Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 62

Today's Daily 5:

1. Sitting in the sun at the bus stop this morning
2. laughing over a particularly goofy conversation involving yoga and downward dog with my parents
3. an appointment on the other side of the city only requiring one bus to get there (so nice when there are no transfers involved, and I can just settle in and get lost in thought.)
4. having GPS on my phone (made it so easy to find the right stop to get off the bus when traveling to my appointment at an unfamiliar location.)
5. laughing as the bus became a multi-cultural experience when it passed through China town and there was a sudden influx of very elderly, loudly chattering Chinese ladies.
6. giggling over a particularly feisty old lady at a different bus stop, who was giving directions to a couple of very lost tourists, and loudly informing us that she got around pretty well for someone who was 88, thank you very much!
7. a quiet evening at mom and dad's and staying here overnight
8. an unexpected phone call from my dear friend, A, just checking in
9. friends who offer deep encouragement and prayer
10. finding things to laugh about in the oddest of places

Immediate Thanks

This is definitely one of those days where it's a bit harder to keep the hard stuff at bay.  I'm in need of an immediate thankful list, before even writing tonight's daily 5.

5 Things I'm Thankful for Right This Minute:

1. Sitting in the sun at the bus stop
2. Managing to eat breakfast
3. a deep resolve to face this day, whatever it holds
4. Sleeping last night, relatively peacefully
5. being greeted with a hug

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 61

Today's Daily 5:

1. A palm tree smile in the funniest of locations
2. 5 minutes of sunshine after the unwelcome white stuff that fell from from the sky
3. marathon skype calls
4. praying with friends
5. wearing the scarf I bought in California and being cozy

Favorite Things

The other day was one of those days where I jotted every little thing that made me smile in a note in my iphone throughout the day in the hope that it would help improve my hard day to be focusing on those things.  I'm committed to showing up every night with a daily 5 list, even if it's been a really hard day.  A lot of days it helps to keep track of this, but when I came across this cartoon from ASBO Jesus late that night, I laughed and laughed and laughed.  Because it was just SO true.

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 60

Today's Daily 5:

1. sleeping unexpectedly well, even after receiving sad news last night
2. French toast
3. mom taking me out for bruch
4. A sunnier day
5. good deals on a few groupons for future escapes
6. accomplishing some small tasks
7. A really funny text message that made me think again, "I know some really interesting people."
8. "People. Are. Weird."
9. "There are many shades of irony.  Mine just happens to be a very, very, very bright shade."
10. doing yoga again
11. cuddling baby M for a while
12. house church