Thanks God, the Waahmbulance Version

I can safely say today sucked.  So in honor of sucky day and reorganizing my priorities, I would like to thank God for the thinks that did not suck today.

1. I went in to get contacts and took advantange of the opportunity to get my glasses fixed. I have had them for about a year and they were always kinda loose, but I never had the time to give them to the dudes and come back in a timely manner before I needed them again.  Now that I work twenty minutes from my eye doctor, all is possible. So I got an inch cut off the arms and now they fit like a dream. I truly thank God not just for good glasses, but for glasses period.  In some places in the world people, even assuming they can plunk down a month’s salary to afford them, don’t have access to opticians or glasses. Thank you God for my glasses and for the job that allows me to pay for them.

2. My uncle has been here all week, and considering two weeks ago was worse than this week, having him here has really been a treat. He is a world traveller and writer and general bon vivant by vocation and graciously spent a week of his time with us when he could have been anywhere else.

3. I love bronzer.  This makes no sense to men, or perhaps anyone. But I love my bronzer. I love the big mirror, I love the way it smells, I love the fluffy brush I use. I use it a lot to take pictures with my new camera to get used to the settings, and I got some gorgeous macro shots of it which I may post.  I use bronzer to offset the white cast of my sunscreen, not to look like Lindsey Lohan or something. And I dare the religious police to come after me because no one has ever suspected me of wearing any.  I would look crazier going out looking like a surfer dude from the sixties than I do with the bronzer on to bring me back to my normal complexion. 

4. I ganked a totally awesome Waterman pen from my mom which I otherwise would not have been able to afford. Or, in the words of an ex colleague, “I have the money but that doesn’t mean I can afford it.”  It writes beautifully, it feels nice and heavy in my hand, and the refills are cheap and easy to find, so I might actually get to keep it ten or twenty years incha Allah.  

5. There is this totally awesome organic honey and something mix thingie here with all the vitamins I like to take and the vitamins are from halal sources.  Due to my ongoing health problem I have to avoid taking more than my daily allowance of vitamin C, and this random mix thingie that I take two spoons a day of has all my magnesium and b vitamins without the vitamin C overload that most vitamin companies like to put in.

6. I hope everyone says macha Allah and doesn’t hate or give me bad vibrations, but my new computer is my one true love. I hope everyone gets the joy of having their own computer that other people don’t gank and change the settings on and touch and stuff.

7. All my baby blankets are here now. And I do say they look surprisingly good for being 29.7 years old.

8. Speaking of old baby blankets, there is an upside to NH’s no birthday rule.  We can now casually forget that my big 3-0 is this year. No birthday celebration means I get to reject that reality. However my uncle just told me that 29 was worse for him than 30, and I must say turning 29 sucked. He said by the time he was 30 he had made peace with it because he did all the soul searching and stuff after his 29th birthday.  He also said that turning 29 was suckier for him than turning 60. He was ok with 60. One of my ex-colleagues who is a year older than me said the same thing too about 29 being worse. So Thanks God for no birthdays and to the fact that maybe it won’t be as bad as 29.

9. Thanks God for that little beast black cat next door. He has so much personality and is such a joy to see in all his meanness. What a beautiful albeit cranky creature. Speaking of beautiful creatures, God made some gorgeous sheep and they all hang out at my work.  When I get out of my waaah mode I will incha Allah upload pictures of my new “coworkers.” I love them and hearing them bleat all day is therapeutic.

10. Thank God for NH bringing me some Keemun tea from my favorite tea shop in Zurich, the Teehaus Wuhre, which contrary to popular opinion, is still open. 

Tags : good times, yes it's like that