Gratitude 365

After all my good intentions I missed day number 2!

I realised just as I was drifting off to sleep and decided that I'd put it in this morning. And now I have two things to go in at once:

2. I'm grateful for beautiful sunny days when I have a day off
3. I'm grateful that my husband, upon finding out I'd woken with a bad headache, went downstairs and made me a cooked breakfast and tea the way I like it then served them to me in bed.

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I can't work out how to get that little line at the bottom of my entries saying they were originally posted at Dreamwidth. Fellow Dreamwidth users, can you help?

I am one hour in to a 16 hour shift. So far it's all veeeeery quiet, please send me good vibes so it remains so!

Today I made paneer cheese. The bit I nibbled off the corner tasted good, the rest has gone into a curry, so I guess I'll have to wait until dinner for the final verdict.

Does anyone who reads this know much about Freegans and so forth? I'm intruiged and would like to find out more, particularly from locals.

What friends have taught me

I've been thinking recently about the idea that everyone has something to teach, or that I can learn something from everyone. I started thinking about it because I was brooding about Eliza (it's her birthday on Wednesday, drat her, and I can't seem to forget the date, which means I think about her every time I look at next week's roster) Two years ago I wrote a post in which I mentioned the things she taught me (mainly- not to be her.) While the lesson she taught me was hard, and was not taught by her willingly (or not with my benefit in mind) I started thinking about all the things friends have taught me that were lessons given willingly and happily for my benefit, whether they were knowingly giving a lesson or not.

This list is not conclusive, and I'll probably come back and add to it many times over the next week.

Things my friends have taught me

Seamus: To love and be loved without fear and with total trust
Andrea: To make bread
Elena: To sing "Sweet Kate" and not be afraid to sing properly in front of a friend
Lisa: To make marmalade
Kitty: To play with harmonies
Helen: To act, to get the very best out of my acting
Shayne: That strong friendships can be formed in a few in depth conversations topped up with ten minute chats
Sarah: To not underestimate my own strength
Eva: That nurture and love and kindness make you shine and are the strongest antideppressants I know
Kate: That conflict can be healthy and even if it's scary it's good to disagree with your partner/family/friend sometimes
Anna (J): To felt and craft with abandon
Erica: That "all that Roman stuff" that comes after the 5th century BC is actually interesting
James: To play beach cricket, even when hungover
Lauren: That survival of evil is not just possible- it's pleasurable
Mark: That route learning has it's place (First declension! Second declension!)
Liam: To eat the skin on kiwi fruits
Hannah: To make potato rounds with eggs for dinner when feeling financially poor and needing comfort food
Michael: To listen and remain calm
Andy: The cryptic crossword is not to be feared
Penny: To make mint jelly and strawberry jam
Penelope: The wonders of tapestry
Molly: That I can think laterally in an emergency (eg. finding an English-speaking chiropractor who makes house calls on a Sunday in Rome? No problem!)
Andrew (Fin): To sign off emails that are between formal and informal "Cheers"
Anna (A-C): To cook 2 minute noodles in a microwave
Rachael: To be more thoughtful and considerate
Daniel (Yeowie): To turn while ice-skating and not fear falling over



No where near finished, but it'll do for present.