Dare2Diva is Grateful

Its my 40th birthday today. The best gift I was given today was a 13.5hr sleep thanks to some almighty powerful sleepers. Brilliant. I spent the day with my little sister and her family and had dinner. I received some wonderful birthday wishes from people all over the world. Some I haven't met and I also received an e-card from a lovely lady who is on my much loved people to meet when I visit the US. Universe 1) I am grateful for the amazing sleep I had last night. 2) I am grateful I have made 40 when in reality, it has been a very bumpy ride and I shouldn't have made it this far. 3) I am grateful for the time spent with my sister and her family today. Nice and relaxing. 4) I am grateful for the birthday wishes from so many people. I find it hard to believe that that people would bother to be so kind. I know that sounds pathetic but to have 40 odd people, many whom I have never met take the time out of their hectic schedule to write a birthday message, means so much to me

OK, I'll say it. Thank Fuck It's Friday. This has been a hell of a week mentally. I bought a coffee for my morning drive which seemed to taste even better than usual. I don't believe I did any actual work that accomplished anything today except a meeting in the city which was preceded by a little shopping trip. Nice. I had a shrink appointment early this evening and he says I am on the brink of a psychotic break and full blown manic episode. I think I already knew this but to hear a professional say it is a little scary. Needless to say, I have some really nice sedatives for the next few days. Hopefully, a big sleep will help everything. Universe 1) I am grateful for my morning coffee 2) I am grateful I am not being micro-managed. I can have some slack off days when I need them and nobody cares. I am up to date with everything so I don't feel guilty. 3) I am grateful for my birthday message from Irish. So sweet. He remembered from a conversation we had a few weeks

Another day starting with training but thankfully it was only for 3hrs. A couple of my favourite people were there including a very cute young man doing the training. After training I went for a long lunch with a colleague followed by completing a few tasks and an early finish time. I have been going through my day feeling extremely drained, even more than usual. I have been really forgetful and vague and apparently I look like shit. Fabulous. I am hoping that this feeling goes really quickly. Universe 1) I am grateful I woke up early and enjoyed honey crumpets. 2) I am grateful Training was for only 3hrs today. I really couldn't have coped for any longer. 3) I am grateful I got to share my training with some great people. 4) I am grateful I was able to share a lovely lunch and chat with a colleague 5) I am grateful I finished a couple of contracts that were urgent and I have pulled them off well within deadline. 6) I am grateful for my early mark from work today. It gives

Dear Lord, another day of training and another day I will never get back. I started my day with a coffee and the drive from hell to training. Just as well my boss was there to keep me amused. Universe 1) I am grateful I bought a coffee for my morning drive. It helped to keep me from losing the plot 2) I am grateful my boss was in my training group. He kept me amused and was just as bored as I was. 3) I am grateful for the opportunity to get to know others in a different light that are in my large group but not my small team. 4) I am grateful I had some chill out time at lunch to read my book while I refuelled. 5) I am grateful my sister dropped around and had a little chit chat. I gave her my pc because I have no use for it now that I have my macbook. 6) I am grateful I am still managing to keep things together. I don't think anyone has noticed that I am quite unwell. I am good at being able to hide when I feel like I am about to lose it and come back when I have calmed dow

I got to work on time. YAY me. Meetings went well and I got my way, I mean, I managed to use my business professionalism to get the best result for the company, lunch was yum, and my day went quickly. Tuesday is teaching night and when I arrived, I received a present of beautiful painted wine glasses and a bottle of very nice red, a painting, a card and hugs. After piano and before theory, they had a cake and Master 11 was asked to get a candle from the candle box. He came back with an 80 candle and said they could then say I look great for my age. The little ones climbed on my lap to sing happy birthday and help me blow out my candle. I had such a wonderful night. Universe 1) I am grateful I got to work on time. 2) I am grateful that my meeting went well. 3) I am grateful for my really fabulous lunch of baby spinach, rocket, parmesan cheese, cherry tomato, avocado, olive oil and white wine vinegar dressing. Absolutely divine. 4) I am grateful that my day went quickly and that en

For a Monday, today was really good. I woke up well, although really tired, and after getting ready, I had time for breakfast. I got to work and nothing had fallen apart, and in fact, everything was going as planned. I had a great day mentoring and training a colleague again today and i love that. The day went really quickly. I am looking forward to heading to bed shortly. Universe 1) I am grateful I woke up just before my alarm. I hate waking up to an alarm because it puts me in a bad mood all day. 2) I am grateful I had time for a leisurely breakfast this morning. 3) I am grateful I had everything up to date last week so my day off didn't affect anything. 4) I am grateful the migraine that was going actually ended up going 5) I am grateful I had the opportunity to mentor and train today. It is something I really enjoy. 6) I am grateful the day went quickly and that I had a great day. Blessings

What a sinker of a night. Bloody hot and humid and with a migraine, I was finding it really hard to feel excited about the day. Oh, and the day started at 3:30 when I woke up hot sweaty, with a pounding head, sick stomach, full bladder and hoping it was a decent hour to wake up on a Sunday, like 7am, so I could go to the lounge and put the air conditioning on. I have overdosed on pain killers today (no paracetamol so my liver is fine) so I was able to pick up my niece as my baby sitter and venture out to get my father his birthday present and the ingredients for my lunch of salad this week. I was pleased with my purchases and so was Pa. Universe 1) I am grateful I managed to get back to sleep after waking up so early 2) I am grateful I put the air conditioning on as soon as I woke up again. 3) I am grateful the pain killers worked well enough for me to be able to do the things I needed to do today 4) I am grateful I was able to pick my niece up to baby sit me out shopping today.