Grateful Thursday, early today

I'm starting this post early today, because I'm in a nice mood, feeling grateful and happy for a lot of things.

1) I'm very grateful that I bought the dress yesterday. I never splurge on things. Well, I take that back-- lately I've splurged on a few things. New perfume, a new purse, a new rain jacket. But those were things I needed and even my husband told me I needed to get. I'd been out of my perfume for a while, using the same purse for a year, and suffering at the cold, wet baseball games. The dress though, that is a splurge, and I didn't even ask permission. (When I say permission, I don't mean in a "it's his money and I'm just the wife so I have to ask permission to spend anything." I mean that we both ask permission of each other to spend anything over $20 or so on something that's not necessary. We never fight about money because we're so open about it, another thing for which I'm extremely grateful.) When I told him about the dress, all he said was he was excited to see me in it and that he knows I'll be beautiful. So of course I wasn't mad for long. It's not his fault he's a man and can't read my mind, I suppose.

2) Bub is ok, relatively. They said his knee felt a little better, but not as much as they had hoped, but he definitely isn't a surgery candidate. Their suggestions? Don't let him run or jump, but get him to lose weight. Thanks? So I starve him now? How else do you get a dog who can't run or jump or be active to lose weight. I've been researching diet dog foods. He's not that big, but he could stand to lose a few I guess. But I'm just glad he doesn't have to get cut open or put under again, and I'm thankful it was a relatively cheap visit, even if all they could tell me was he's fat and still not healed.

3) Purple. Yes, the color. It just makes me happy. I should wear more of it.

4) A pretty quiet week at the office. Five of my coworkers, including my boss, are gone to a convention, so I've actually gotten to leave at 5 pm every day this week, and I've caught up on a lot of work that's been sitting on the back-burner for a while.

5) My stomach is so much better. Thank goodness for Prilosec. After a totally sleepless night Monday and a painful day Tuesday, Tuesday night I ate a big plate of mashed potatoes right before bed (the best thing I could think of to keep the acid where it belonged), and I actually slept all night. Between that and the Prilosec, I've only had a couple pangs since then.