thankful thursday

• who i am, where i’ve been, what i’ve learned along the way
• going back and reading old journal entries and realizing how much i’ve grown up
• when i had mono, it was the mildest version i’ve ever known anyone to have
• ritas, carmens, ice cream days
• strawberry margarita flavored ice debuts tomorrow at rita’s
• MD Day 09 is done. all the craziness that goes along with it too
• a much better fball game overall last week although i wish i played better
• pens beat out the flyers
• sleep, catching up on it, many naps
• dates with old loves
• a new photoshoot to add to my portfolio
• everyone supporting me doing the photoshoot and laughing along with it
• allergy medicines, tissues, water
• the little piles of pollen on the ground after the rain, they amuse me
• BFFs

thankful thursday

• weekends full of sports
• running outside around campus
• warm weather, so that i can enjoy being outside
• allergy medicine. boxES of tissues. rain.
• birthdays. esp when all the pside kiddos are all there like old times. i miss last summer.
• getting to know my fball team doing what i do best, lazying around bars.
• crucial naps.
• good seats that were still avail for the pens/flyers game
• josh, for spontaneously going to philly with me
• my penguins! for winning round 1 🙂
• m.chan for my pens tshirt!
• nice philly fans who befriend us
• making friends with random pens fans
• cold beer on warm, sunny afternoons
• going to watch sports live, b/c it makes everything that much better
• the parentals who drove all the way to bmore to save me b/c i locked my keys in the car and was about to go to the O’s game. and they waited til the game ended to give them to me 🙂
• smoothies. delicious. healthy. goodness.
• a much better week 2 of ssb.
• projects finishing at work. a nice return to normal work. hurrah for being able to breathe.

thankful thursday

• the awesome digital clock on the track. i can now track how fast i run and how many laps i run based on how fast. aka when i lose count of how many laps i’ve run i can calculate it based on time.
• cold water after a workout
• lapping people on the track
• stretching after a good run
• pushing myself the extra half mile after my run
• fact: when i go to the gym after work i both get a good workout and miss a lot of crazy traffic. win-win.
• sitting outside on a gorgeous day
• drinking a cold beer on a gorgeous afternoon
• happy hours. not the crazy crazy like nighttime, but a great time to sit around with friends and chat.
• seeing old loves last week
• fact: my boss and designer coworkers are absolutely awesome. they are so innovative, conceptual and inspiring, i can’t learn enough from them. oh, and we look out for each other superbly
• kooky, nutty, crapola. and all other purely maryland attributes
• medical tape and splints. i think they’re pretty much my bffs.
• going to drama practice and really enjoying it. i love/missed my kids and scurrying people along.
• knitting. it can be very frustrating, but i love having a tangible product.
• nice afternoon walks across campus.
• all the exciting new ideas that UR will soon encounter
• home-ice advantage. and playing a really sweet game yesterday.
• carcillo’s one-game suspension. anything that helps us win another game.
• all of the love REM pours out upon me.
• singing. music. lily allen. crappy pop songs. the once soundtrack.
• real talks with real friends. i love when angela pops online for a break and we have a nice chat
• girl friends. girls nights. people to hang out with.
• my darling cousin and the fact that she lives so close to me now. i like that i finally have family who live nearby.

thankful thursday

• life. mine is relatively awesome. i have so much for which i am thankful.
• caringbridge. it has brought so many people together for so many causes
• people that i love and who love me
• people understanding of crazy situations
• real and/or serious talks with good friends.
• being absolutely silly sometimes
• downtime.
• making tangible things for a living and for fun
• today’s design retreat. taking a step back to look at our unit was really helpful
• all the foodie places i’ve eaten at recently. i’m so lucky to be able to afford and appreciate such luxuries.
• my fav bartenders. b/c they make my bar experience that much better.
• my pens who clinched a playoff spot although people doubted early in the season that the would.

thankful thursday

• why hello, 23 years of life
• rain storms. i love them. its nice to sit, watch and smell them. from the garage
• running. forever. and the extra half mile after my run, which is both the best and worst feeling in the world.
• frontline last week. despite the fact that everyone either cancelled on me or didn’t have their phone, i still went and it was a strange release of emotions. and sleeping.
• my daddy. happy birthday, daddy 🙂
• going out for really nice dinners with my fam. showing them what good food tastes like and showing them that there’s more to life than ihop and hollywood diner
• my girls. who after a long day, i can talk to at the gathering and be real.
• the weird turn of events that led me to go to both mclean events.
• seeing all my friends out for my bday. all the messages, voicemails, love. i have the best friends ever.
• anthony. ummmm i miss him. ethan is nice, but he doesn’t know me like he should
• seeing random friends i haven’t seen in forev come out to see me.
• my bed. sleep. lazying around. it is so good to rest sometimes
• finally meeting my fball team even if none of our practices or games came through. and i appreciated not having to exert energy on an early saturday morning.
• gorgeous weather amidst the storms. i love the extremes.
• my sg girls. even if i don’t appreciate or love them as much as i should, they still make me so proud.
• my cbc girls in gen. i really enjoy the long talks with them lately. its nice to know i have people i can trust.