Vacuums

There will be photos here later. 

I wake on this day of gratitude in thankfulness. 

With a job, enough income, puzzles to solve and people to help. 

Tomorrow we make it a another day, because there is more to be thankful for.  Our 31 years together and the friends we have gathered. I got yesterday off because Thursday is my usual day, so I get the day before. Friday I get off because my surgeon cancelled that clinic, and my colleague agreed, which is how these things work in this job. 

Before I left on Tuesday, I made a point to tell her how grateful I am, for the time off, and for this job. She expressed similar sentiments, glad that I do still like it, after all the frustrations, and that I am there doing this work. Apparently there really wasn't anyone covering hands/shoulders/Foot & Ankle/oddball, as a dedicated employee. 

We got a new vacuum, since the old one has a tear in the electrical cord that makes it unsafe, and we don't know how to fix it. We will pass it on to someone who does. Yesterday, I got up the past two years of dust and grime that had accumulated as a result of my despondency and lack of vitamin D, and the general lack of anyone to notice coming to visit. The last time this place got a proper scrub was when we hired a cleaner after I broke my wrist. 

I am thankful for the vacuum. Yes, I am thankful for nothing as well. Actually, nothing - especially. Letting my brain rest a bit, this work really does push me to think in different ways, and work a lot harder. 

Today, we will have frozen Thanksgiving Dinner inna Box from Trader Joe's, for the sake of form. Tomorrow, chili. Today I will send messages to everyone we know and love, making sure they know we appreciate them. Tomorrow we will see some of them here - all the vaccinated with decent immune systems. Not as much hugging as once was, but presence. 

 Electile Disfunction. 

There is a video at the bottom of the page. It's very much to the point.