I am grateful for those moments when something strikes me as funny, and it’s not really that funny, but I think it is, and I just can’t quit giggling.

I am grateful for clear ice.

I am grateful for good magnets, because wimpy magnets make me a little irritated.

I am grateful for moments when I type an incredibly long string really fast and make no mistakes.

I am grateful for the few times in a day when I actually bite my tongue, not literally but figuratively, and don’t say what is inside my thought bubble.

I am grateful for that gnawing feeling – I would have lost the spelling bee on that one, friends – that gnawing feeling I have when I get so far behind in writing thank you notes, because I know that sleep will not come tonight until I get it crossed off the list. Now if only I could be sure to remember all the thank you’s I need to write.

I am grateful for a window behind me in this office, making pretty sunsetting shadows on the wall in front of me this evening.

I am grateful for people who do not begin explanations and responses with the word, “So…” THAT is in the same category as using “like” over and over in a sentence or saying “absolutely” in place of “yes.” These things make me want to gnaw.

And I am a little behind the times, but I am grateful for the wonderful new world of flats, particularly…Rothy’s.