Dare2Diva is Grateful

What a wet, cold, miserable day. It was a great thing actually. I was signed up to baby sit and I had my alarm set for 7:30 . I normally don't have to set my alarm but after a night of tossing and turning until at least 3am, I knew I wouldn't be awake on time. I woke up before the alarm (typical) grabbed a cup of tea and sat down to watch the news. To my delight I heard a down pour. Ok, I was already up but I knew that my nephews football would be cancelled and was hoping for my sisters sake that netball would be too. Anyway, since there wasn't any football, my sitting services weren't required. I managed to jump back into bed around 10am for a 2 hour catch up kip. Really nice. I have had a very hyperactive laziness feeling today which has been weird. Too cold and miserable to do anything but snuggle under a doona and read a book but my brain was in hyperactive mode so I couldn't concentrate on reading and I wanted to go and do something to burn up energy. I managed

I have to admit I am feeling quite cranky today. I have discovered that somebody has been 'leaking' info about me to somebody who I knew many years ago and they are now spying on me even thought I have told them outright that I don't want them in my life because they were toxic all that time ago and I don't want to risk such toxicity entering my life again. I have always been polite when I have communicated with this person but I have been very open and honest about why I don't want them back in my life. I do believe in honesty and I believe in being honest whilst being respectful. Needless to day, my crankiness has made me grateful in unexpected ways today. Universe 1) I am grateful that I am not living a lie. I am so pleased I got out of a toxic friendship because if I had to sit through a wedding and not say anything to her husband to be about her cheating, it would have killed me. I am not lying to people about the reason why I left the toxic friendship. It w

Wow, has today been cold. Welcome winter! Good grief. Today has been a day of waiting. I should hear back about a meeting I had yesterday. I hate the waiting, but at least there is something to wait on! 1) I am grateful that I have been able to be inside under a blanket today rather than having to be out and about. 2) I am grateful that I have something to wait on. I just wish I had a bit more patience. 3) I am grateful that even though I am feeling rather unattractive at the moment with my hair needing a colour and a cut and major defrizzing, no acrylic nails on so they look horrid, blotchy skin, I really am not worried about it. I actually don't care. This is a big thing. Women generally feel the pressure to work on their appearance all the time and we very rarely seem to be happy but even when I haven't put in an effort, I am not worried about it. This is a really good place to be in. I think this may mean that I am starting to get back my 'comfortable in my skin'

I have had a rather good and interesting day today. I am thinking a lot clearer at the moment which is a great thing. I have been doing a psychometric test tonight which has taken me 90mins instead of the 20mins estimated. All that thinking has made my head hurt because I could only chose true or false for 2 and on the 3 section agree disagree or undecided. All my answers needed clarifier's. I am a little concerned that I am going to come across as I don't like people, I don't play well with others, have control and anger management issues, and I am a basic nut job? Good grief. This Diva can't be asked to answer questions with no chance to clarify for goodness sake. I can't be expected to just use a one word answer. Do they not know who I am????? Universe 1) I am grateful for the huge downpour we have had today and that I didn't get soaked when I went out. 2) I am grateful that the drivers around me drove to their destination safely meaning I got to where I

Tuesday treat day. Well, that is what Tuesdays were called when I was in primary school and we had been good. Our school had a super healthy canteen but on Tuesday our canteen sold a 'healthfood type' chocolate bar and Toobs which are a BBQish tomato-ish flavoured puffed rice-ish snack food. We thought this was awesome and it was called Tuesday treat day. If our playground had rubbish left around or the chairs were left in a mess etc, Tuesday treat day was cancelled. Fun times. I mention treat day because I used one of my coffee cards again to get a free coffee for my trip up the mountains to home school land. I really love that treat of a vanilla latte particularly since it was quite cold today. Universe 1) I am grateful that I was able to get back to sleep after waking early this morning. 2) I am grateful for a quiet morning. I felt like I needed some space and I got that. 3) I am grateful for my collection of completed coffee cards. It enabled me to have Tuesday treat

I really need to get myself a routine. My days are starting to blur and I am not sure what happened when. Good grief. I need to think long and hard about what happened but I am glad I can remember! Universe 1) I am grateful for the early morning cup of tea with my sister. No Pa or bub just my sister and it was really wonderful. 2) I am grateful for the quick outing I had with my sister and this time, the bub. He was such a good little boy today. He asked for a choc choc bikbik when he got here (pa's home made ones) and he had one. '1 more peeeeeees' so he gets another and then 'just 1 more then all gone peeeees'. How can you resist? 3 chocolate chip biscuits later and we go off shopping. We managed to get everything we needed and then we headed home. 3) I am grateful that while my days seem to be a blur, the days don't seem very long. Although that means I am getting older quite quickly, it also means the days aren't dragging on. One thing about being a

I had another glorious sleep last night. Perhaps a little too much sleep because I felt a little hungover when I woke up but still, it was wonderful to get that sleep in. It was also another cold and dark day today so it was another opportunity to catch up on the TV I have missed. Universe 1) I am grateful for another wonderful nights sleep. 2) I am grateful that I seem to be getting my body clock back to normal. This is a sign that my health is improving and the thinking and problem solving I have been doing is healthy and not destructive. It may be scary and exhausting but clearly isn't destructive. 3) I am grateful for yet another sign that I need to be working on my teaching business. I think I need to get a 'normal' job so I can build up some savings and work on building my resources again before getting stuck into it permanently, but that is ok. I am quite excited about working again (I would appreciate a job really quickly universe!) because I know that it will