Thankful Thursday 6/30/11

I’m not actually feeling very grateful today so writing this post was a good exercise. That being said, here’s what I’m thankful for today…

1) Not getting paged or called into work overnight. On Tuesday night I got three calls from work after I’d already gone to sleep. Fortunately I didn’t have to get up and drive in to work, but those calls made me lose two precious hours of sleep. I was so annoyed. Luckily my cell phone and pager were quiet last night.
2) Morning radio. Let’s face it – morning commutes are boring. I rely on my favorite morning radio show, Mark and Kristin on KOST 103.5, to keep me entertained for the half hour it takes me to get to work. Especially the celebrity gossip and movie reviews! It’s not intellectually stimulating, but I enjoy it.
3) My pedometer. In the first ten days of Boeing on the Move I’ve become addicted to the clicking sound my pedometer makes when I walk. So far I haven’t fallen short of my 10,000 step goal on any particular day, even when I don’t go to the gym. Walking to lunch and to the grocery store after work really helps.
4) Feeling needed at work. Earlier this week my early shift at work was very quiet and I was frustrated that I wasn’t being more useful to my co-workers. But as soon as I logged onto my computer this morning I had several tasks that needed my attention. It certainly made the day go by faster!
5) Subway. I didn’t get to eat lunch until 3 PM today when I left work and walked over to Subway and inhaled a sandwich. I’m not a big fan of Subway, but I was so hungry that I think anything would have tasted good. The only reason I didn’t go to Del Taco was an attempt to keep up my healthy eating habits, although a cheese quesadilla sounds really good right now.
6) No laundry or dirty dishes. It’s an wonderful feeling to get home from work and not have any dirty clothes or dishes waiting for me. And since we had salads for dinner tonight I didn’t have to do much cooking or food preparation either. It was actually a relatively lazy afternoon and evening for me, but I still didn’t get a chance to watch the “Return to Cranford” disc I got from Netflix. Maybe tomorrow.
7) Hallmark Channel. Episodes of “Little House on the Prairie,” “Fraiser,” and “Golden Girls” in the afternoon. Need I say more? In college one of my roommates and I used to watch episodes of “Full House” to unwind after a difficult day. Now I just have to turn on Hallmark Channel when I get home from work to get the same effect.
8) Long weekends. I was hoping to take tomorrow off from work, but that’s not an option anymore. If I’m lucky I’ll be able to leave at lunchtime. Having Monday off is going to be great, though. I have big plans for reading, movie watching, and relaxing in general. And maybe some exercise too. I need to get my 10,000 steps per day!

2 thoughts on “Thankful Thursday 6/30/11

  1. Love reading your thankful thursdays. :)

    We just got pedometers at work this week. It is kind of fun. We’re only tracking the steps we take at work, and Tuesday and Wednesday I had almost 10,000 just at work. Crazy. No wonder I’m always so tired when I get home.

  2. Wow! That’s a lot of steps at work! I wish I didn’t have such a desk job, but I make sure to get up and walk around a lot. I still have a hard time getting 10k steps each day if I don’t go to the gym.

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