During a week where I’ve come down with a cold and been pelted in the face with freezing rain during an ice storm, it’s a little challenging to be grateful — but I guess that’s part of the point, right? So here goes. This week, I’ve been grateful for:

• The beauty of freshly fallen snow and how for a moment, it makes New York City look like a winter wonderland .
• Mmmm, chocolate cupcakes from the Chocolate Room — which is where my roommate just went to pick us up a couple!
• Have been able to run eight miles on Sunday for my training for the Brooklyn Half, especially since I haven’t run anywhere since I started getting sick on Wednesday.
• For the bowl of yummy fresh strawberries I just ate. (I’m trying not to think about why they’re so yummy and fresh in February.)