades.  We've done this a lot.  It never, ever gets old.

#365Gratitude: At the corner of 69 and 1st

I was running a bit late for work the other day, and considering not going to work out beforehand.

Then I didn't not do that.  (Ugh, terrible grammar.)

Instead, I went to the gym, stuffed all my crap in good old locker #69, and worked out anyhow, going for a nice 30 minute swim.  I put myself first.

When I got to work, the work I had to do was still waiting for me.  The other chores, errands, and home things I had to do that day still waited for me when I got around to them.

But I felt better all day because I had my priorities straight about my health.

#365Gratitude: Squeecret Recipe

Auntie Squee shared with me the other day her SQUEECRET RECIPE.  It's a three song playlist that helps her find focus, concentrate, and really bring her A-game to work, when she needs to.

You do have to use it properly, however.  

The rules:

1. Listen to the entire 3 song playlist.
2. Listen to it in order.  There is no shuffling.
3. You may repeat the list as much as you need it.  This last one isn't so much a rule as it is a guideline.

I was having one of those I-would-rather-hit-myself-in-the-face-with-a-dirty-waffle-iron-than-spend-one-more-minute-looking-at-this-stupid-code days at work the other day, and I applied the Squeecret Recipe.

Worked like a charm!

Here's the recipe:

Carribean Blue (by Enya) 

White Rabbit (by Jefferson Airplane)

Space Unicorn (by Parry Gripp)