Positively Tuesday-A Little Each Day

      I'm trying something new and doing an entry at the end of the day to track my little bits of positivity. When I normally write, I'm stuck some days thinking through the highlights that made me smile. Here's my running log of simple pleasures and other bright spots in a world that needs us all to find those little bits each day. I had forgotten this picture last week. The swans were out in full on the lake. I only stood in the deck to get a picture so it's not the best, but it was cool to see so many.

Tuesday: The dogs did ok, considering I had to keep puppy upstairs. I worked partially from the dining room. I'm not going to lie-its going to be a long two weeks ( but as I'm about to publish this, we're down to last four days of low activity, and can do light walks). Pup still likes his walks by the pond to see the ducks. 

Wednesday: Not feeling up to going out, the cough is relentless, plus with puppy recuperating, I just joined trivia remotely. I got a couple answers right to help the cause, and the team finished second. 

Thursday: The cough that started earlier was wretched. But, I managed a full work day and had a calm relaxing evening. My daughter lost power- her whole village did for a couple hours, but she was able to download a movie prior to it going down and kept me informed when it went back on. 

Friday: Having the day off, despite a miserable cold was well needed. I even got a few things done like the refrigerator cleaned out. My daughter came over late afternoon and I enjoyed her company. 

Saturday: It was cold but my daughter and I got out to run a few errands. I was glad to get a package sent to my son. I tucked into my book for Monday and am enjoying it so far. My daughter made chili and there's plenty for another meal. She also made guacamole, and that was so good!  All of us were tired so no board game, but a little TV watching. Dull I know but when fighting colds, rest was needed. 

Sunday: I thought I was feeling better, but took another lousy turn. Fortunately there were plenty of leftovers so no cooking, and my daughter made my oatmeal, peanut butter, choclate chip cookies. We baked a dozen then frozen balls of dough in two packages of 14 each. I sent one bag home with her. The Vikings won in overtime and my daughter called from Spain. 

Monday: This darn cough will not surrender. It made for a tough work day, but I charged through. Book club by Zoom was fun, but I will say, I'm hoping we can do in person soon. The Zoom is as much for schedules as health concerns, though there's one women that has a lot of health issues and she rarely leaves her large hobby farm. I am pleased I didn't have to drive to work as word was the snow made roads pretty slick. It was light snow, and I'm hopeful we'll get another few days of sun and above freezing to melt it. I had the dogs out while I shoveled, needed fresh air for all of us. 

It's pretty, but not ready for winter yet!

     Today we can do light walks with the puppy so can begin to re-norm again. I'm happy for that. I've missed the walking, not that I couldn't without him, but having to makes me more disciplined. Today he needs to sleep in his kennel for his naps. He got over tired, bored, and quite naughty by end of work day, then again evening for DH. Getting back to what had become our routine is needed. It's hard for me to work without a double screen, though I made due. I spent a few minutes when he ate early tidying up my desk. I'm going to use my lunch break to put the dining room back to a dining room and not makeshift office. We still need him to not run up and down steps, but guiding him to my office while awake will work, with plenty of sniffy breaks outside. I need those too to get fresh air and feel whatever sun might peek out. 

     There's still a lot of heavy stuff at work and life. I'm not feeling my best mentally or physically, but I'm toughening up. I'm just trying to make good things happen when I can and notice bright spots, no matter how small. What positives highlighted your week?