Weekend Ramblings

Reflections of this past week, little things of note to call attention to, blessings that have stood out in one way or another...

• Paying a bill at the receptionist's desk, I feast my eyes on a vase of fresh calla lilies...they were too beautiful to be real.  But they were real.  (Why is it that we automatically doubt the genuineness of something when it seems too real, too good to be true?)
• Falling asleep on the back porch one evening, a quick and unexpected nap brought on by the mesmerizing and peaceful sound of pouring rain...
• Finding an awesome new candle holder/stand at Home Good's, a great buy, and then sitting back and watching the flickering amber glow through the crackled, distressed glass of the globe...
• That first sip of fresh coffee each.and.every.morning this week, ushering life back into my veins with the promise of a new fresh day of discoveries, a new start...
• Slightly cooler temperatures, offering a bit of reprieve from the oppressive heat of summer
• Reaching my daily water quota every day this week
• Arriving home from work one evening to find a delivered UPS package with my new stock of Nutiva Coconut Oil, among other products I'd ordered from Netrition 
• Successful adherence to clean eating, and the followup reward of better-fitting just-the-right-degree-of-tight-white-totally-T jeans to wear to dinner Friday night
• Trying a new entree from the menu of my favorite local Mexican restaurant and discovering that it's rather low-carb friendly....MORE, PLEASE?
• After waiting all week, finally having that first indulgent sip of red wine on Friday afternoon
• Feedback and gratitude from my friend whom I've been helping/guiding, delighted that she's dropped a total of 15 lbs since she began cleaner eating
• Learning that my son was presented with an opportunity for promotion at his job and apparently aced his interview
• Discovering new steno shortcuts for my realtime writing and learning how to better communicate with my A/I so it can work to my benefit
• My first bite of protein oatmeal pancakes and blueberries following my training and cardio at the gym this morning...could it possibly taste any better?  REALLY BIG YUM
• Kick-ass glute and hamstring workout, with followup cardio at the gym this morning, and the expected and welcomed resurgence of endorphins
• Learning that I have no truly pressing obligations this weekend and I can divvy up my time with little projects that have been previously moved to the back burner
• Getting a full eight hours sleep for the first time all week

Giving thanks for even the smallest, simplest pleasures...