Grateful

A friend of mine wrote a post along these lines recently, and I thought it was a good idea, as it stops me whinging!  So what have I been grateful for over the last few weeks?

1) Friends, both old and new.  

I've been stupidly busy over the last year and haven't had much time to see my friends, so I've really enjoyed spending lots of time with them this summer.  I've been to New York to see one lovely friend, who I hadn't seen in over a year, so that was fabulous.  And then I had a week away where I spent loads of time with lovely people, and met some new friends.  You know when you  barely know someone, then you spend time with them and you completely click and find you can tell them absolutely anything?  I found someone like this over the summer, which is always a winner.  And then last week I spent a lovely day catching up with a wonderful person who has helped me through some difficult times in the past.  So all in all, I love all my friends and feel so grateful to have them.  I actually don't know where (if anywhere) I'd be without some of them. 

2) Slightly more shallowly...my new phone and laptop.  

Both very beautiful...so beautiful that I don't think I can say anything else!

3) My holidays.  

Despite being absolutely broke, I've had a lovely holiday in New York, then went to Norfolk/ Suffolk (not sure which!) and am going to Belgium this week, and then possibly down to Somerset.  After being stuck in London for the last year, it's been so nice to escape and breathe fresh air!

4) My health.

Yes, so I sound like a little old lady here.  But I've never really thought about this before.  I've always taken it for granted, but I realised the other day how lucky I am to be alive and healthy, both physically and mentally.

As I am such a whinger, I'm going to try and post along these lines every few weeks...so look forward to some optimism!

x

PS: Fancy sharing a joke...

       Q) What do you call a man with no shins?

       A) Tony! (Say it...Toe-knee...)