Today, I am grateful that a loss by my favorite team was a small win for me. I enjoy watching sports and I budget to have a little money each month for entertainment and I like to do research on sporting events and guess what will happen and bet money. I have my limits. I know my budget. $10 is a lot of money for me. Suns messed around in the first half. Weird rotations. For the playoffs the Suns should not have four bench players and one starter on the floor for a significant amount of time when Durant, Booker, CP3 and Ayton are healthy. Hopefully, the next game will be a win-win for everyone!
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Today, I am grateful for the idea of using pictures as bookmarks. I was able to see my beautiful Grandma's smile, she passed away in 2021. I was able to see my Grandpa who lives in South Dakota. I was able to see my son as a 5 year-old with them when we visited in 2020. I don't know where I got this idea but I use anything and everything as bookmarks. I had pictures and then I would smile when I opened my books to find the picture again and again. I print off a bunch of pictures sporatically and then place them in the books that I buy or want to read again and when I open them I get to smile again. Love you Grandma and miss you every day! I am excited to visit you this summer Grandpa! Today, I am grateful for the ability and privilege with my finances to be selective in the food that I consume that matches with my goals. I chose to order the wedge salad at Four Peaks and it was delicious. I forgot to have the bacon bits removed but I was kind with myself and enjoyed their crispiness :) This wedge salad did not stand a chance! This lone tiny cherry tomato was the last of it and it was also delicious. I was not perfect this week with my eating but I am taking steps and trying to make more postiive decisions in my food than negative ones. If you want to enjoy something simple, get a wedge salad! Today, I am grateful to reflect on the words of this post. Ending things is hard. Sometimes those things are my choice and sometimes the choices have been made for me. Sometimes the end of something are because of the negative choices I have made. What I am grateful is for the understanding that even though things are hard when they are ending, those endings leave a space for something new to grow in its place. My goal is to be a good person for my kids, my family, my friends, my colleagues, my students, my community and those who I encounter throughout this journey. Cheers to ending things, going through the heartaches, then looking forward to the growing that is going to be taking place! Today, I want to take a minute and be grateful for the people that surround me at Tempe High. I would probably not be in teaching or be in a very different place if I had not make the switch to where I am now. I know that I have people who professionally challenge me and I want to do good work to impress them. This place is dope. I hope that I add positive value to this experience for my colleagues and students! Today, I am grateful for finding my communities of resistance.
I moved to Arizona with my family and not knowing another soul who lives in this state. That move happened in the Fall of 2019 and in the Spring of 2020 we did not return from Spring Break because of the start of the Pandemic. This was a wild time. To add to it my own kids were trying to figure things out with moving. We couldn't go anywhere and had no places to go. I didn't have time to meet and hang with my colleagues before everything was shut down. During this time it became more and more clear that my wife and I were going down a path of divorce. Fast forward. I have now lived in Arizona for almost 4 years and have been able to grow relationships with colleagues and co-workers at my second job and I know I can call a handful of people who would do what they can to help me and my kids if we had anything happen. I know I have people in my corner. I know I am not alone. I am grateful for being able to know this and feel this. Today, I am grateful to start a few somethings.
It is Spring time and I need to make some changes to what I am doing to be healthier and hopefully happier. My beard was starting to bother me. I walked out of the bathroom and the first thing my son said to me was "You're not my dad!" lol. I have decided that I am going to phase out the unhealthly eating habits that I have. I need to drink more water. I need to eat more real foods. I want to phase in vegetarian eating habits and make eating meat something that is rare. I need to add more fruits to my diet. I have been feeling super uncomfortable in my body lately and I want to make these small changes and be disciplined in following through with them. I am the heaviest I have ever been and I am not happy or comfortable with what I can do or how I feel. I want to run a half marathon this year. I need to get more exercise in my life. These past six months have probably been some of my most sedatary time in my life. I have been feeling it. My back has been hurting. My legs have been hurting. I need to get more active and with that I need to get more sunshine in my life. I want my workouts to be balanced between being on a treadmill and being outside on a bike/walking path. I know this is going to be a process and I have done it before. I am older now and I need to prioritize these workouts if I want to do what I want to do in my body. I am going to set up a plan to read more, continue to learn Spanish, continue writing my Gratitude blogs, play more games with my kids, be financially smarter with my money, get more sleep. I am making a plan now by saying these are my goals and writing them. I am on a journey. I know my destinations will change as life happens. I need to remember to have grace with myself and enjoy the journey. One day at a time. One decision at a time. Today, I am grateful for the music of The Head and The Heart.
The Head and The Heart is one of my favorite groups.
I hope to be able to see them live at some point on their tour this year! Maybe this summer when I am traveling to Idaho and South Dakota, our paths will cross! Today, I am grateful to be able to watch my daughter Kayleah compete on the soccer field.
I love how much she cares about being a good teammate, doing what her coaches are asking her to do and her competiveness in wanting to win. I know how hard Kayleah has worked to improve as a soccer player and I love watching her on the field. Today, was a beautiful day outside. Sitting in the sun and drinking a Mountain Dew. Dayterbug was off kicking a soccer ball into the fence and coming back with red cheeks. I cannot wait to see what her sports career looks likes going into high school next year. I will always be there to support her and cheer her on! I am so proud of you and all of your hard work Kayleah! Today, I am grateful for the ability to recognize when I am looking at something from a certain perspective and being willing to listen to other perspectives with an open mind.
I saw this graphic on my socials timeline and liked it. It shows the same amount of water but the perspective of the person looking at the glass and water can interpret it differently. I find myself fluctuating between these different outlooks while in this season of my life. This year has included almost completing my first year at Tempe HS, going through my divorce, working a second job to make ends meet, meeting new people, interacting with students, watching my own kids get older, watching my own kids compete in sports they find enjoyable. There has been good days and crappy days. There has been hopeful days and days that I could not wait to be over. I am trying to do better about recognizing what perspective/outlook I have and navigate those emotions and feelings. Today, I am grateful for this area of growth in my life. |
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