Sunday Morning, Mark

• Yesterday was the Alzheimer’s walk, and the fundraising support from far and wide was both unexpected and overwhelming. 

• My sister’s patience with my nieces continues to be…I don’t know how she does it.  I’m not sure if this is something that is actually a gratitude, but I can’t stop thinking about it.

• I had a really lovely dinner with Rocky, Carter, SP, and Tommy last night and it felt lovely and cozy.

• My fall haircut, and the privilege to indulge in bourgie shit as I do. 

Friday, Mark:

•  There's been an unexpected bit of catharsis about posting on my Mom's ALZ, and the subsequent support that's come in for the ALZ walk this weekend.  I'm grateful for that.

• I got a super great haircut yesterday, and the guy that cuts my hair is also hot and flirts just the right amount to make me feel all tingly.

• The arrival of fall and the chillier weather has me in FULL Sunday Scary mode about the coming winter, BUT I am sooooooooo happy to be wearing sweaters this week, I can't even stand it. 

Thursday, Mark:

• Last night's first date with the red head who asked about my preferred fetishes/whiskey
• My heating pad
• Eric, the eastern medicine/bodywork expert who is spending this week reconfiguring my spine 

Wednesday, Mark:

• I love checking things off my list, and I'm *finally* getting this gratitude blog thingee off the ground!

• Adele's "Make you feel my love" just came on the radio, and that seems auspicious.  Like, I'm being hugged by the universe via Adele's deep and abiding bosom. 

• Gus is being a particularly cute fluffer chunker today, and is watching my type from my very cozy little office (where I may also have an apple cider candle burning), and I'm grateful for this gentle little space to work from. 

• Musical update, since I started writing, the next song came on WFUV (public radio out of NYC, one of my favorite stations in the country), and it's the Stone's singing "Like a Rolling Stone."  I really love live radio, and the people who do it well. The surprise of "I didn't even know that I wanted to hear this song right now," particularly when it's generated from a live person instead of an algorithm, is one of my favorite things.