I think I Can I think I Can...a grats list

I have so much to be grateful for, where do I start? Ok with the bestest:

-Mercury Man is so...I am so in love with him. I feel like we are discovering each other all over again, renewing our intensity for each other again. He is the one person I can talk to about anything, the person I turn to for main support, the person I have the most fun with. I love him for like he was as the young man I met 16 years ago, I love him for the grown man he is today. He is zany and funny and easy to be with most of the time. and when he is hard to be with it is still soooooo worth it. I can rest with him. I am at home with him. I like being with him. I love him.

-My grown folk sons! Man they are so big and old! Every day I am startled by my sons, sometimes when I am upstairs and hear them talking downstairs I'm like, who are these men in my house?? Nobody but my half grown deep voiced sons LOL! They are so helpful and even when I have to put them hammer down on them, they pull out the 'act-right' and get it together. Like yesterday I was hassling them about their nasty bedrooms, and they got right into cleaning them up and got their rooms all situated out. I am so proud of them!! and they get themselves up and ready every morning for school, make their own lunches now and everything. I'm just there, reminding them to eat breakfast and feeling superfluous LOL!

-My health, physical and mental. after the nasty miscarriage last year and the mental breakdown, it feels so good to be healthy and sound both in body and mind! believe it, your health is your true wealth!

-Ok so school is amping up! Every time I turn around there is an assignment or a paper or a test due, got-damn! excuse my language! I aim for a non-cursing life, but sometimes I'm like, damn! tomorrow I have a paper due again for my Wednesday night class, boo hiss. But I am a fast writer thanks to my tenure at University of Phoenix, where I finished my initial degree. That school, we had a paper due every single week plus a test or quiz every other week, it was intense. It's not really the papers though that's aggravating me, it's the 'class participation' aspect. Everybody's always looking at me and waiting for what I'm gonna say, even the teachers. I'm like, WTF? there are other people in these classes, make them run their mouths ha ha! I have learned the art of deflecting in conversation though, thank the lord. when the teachers are like, what do you think trula? I'm like blah blah blah, I'm curious as to what carol thinks, carol? or whoever and I toss that question back into the class! like a politician heeeee!

-Landlord of my storefront called me, there is a big box type company that wants the space and is willing to pay the 2 year lease in full upfront! I can't beat that as I am paying month-to month, and right now just paying partial rent until we open. I told her I totally understand if she wants to rent to them instead, she said she will let me know what's up and refund what I've paid. Kinda a hassle to move everything again but WTH, good thing about northeast ohio is there are tons of cheap empty storefronts available. I will find something near me soon!

-Subbing is going great, I was at my favorite school yesterday. The kids were a little salty with me that I haven't been around much, they know I am in school and so can't sub as much but still, they missed me. Nice to know they've been thinking about me! The teacher I subbed for yesterday is a class-to-class math interventionist and so I had all grades even the wee little ones, which went ok. Nobody cried or had a pee accident or wiped their slimy hands on me for once. But it was nice to see the big kids at the end of the day!

-Playing on my clarinet! my lungs are kinda weak now that I'm an old bag LOL! I can't believe I used to march and play and perform in concerts as a kid! I think I need to get my lung stamina back. It's so fun though! and I get to do duets with Todd, who plays the saxophone!