Here are a few things that didn't happen to me today: It didn't snow. This is a good thing (the kind that is too good to be true but I'll take whatever I can at this stage in the way of good news) given we are already into December, more or less (in The Tundra, time stands still) and nothing - not even a single digit minus temperature. Gratitude abounds.
I didn't feel the usual grip of ennui that I get everyday I look out of my bedroom window onto Edward Scissorhands Close (where I live). I even noticed a piece of food wrapper swirling along the pavement, in a nihilistic sprint to nowhere. Swirl paper! I willed it - while you still can before the compulsives and A-types that people this street cut your fun short and recycle you.
I didn't turn off the Christmas tree lights when I left the house this morning and am only thankful they didn't short circuit and burn every last beam to the ground. My husband will be proud.
I didn't make the bed, or set the dryer so I have no socks again. Luckily, it isn't that cold (see point 1) - I have time. And frankly the bed is about to be slipped into again tonight so who's going to notice?
I didn't go shopping for food - my absolutely favourite pastime of all, after unloading the dishwasher and putting clothes away.
And finally, I didn't have a glass of wine that turns into 4 but I'm about to do that now in order to kick start my list of things I did do which I hope to expand on in the next blog post, if I can see through the fug of alcohol and despair tomorrow morning.
Here, I'll get a headstart in now. I did break all my positive thinking rules and I did dwell on the negative side of everything...as you can see.
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