3 Things I really dislike:
- It took me an hour & forty minutes to make the 30 minute drive to work this morning.
- The squeak in my car that was mute for the mechanic yesterday reared its annoying head this morning, consistently throughout the hour & forty minute drive.
- Cars who feel that they don’t need headlights/working brake lights.
And as much as I could gripe and whine all day about this (along with much of the metro area), once I safely arrived to work, that need to vent quickly passed. As I sighed in the relief of arriving safely to my office, I realized I have very specific things to be thankful for in this situation.
3 Things I’m thankful for:
- I have a working vehicle with very efficient heat, so while I was not moving, at least I wasn’t cold.
- I had several podcasts to listen to that helped me block out the squeaking sound made by the fan motor. (Thanks, Abby from Knit Knit Cafe & Jen from Commuter Knitter – Jen, I now have a new appreciation for your drive every day! How do you do that & stay sane!?!)
- Even though there were several motorists (all of which were in gray/graphite/beige/invisible in dawn or dusk colors) without their headlights on, I’m thankful that I saw all of them before an accident occurred. Also, in the case of the lack of brake lights, I’m glad I discovered this when we were in bumper-to-bumper gridlock & not when the offending Suburban was at a dead stop & I was not. It could have ended badly. I am thankful that it didn’t.
- BONUS! I made it home in a reasonable amount of time to my dogs, who were very happy to see me (and use the bathroom, I’m sure!).
Perspective matters. 🙂
Donita Westman 