Do you ever have seemingly silly things that give you little jolts of happiness every time you see or think of them? I have always loved looking for and identifying those. I have a “Happy Book” full of them.
A recent one for me is this vending machine here. I’ve wanted one in my clinic for a while, and for some reason, having one here now feels like I have “finally arrived” with being an official medical office (no matter that my clinic has been open for more than six years…). Each of the pediatric clients seen here at my clinic, as well as their siblings who clean up any toys they get out in the observation room, receive a quarter for the machine at the end of each session. (OK, adults could too. No discriminating here, ha!) Such fun!
This Christmas break has been so good for me. I mentioned in my last post that it’s been intense the past while with counseling and trauma work. I’ve been dealing with recurring nightmares, amongst other symptoms.
But I am reveling in the laziness this break. I’ve taken two glorious and much-needed weeks off from work, and this year I’m not spending the majority of it in a hospital with A for a serious surgery, not revisiting ghosts at Huntsman Cancer Center, and no one has Covid! I have nowhere to be and nothing I have to do. And I love it.
I needed this break. Perfect way to ring in the new year, all relaxed and rested. So many things to smile about!
Love you’ve had 2 weeks, I think time to relax to be lazy is very healing, we’ve been experiencing that too and it helps you know who you really are and those you love really are without the stress, it is very revealing.