1. I used an awesome word one night in a chat and my fellow chatter, who is also a word cherisher, was all giddy about it. The word was aplomb.

2. I said something, not really intending to be funny, since I’m more of a dry wit type of person, but people laughed. Truly laughed, not just tittered. I felt really good about myself.

3. Everyone who has seen me recently has remarked on my tan (though most of them do not intend it as a compliment) so yay! I love being tanned.

4. I had quite a number of dinner parties over the course of several weeks and most of them were quite successful and none were failures. Even if the smoke alarm went off. The guests were very happy and some even asked for recipes.

5. I did a 10 minute presentation and got very good feedback from the audience and a good amount of interest in the topic, which I was not expecting. Yay! I also had people come up and ask me questions and tell me I did a good job, which made me feel amazing.