Holiday Challenge, day 22

I am grateful:
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22) for surprise gifts from faraway friends.

So my day started out well yesterday-- I opened a piece of mail to discover that it was a gift, and I was really happy to get it. Then off to work extra early because my supervisor and I went on a field trip. I called my mom on the way in, because it was her birthday and she's on the east coast. She didn't pick up, but she did call me back later, and we had a conversation that was 2 parts good and 3 parts stress. The stress was because they are worried about me because they don't know what's going on, but are aware that I have some financial issues.

I talked about it because she caught me as I was going into the credit union. Good news is that they have a car buying service that will work out well; bad news is that my credit is not wonderful, and I will probably have to get something less desirable than I was hoping for. The applications are in, and I should hear back today. *crossing fingers* I will get through the credit stuff, and will set myself up so that this doesn't happen again.

Then it was home, and I cooked and did laundry and talked with several people. Ooh, I have to add that to my list-- I'm really grateful that I'm getting comfortable with cooking. I made kale and beets, but I just ate the kale and some quinoa. I feel really good when I cook food for myself. I love kale because it changes colors to this really pretty green when you cook it. I also like beets a lot, but now my nail beds are all stained. My coworker suggested I get a manicure to remove it. I'm gonna see if somebody might be up to going with me...

Anyway, it's Friday, yeay!