It's the little things

This month has been interesting.  There have been many things that I technically could complain about but quite honestly I find myself happy.

The dog continues to get better at house training and generally we're down to 1 accident a day or so and usually that's because I was remiss/forgot to give him a second chance to go before leaving him for a bit etc.  He's a great puppy.  He's def a puppy tho haha.  He gnaws on EVERYTHING, including us, but I know this stage won't last forever.  I love watching Jake laugh at Riley as he gets all riled up when they play together.  It's really cute, and I love the extra teaching moments I get with Jake just because Riley's around.  How to be "nice and gentle", and how to deal with frustration etc.  It's fun to watch Jake's world get a little bit larger as he interacts with another member of the family.
This past weekend I got this funny lil bug that only seemed to last for a day, well, at least the worst of the symptoms only lasted for a day, but I have this nagging cough that's left over.  Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with an ear ache.  I grew up with TONS of ear infections.  Even had those lil tube things inserted which helped.  I hadn't really had any real issues with my ears since, except for a random bout of ear infections in college that only lasted a month or so.  My ear started to ache and then within less than 24 hrs, before I got to a doctor, my ear drum ruptured.  Yeah, not a cool feeling.  Then two weeks later the same thing happened to my other ear but I got to the dr in time with that one.  After that I didn't have any more issues.  Anywho, after waking up late last night I was worried that it would escalate quickly like before.  After a blessing from Code and some tylenol I managed to get back to sleep.  At 8 I went to a dr's office here in Springville who were open to walk ins and was seen in less than an hour.  A short while later I was at the Walgreens getting my prescription.  I'm grateful for modern medicine and that this happened on spring break-prolly why they weren't that busy, and that Cody was willing to stay home from work today to watch Jake and Riley so I could finally get some rest.
I'm just feeling very grateful.  I love my life and everyone who is in it, and in a weird way I'm just so grateful for these moments cause it makes "feeling better/healthy" feel that much greater when you know what it's like not have it.  I feel like the only thing worse than being sick/having struggles, is never having any hardships/sickness and taking it all for granted/not giving it a second thought.  I'd rather be struggling but aware and grateful for my blessings/tender mercies.

P.S. just watched "Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story"  on Amazon prime.  I was skeptical at first since it's all acted out/recreated- normally I'd rather watch interviews/real documentaries etc, but it was REALLY good and cool to see her journey.  I'd heard about it of course- poor single mom etc but I highly recommend it!