Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.

1. My beautiful daughter
2. That summer vacation starts in 3 days!
3. Netflix Streaming so I can watch Battlestar Galactica
4. Nice walks around the neigborhood
5. Students who make me want to teach

*My beautiful, healthy almost-2- year-old daughter who continues to amaze me with her vocabulary and personality.
*My hubby is the best father in the world (and best husband)!
*learning new skills (knitting)
*my best friend who is always there for me
*hot summer days
*strawberries

1. I’m incredibly blessed to have a new healthy, beautiful baby girl in my life. I thank God for her every day.

2. That although the birth didn’t go as planned (had to have a C-section after trying for hours for a natural delivery), everything turned out for the best.

3. My friends and family for cooking meals and keeping me company while I recover.

4. That Vivi finally has the hang of breast feeding!

5. That I’m losing the weight (slowly, but surely!)

1. Dark Chocolate
2. My BFF at work…love that girl!
3. Our new Apple computer
4. Orchids
5. Long baths.

1. That I’m 18 weeks pregnant and I still don’t have to wear maternity clothes yet (they are so frieken expensive!)

2. Going out to lunch with my best friend.

3. Indiana Jones is coming back soon!

4. Warm, sunny days.

5. My health.

1. So far, I have a healthy pregnancy this time, and I’m feeling energized and optimistic.

2. I seriously have the greatest husband in the world, even if he does leave his MAN SOCKS all over the place!

3. My parents, who helped us clean up our yard and do a little spring landscaping.

4. Rock Band – as close to being a rock star as I will ever be!

5. My friends at work – they definitely get me through the day.

1. I received an awesome email from an ex-student of mine a few days ago. She’s in her second year at John’s Hopkins studying to become a doctor and she thanked me for encouraging her to go there even though she expressed a lot of self-doubt. She also told me that an assignment I gave them inspired her project in physiology and that the professors loved it. It completely made my day not to mention renewed my faith in myself as a teacher.
2. We got a great deal on a beautiful chair we loved.
3. Practicing yoga with my husband.
4. Alaskan salmon. Yum!
5. ER. I know it’s been around forever, but I still love that show.

1. Field trips!
2. Autumnal rainy days. There’s just something about them.
3. Hot water, which I currently am without.
4. Sting’s music.
5. A particular student who said thank-you today.

1. One of my favorite students ever who graduated last year came back to visit me and told me that when she felt like cutting class she thought of me and decided not to do it. (I went three years of college without missing a class. Then senioritis kicked in.) I miss her!

2. My police officer friend from work came all the way down to our wing to chat with me today. It’s a far walk.

3. Free lunch today.

4. It’s still gorgeous out.

5. I got to go to Great Adventure for free yesterday.

1. Saw Into the Wild last night and was deeply moved by it. I cried like a baby at one point. I love films that allow me to just let go.
2. My PBA card that got me out of a ticket last night. Whew!
3. A fresh coat of paint.
4. Annie Lennox…love, love, love her voice.
5. Trees.