I have gratitude today for...
* more donations coming in for "Kelly's Classroom" giftcard.
* fitting in a few cleaning jobs eeeeeearly this morning. Megan & I cleaned two houses before I had to start work. I should really try to get up this early more often.
* being able to laugh at myself when I was crawling on the floor in a dress, in the middle of the card aisle in Stop & Shop after I dropped my (Andy's) Discover card and it slid under the card display. I could not get it out. Some guy stopped and he was helping me but he couldn't get it either. I was annoyed but it was quite comical. Now I have to get new cards and change over all of my bills which is always so much fun.
* meeting a new supervisor at the York office I visited today. He was very nice and helpful.
* Astoria being so close to East Meadow- it only took me a half hour to get to Kelly's place!
* finding a parking spot no problem in Astoria.
* going to Michael's to get stuff for Kelly & Alex's Save the Dates.
* dinner at Manetta's Ristorante with Kelly & Alex. We sat outside and the food was fantastic!
* finally getting to surprise Kelly with her gift card! It's only been a week but it feels like forever and I couldn't wait to tell her about it. I waited until the server cleared our plates and gave her the envelope. She was confused, shocked, in awe. It was awesome. I'm glad I didn't tell Alex because he was equally surprised and happy. I'll be writing more about it in a separate blog post. 

* walking to the park in Long Island City to enjoy the amazing view of the NYC skyline. They had lounge chairs and it was an incredible site!

* drinking wine with Kell and looking at all of our family photos. 

I have gratitude today for...
* keeping my cool when cleaning took much longer than I expected this morning. 
* Primo's for lunch.
* floating in the bay with Kerry, Jim & Andy. 
* talking to Kelly about wedding stuff! We talked about bridesmaids dresses, her shower & bachelorette and venues!
* dinner at the Yacht Club's grill room. The turkey burger was awesome!
* watching the men & women's swimming teams win their respective gold medals in the medley races. All of these athletes work so hard and I love seeing their hard work pay off. 

I have gratitude today for...
* an awesome meeting with Joe @ REM. Ian & I were able to learn a lot about what's going on within their company and there is great opportunity for us. I hope this is a company we can get on board, it would be huge for me and our company.
* floating in the bay with Kerry & Jim. I'm excited about being able to have friends down, even if it's just for a night.
* going to The Real Enchilada for Happy Hour. It's BYO and we each had a taco since none of us ate lunch. I'm feeling guilty because I had a chicken taco. I'm finding it hard to kick back into eating meatless. I'm not eating large portions or anything but still, my plan was no meat in August and I've already caved. I think I might go meatless during the week and allow chicken/turkey on the weekends and see how that works.
* playing cornhole out front while we we're waiting for Andy to get here.
* pizza from Nemo's for dinner.
* going to Jack's for a few drinks. I was disappointed because the band was awful. Usually the bands are really good on Fridays but we still had a fun time.

I have gratitude today for...
* reaching out to Dave today. I feel awful for him and wanted him to know I'm here for him.
* the awesome guacamole I had with lunch today. I wasn't sure how good the Moe's would be but it was excellent and only 100 calories for the individual pack. 
* going for a run in my new sneakers. I skipped yoga to run some errands after work. I was about to start dinner and I thought to myself "just go do what you can do." I was worried about the heat and the hills. I did 2.5 miles, the first half was uphill. My sneakers felt great! It was hard, the hills were hard, and it was hot. But, I did it and I hope to keep building up how far I can go. 
* DVR'ing the Olympics, blowing up the queen air mattress to watch upstairs and using my iPad keyboard to catch up on my blog. 
* watching Gabby Douglas win gold for the U.S. Women's Gymnastics! 

I have gratitude today for...
* having Sandy with me for the drive to Harrisburg, it was nice to have company.
* lunch at Fox & Hound with Ian & Sandy. The chips w/guacamole & salsa was very good!
* the ice cream truck being a hit at Nationwide. Over 90 people came out to get an ice cream and I met some new contacts.
* yoga class with Jennifer tonight, she is very calming.
* deciding to renew my membership at Ryah. I was going back & forth because I haven't been able to get there enough this summer. They let me do the summer special so it was a little less for Aug. & Sept. I really like how close it is to our house and I like the instructors so I decided it's worth the $89/month!
* finishing "The Help". I can't say enough about this book. I can't imagine what it was like during the times of segregation. My heart broke for all of the characters in this book, but it was such a great story. I have a feeling more of it is true than the author will admit. Everyone should read this book!