Things to be Thankful for After a Snow Storm

The Butterfly climbing the car to clear the snow.

I can’t lie to you. I wish I woke up with the wonder and excitement of a child, gazing out on 20 inches of fresh snow. I woke up cranky. Snowed in. Irritated by the snow. Irritated that I’m cranky.

I want to snap out of it. And if you’ve read here for a while, you know what’s coming: a list of good things for me to be thankful for on this day.

1. The list always starts with coffee. This morning was a half-a-pot, sucked down with haste.
2. And Stevia to sweeten it. Sugar is a felony in my diet. If anyone enforced the law around here, I’d get the chair.
3. We have power after Nemo blew through. Thousands of homes in  Connecticut are without.
4. We are warm.
5. We have firewood.
6. And soon there will be a warm fire to sit by.
7. Dave is making  breakfast,
8. Which will include hash browns
9. And bacon.
10. I felt well enough to shovel the walkway. Lyme has been kicking my butt this week, so this is a big deal.
11. The dog took one step out the back door and peed in the snow that blew into the screened- in porch…but she did not pee in the house.
12. Three cats are stalking me for their morning feed.
13. The Butterfly is frolicking in the snow ‘helping me’ clear the snow.
14. She smiles, wide.
15. She laughs, loud.

A while back, the Adventurer said to her grandmother:

You may be old, but at least you don’t suck.

She meant it in the nicest way. I’ve decided to embrace this for myself today. I may be getting older. My body may hurt from years of health issues. We may be up to our asses in snow at a time when all I want is to be on a beach somewhere, anywhere.

But at least I don’t suck. I’m 95% sure of this.  And my life doesn’t suck.