The Happiness Project

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/happinessproject/

I read this today - I like to follow this because I am trying to be happier. Although after last night's meltdown - Thursday night is meltdown night at our house - it's a challenge. And I just read a post from a high school pal on facebook that she's thankful today for her family and her friends and her community and the immediate reaction of someone else was "what's wrong"? And JF's answer was - "nothing's wrong, I'm just grateful."

So, me too. I'm thankful I'm still working, that Coach is still working, that we made it to Feb vacation without getting sick, that mom and dad are healthy, that we are all healthy, that we have heat and all those other things that we take for granted. For friends, old and new, near and far and those who I've reconnected with recently.

For life.

Yeah Yeah Quityerbitchin'

My friend Janet is having her brain tumor out today! Thankfully it is not malignant or anything, just a big "gangliotta" Discovery channel like mass that has leeched itself onto her medulla oblongta at the base of her skull. It has most recently affected her speech and at one point she had lost her voice - not so easy for a Type A Italian! But she has done her research and met with her very awesome doctors and is going into this surgery a very well informed patient. We had lunch a couple of weeks ago and we made sure she would have warm pants and socks while she's in the hospital and while she will feel crappy for a couple days, she will be able to access email from her bed! I love Boston!!

Good luck, Janet, we are thinking about you, and there will be a celebration after you are released, most especially because they won't ruin your hair.