A Triumphant Return

So, it turns out I'm a horrible blogger!  I haven't posted anything for several weeks, and although I have excuses, none of them are good ones.  So I'm back with renewed commitment to blog my Daily Triumphs as often as I can.  To get myself back in the game, I'm going with a recap of some of the past few weeks' triumphs:

1.  I've had a couple successful culinary creations!  First was a concoction of sauteed spinach, mushrooms, and garlic, garbanzo beans, quinoa, and...goat cheese!  The goat cheese definitely put it over the edge and it tasted delicious.  The second was something I've been meaning to try for a while and a veggie-crazy co-worker's birthday presented the perfect opportunity: beet chocolate cake!  The texture of the cake was absolutely perfect, and although it could have stood a touch more chocolate, I thought it was fantastic.  I made a peanut butter frosting that was fluffy and delicious and I was quite proud of the end product :-)

2.  Progress at work!  Although a handful of my days at fieldwork have felt woefully absent of any triumphs at all, I'm trying to stay true to the spirit of my blog and focus on the successes.  And I feel myself making progress.   The biggest triumph has been forging a positive relationship with a very difficult patient who never wants to do therapy.  I haven't had to cancel any sessions with her which feels like a miracle, so that's definitely a triumph.  Also, after a particularly lousy day I initiated a meeting with my supervisor to talk about the things I'd like to work on, and I consider that another good triumph.

3. I remembered to send my sister a present for her 30th birthday!  It's in the mail!  I am horrible about these kinds of things so I'm pretty impressed with myself on this one.

If I can keep this going, I'd like to make my big brother's awesome twitter idea a reality so other people can start sharing their own daily triumphs, but first I think I need to really get on the ball with the blog.  In the meantime, do any of you have a daily triumph you'd like to share with me?  I'd love to hear!