Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 18

Today's Daily 5:

1. sleeping relatively restfully
2. coffee date and bookstore browsing hangout with J, a friend from school
3. a lazy afternoon in the sun, in my favorite chair at mom and dad's, reading
4. really good pasta for dinner
5. accomplishing grocery shopping and meal planning for the next week and a bit

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 17

Today's Daily 5:

1. a really productive day
2. a longish walk in the sunshine
3. finding reasons to laugh even amidst a relatively challenging work shift
4. brownie
5. the fun of marking several much procrastinated items off of my to do lists

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 16

Today's Daily 5:

1. a big mug of mango diablo green tea
2. safe places in which to process
3. a phone date with K that was filled with the kind of conversation that made me wish all over again that we lived closer
4. the comfort of a three year old body curled into mine, as he falls asleep on the couch
5. a conversation that went well, that left me in a place that feels doable going forward

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 15

Today's Daily 5:

1. a very low key kind of day
2. cuddles with my two favorite little boys
3. the hug and prayers of a friend at a meeting I attended tonight
4. finding reasons to laugh over certain moments of awkwardness
5. chocolate.  today was definitely a day where chocolate was both necessary and a reason to smile.

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 14

Today's Daily 5:

1. Coffee with E.
2. texting and facebook laughter with K.
3. imagining what the people in Starbucks who might have overheard the VERY varied odd topics of conversation that E and I covered might have been thinking!
4. using my toaster oven to prepare REAL food in my own space
5. shopping for (and ordering) a new mattress - hello and welcome, my soft and comfortable new friend, I'm very much looking forward to your arrival
6. a big mug of tea mid-afternoon when I was cold
7. getting the news that I'll get the chance to have breakfast with another good friend when they're in town next week
8. quiet time spent reading this morning
9. an unexpected phone call from L. and the chance to catch up
10. a successful day on the eating healthy and caring for my body front