Periodically reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful

1. my sister being so silly and funny and wise and herself
2. pain meds
3. light glistening off snow
4. eggplant
5. oatmeal
6. chocolate chips
7. bad tv shows that are oh so fun to watch (think grey’s anatomy)
8. being able to type fast without looking at the keyboard and freak the kids out (at the library ref desk) They’re like, holy shit, Miss Bookish, you’re not even looking at what you’re typing!
9. the girl who gave me two potato chips today

1. glad that wisdom tooth extraction didn’t take forever
2. glad for taciturn humor of oral surgeon
3. glad that the crown next to the wisdom tooth didn’t get chipped in the process
4. glad for sympathetic friends and coworkers who don’t mind me being a slight drama-ish queen about just one measly wisdom tooth
5. glad that found perfect present (i hope, anyway) for a friend!

things i’m grateful for today
1. sun is shining
2. good 70s hindi movie (aka bollywood) music
3. oatmeal
4. ginger cha
5. SNL episode available online to make me (and you) laugh
6. friends who trust me enough to look at links i send them
7. friends who write incredibly well
8. new internet friends all the time
9. not having to work this weekend
10. flaxseed meal

1. the chance to reread journal entries from a long time ago, from a forgotten era in my life. Some of them made me laugh out loud.
2. two great professors are teaching me this semester – I had my first day of classes yesterday and got to meet them. They will make us work hard, but they will be good and seem to have a lot of knowledge to impart.
3. Finding parking on Monday morning.
4. black paint and tiny paintbrushes
5. learning about the word mudita
6. knowing how to type
7. Earl grey tea
8. Fun-to-write-with pens
9. Yesterday’s bright sun and blue sky
10. The person who held open the door for me at school yesterday
11. Some time this morning to putter around, do paperwork, and type this

umm… i don’t do this often enough… so here are five more “things” for good measure…

1. sunny day today
2. crazy ladies who come into the library and make me laugh my ass off
3. space heaters
4. vitamin C
5. leafy greens

1. Dorianne Laux’s poetry
2. the conversation in broken Spanish (me) and broken English (Gabi) that I had with Gabi, the laundromat attendant while I folded laundry
3. getting off work at 1 p.m.
4. helping a customer at the library find resources for new Americans
5. Lois Lowry’s books

1. the loving support of so many 43 friends and well-wishers.
i am verklempt.
2. being able to repair things with my roommate.
3. being about to head off for an extended family luncheon
4. a nice evening out last night with friends from L-school to celebrate the end of the semester
5. so glad to have two days off this week and two days off next week too! feels so luxurious right now!

1. conversations with my friend S
2. getting a weekend to travel to Boston on an inexpensive Greyhound ticket
3. some trees still autumnly beautiful
4. homemade (by me and S) butternut squash pasta with sage and oh-so-many yummy ingredients
5. the fact that right after typing this i’m going to be kind to myself and focus on some schoolwork for a solid half-hour at least.

1. My hands
2. I dreamed some intense dreams last night, which I can’t remember, but they still colored the first part of my day
3. I started a new (secret, sorry) project I’m excited about
4. The color of the sky in September
5. How there are always people on the NY subway, so that even late at night I feel relatively safe getting home. (like, for instance, right now)

1. getting to spend a good amount of time with my sister on Saturday and some on Sunday too
2. finishing that LONG reading for my class tonight!
3. grateful to have been taught good typing skills when back in school
4. a no-sugar-added bran muffin for breakfast on the way to work this morning
5. an email from a long-lost friend