Random gratitude

 

Gonna do the thing. (The gratitude list). But first, as much as I hate to type these words, Rebecca Solnit wrote today, and she's right: "Nine more days of living in this country as we knew it. Not saying it was perfect or anything, but it is about to go off the rails." I'd like to be proven wrong, but I won't be.

But here is my list:

1. Doris and I first met 23 Januarys ago and have been together ever since. We celebrated with lunch today at a place we love, Bloom Plant Based Kitchen

2. Grateful for Indivisible, The Smile, and The Goodnewsletter. The latter two deliver a daily dose of good news. And Indivisible is killin' it in terms of leading the resistance. Their last webcast was recorded, and it's good

3. Got a nice Cameo from Sachin. And if anyone wants the link, LMK. He's Canadian but he is feeling the pressure and the sadness of what is happening in this world. He offered some comforting words.

4. I never wrote about Eric's visit, did I? He flew in and spent 5 days here. We got to have him in person for our NYE party. (But - boo - my BFF and her hubby were ill and couldn't make it!) Eric and I also went to the arboretum to see the Christmas lights and agreed it was incredible, complete with perfect music. I asked him what else he really wanted to do since he was in town, and he listed Chicago Diner, Handlebar, and Chicago Bagel Authority  - so we hit all of them. We even managed to do Handlebar on public transit since Doris needed my car that day. (He also did some things on his own, while I was working, like museums and the Conservatory) In the evenings we binged re-watched X-men 97 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. A year ago we binged Shadowhunters and we'd talked about doing a rewatch, but the 97 and the 99 kept us busy enough.

5. Doris' blood work is showing some improvement. It's not super-great but it's ok, basically.