It was a good day for comedy. We watched Grumpier Old Men tonight. It’s an old movie, but it was still funny. The characters are ridiculous. However, the part that stuck out to me was when the mother told Sophia Loren’s character that she was jinxed with love and shouldn’t even try to have a relationship.

Of course, that didn’t work. And rightly so. Because at the end of the day, it’s really just the loving relationships we have that make all the difference.

I’m thankful for the relationships in my life that make it easier to handle the hard days.

Today I’m thankful for a sunny car ride where a hawk swooped past our car twice. It was huge and beautiful and I was not quick enough to get a picture because I was too enthralled just watching it.

I’m also thankful for French toast, finishing some crafts, and sofa snuggling.

It was a pretty good morning. We got some stuff done around the house. I worked on a couple crafts. I was able to keep my pain under control.

Somewhere early afternoon I started to get sleepy, and I ended up sleeping most of the afternoon/evening. I’m hoping I’m still able to sleep all night. I’m guessing it was some effects of the vaccine I got yesterday.

I’m thankful I had nothing major to do today and was able to rest.

This is embarrassing —I never posted yesterday. Unfortunately, I spent most of my day working on managing my pain because I had my second covid shot scheduled in the afternoon. I had read that the CDC recommended avoiding painkillers ahead of time, so I did my best with home remedies. But by the evening, I was exhausted and fell asleep on the sofa until Patrick woke me and told me to go to bed.

I have a few things I was thankful for though: I got to see some of my work colleagues while we were waiting for our shots. I was able to get my pain to subside in the evening with a large dose of Tylenol instead of the prescription meds, and hey! I’m fully vaccinated!

I’m thankful for this surprise today from one of my favorite people. It was a bright spot in a dull, gray day.

It was so nice out today that I spent as much time as possible outside. We took a long walk and I was even able to sit out on the deck for a short bit. I’m not sad about hanging out in the sunshine, even though I didn’t get all my chores done. I’m thankful for this first full day of spring.