...and to all a good night!

The last post of mine was not meant to be a downer. But I'm glad I wrote it because it enabled to get some things off my mind and hopefully put it behind me. I have so much to be thankful for and I really can't complain about life.

I'm happy.

Yes, I am where I want to be at this exact moment in my life. True, I'm not in any romantic entanglement, I have no idea what I will do after I finish with AmeriCorps next August, and there are inconveniences in my life. But that is just what they are, inconveniences. Life is good.

My family is healthy. Well, the Momma just had surgery for her carpel tunnel in her hand and the Grammy had a knee surgery done. But they are healing well, at least that is what they told me. They are happy, which is a big part of my happiness. Tonight we will be sharing my favorite Christmas tradition of getting Chinese food and looking at Christmas lights. Tomorrow the Grammy will come over and we will do the presents thing and then have steak and baked potatoes for dinner. Just like the Baby Jesus did. It was weird being away from home for so much of the holiday season, but I'm home now and I can be here with these two wonderful ladies.

I'm healthy. I'm not sick and I have been trying to keep up with the physical training that is required for us in NCCC. I even joined a gym! Yeah, crazy, I know.

I'm enjoying my job. My job is supporting the team leaders out in the field with whatever they need from the western region campus. I love working with them to make sure that their projects and their teams reach their full potential. The Silver Unit are very fun people, team leaders and corps member alike. We are all in this to serve communities and I love working with them towards this goal.

I'm loved. I realized that I wasted a lot of time during team leader training and corps member institute being bitter and sad about events that had happened during the past year. I didn't let myself open up to the fun and bonding that was to be had with my fellow team leaders. I am trying to make up for that lost time. I love my fellow support team leaders who are with me every day in the office going through the same challenges and triumphs that I am going through. I laugh so much when I am with them and can see that they genuinely enjoy my company as much as I enjoy theirs. I am also loving other team leaders who have teams on projects right now. These friends are people I want to be around a lot because they make me happy and I can make them happy. It's a big happy-fest, I know.

Maybe a different word I could use is content. As cheesy as it sounds, sometimes at night I feel like I could fall asleep with a smile on my face. I am right with the universe and the universe is right with me. So, this Christmas, I wish my blog-readers contentment. May you go to sleep with the feeling that all is right in your world and the knowledge that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Love and Peace to you all!