I'm on the verge of getting my period and am grateful that I understand my body well enough to realize this is the reason for my low energy and less than sunny outlook today.

Other things I'm grateful for:

• positive feedback from my writing teacher
• the possibility of improving my grammar with the aid of a book
• remembering to do reality checks - it's easy to get carried away with irrational fear-based thoughts and also easy to end them with something simple and rational, for example an excel spreadsheet
• one of my orchids is blooming!
• fried chicken and cole slaw
• oh - and I almost forgot, my below-market-rent apartment in San Francisco
• oops - forgot another I thought of driving home from class tonight - I'm grateful that I will not have to worry about getting calls from the nursing home on my next International trip!