Happy Christmas Eve

Here are some happy things from today:

  • Every week I get a message from FitBit about my step count for the week.  Often I ignore it.  I decided to look at it today.  I used to work hard to reach a 10,000 step a day goal.  Now I try to be happy if I get to 70,000 in a week.  I spent most of Sunday in bed with this cold and I still reached 70,000 steps for the week.  All the steps I get at work make a big difference (over 20,000 today).   I'm glad I looked at the notification and saw my totals.


  • Things at work got so busy today that I worked just under twelve hours.  They gave everyone a gift that stayed late today.  That was really nice.  We also got an extra $50 if we worked our full shift.  
  • On Christmas Eve we have had a tradition of gifting holiday books.  This year the book I received was An Anishinaabe Christmas by Wab Kinew.  It is about an Indigenous (in Canada) family that travels home to the reservation for Christmas.  I enjoy learning little bits about other cultures.





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Continued listening to: Daindreth's Sorceress, by Elisabeth Wheatley.

Continued listening to: The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.


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