Thankful Thursday!

Be thankful for what you do not know. 

I've decided that since I have a minute where I am not supposed to be doing anything that I should TT.  I would like to say that I am doing it so that I know it's done this week but it's really just because while I have the minute now, I won't have the minute on Thursday.  Grey's Anatomy Season Finale is Thursday night and then I have to go to Baltimore for Pip's appointments early Friday morning which will require getting to bed early Thursday night.  As if you need a life story!  Goodness you're getting TT early be THANKFUL for that! :) 

It's been a relatively long two weeks and maybe things are starting to shape up in the background over here. I don't know but I do know it is looking better than it did last week at this time!  Woot! Woot!

So this evening I'd like to express my gratitude for... 

Things That I Do Not Understand - Maybe we aren't supposed to understand everything or know everything.  Maybe that is where people, like myself, go wrong.  I try really hard to understand others or to have a bit of knowledge about things. But then it dawned on me tonight when someone said that they didn't understand how someone can continuously act a certain way.  I responded with an "I don't know."  He repeated and I said the same and added, "Maybe we should consider ourselves lucky that we don't know." And at that moment, I was truly grateful that I am nowhere near close to understanding that particular situation. I'm not talking about Algebra (I WISH I understood that) but like things that are legit problems.  Why is this person a drama queen?  Why can't this person just kick a habit?  Why can't this person ever be thankful for what they have?  I am happy I don't think, live, or act that way and as consquence I will never understand it.  I am cool with that.  I'd also be cool if I could understand Algebra but you know... whatevs. We can't have all and I already have a whole bunch of goodness. 

That I Am (Almost) Okay with Other's Ideas and Beliefs -  I am, for the most part, cool with other religious and political views.  When it comes to politics I may think you're an idiot but I also respect the fact that you get to be an idiot. I dig other religious views.  Whatever works for you works for you and as long as you aren't hurting anyone, I am cool with it.  I am really glad that I think this way.  Meanwhile I am sort of a hypocrite because it bothers me that other people do not think the same way.  I don't think it should really matter to anyone whether I like strawberry or grape jelly or whether I pray to a God or just ask the Universe for a damn favor.  And I am also a hypocrite here because I do not enjoy that people do not or have not taken the time out of their lives to sort out the proper usages of too, to, and two; you and you're; they're, there, and their.   Next Mother's Day please do your mom a favor and sort that out. 

That Pip IS Moving Around -  I went for a Scranton check up Monday. Yes, I think they're a waste of time too but I've said many times that I'll do whatever they want me to do as long as Pip gets here safely.  Yesterday the chick was checking his heartbeat and she said, "Oh he moves around a lot!" and I agreed that that at every ultrasound he squirms around a bunch (but still won't let anyone complete the anatomy scan) but I still can't feel him move.  She was shocked. I said, "Well, what I feel doesn't feel like flutters..." and she cut me off and said, "Does it feel like gas?" I said yeah and she then told me that those feelings are actually Pipster moving around.  :) That made me happy I felt less than happy when people were all confused that I don't feel him. 

My Brother - Yes. I've been thankful for him before and I am thankful for him everyday. Yes, we can hardly tolerate each other.  Blame it on politics :).  And , yes, I love him like no other.  The truth is he drives me insane and I am sure I drive him insane.  I KNOW I do, but I am glad I have him as a brother.  Today, I learned that my abdominal muscles are torn (which explains the pain in my belly since Liverpool) and while I am happy that I know what is causing the pain, I am freaking mad as anything that it's another thing added to the list.  And as I've stated it hasn't been the shiniest week in the life of Autumn and I've been a crab apple to a small degree (I was still funny though) and Corey hasn't had the best two weeks either. So what do we do?  Well, we are both a part of the Taurus group so we acted like crab apples towards each other.  Both he and I were certainly not shiny towards each other, I can tell you that. Anywho, I ran into Corey as I came home from work tonight and we chatted for 64 seconds. As he was leaving he asked me if there was anything that I needed. I laughed and shook my head and said, "Nothing that you can help me with," as attaching my muscles to where they should be, making my back stop hurting,  etc etc going through my head.  He said, "Okay. I'll see you later.  Love you." and walked out the door.  Smiled but maybe slightly disappointed (relieved?) that there was nothing he could do.   I locked the door behind him.  And it dawned on me (I mean really, really) that if there was anyone in the world that could, Corey would go to the moon and back if it meant that I would get some relief for the next 18 weeks.  I mean I know that many people would do anything and everything to help me, but I am 100%  sure that he would do everything short of switching bodies with me to offer me some relief.  Not a lot of people have a person like that, I mean I hope you all do but I am not sure that everyone does and I am lucky to have him.   It's nice to think you have people like him around but it's even better to know that you have someone like him around. If he could make any part of this situation better, I know he would.   So for him am grateful.

What are you thankful for?

Oh and instead of the Incredible Hulk we all have the Incredible Pip! He tears through muscle wall with the strength of his 11 ounce body! Pip Smash! 

You know how I do.  Go big or go home.