Here's another week of 2008 and another chance to write down the things I feel grateful for. These, as with last week, aren't in any particular order, just random stuff.

• Those who believe me when I say "it hurts."


• The productive and supportive visit with my nurse practitioner.


• The availability of wheelchairs at the mall.


• The kind people at Lush who helped me spend money and leave with lots more than I expected.


• The kind woman who said she liked my slippers (I couldn't get into shoes because of the swelling.)


• The services available to students with disabilities.


• The understanding I receive from those I work with at school.


• My friends who made sure I ate, even when I didn't want to.


• The friends who helped me get to various appointments.


• The opportunities presented by my internship.


• The understanding of those I work with at my internship when I need to leave early.


• The kind woman at a workshop who helped me with food and knew the clock method of food description.


• Those who let me feel pride in small accomplishments.


• My mom's willingness to push me in the wheelchair today.


• Mom's help with groceries today.


• The fact that my ID picture isn't horrible.


• Sales.


• New meditation opportunities.


• The inside joke of "I think I need a Beegger box."


• Sandy's help


• The warm days earlier this week.


• Skype conversations about nothing and everything.


• Those who encouraged me this week when I'm not sure I can stand the pain one more second.


• Yogurt I like.


• Ginger Ale.


• The fact that Julio likes his house collar and I can tell where he is now.


• Julio's love for his new squeaky bone.


• The chances to smile at Julio's antics.


• The fact that Julio hasn't lost skills on escalators.


• Empathetic people.


• Chances to branch out and learn something new.


• Heat.


• Coffee


• Accessibility features I have the luxury of taking for granted.


• Those who faught to make it easy for me to forget that we didn't always have accessibility.


• Those who do the right thing with accessibility.


• ?Slippers which I can wear outside.


• Twitter


• Books


• My Stream


• Wireless keyboards


• Soft blankets


• Soft pants


• Those who teach without lecturing


• Medications, even when I wish I didn't need them.


• Search engines.


• Access to knowledge.


• Tegaderm, which makes bathing with a medication patch so much easier.


• The freedom to be as open or as ambiguous as I want about my health choices.


• Boundaries and the freedom to set and change them.


• Water.


• Tea


• Baileys


• Whipped cream


• Hot chocolate


• This blog.


• Those who understand when I am upset over small things, then miss the bigger picture.


• Those who gently remind me that I'm missing the bigger picture.


• Those who tell me not to stress over something I can't change.


• Each and every reader of this blog.


• Hope