Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 29

Today's Daily 5:

1. quiet space to reflect on the train to the hospital this morning
2. an awesome nurse pairing again
3. getting to watch a minor surgical procedure that was done at the bedside
4. having some space on my own this afternoon to rest
5. having J. join me at my house (in my space!) for dinner and to hang out and do a bit of homework... so good to have a friend to sympathize about the nursing program with!

Daily 5 - Year 4, Days 27 & 28

Yesterday's Daily 5:

1. my favorite seat on the bus to class
2. hanging out with a good friend at lunch
3. J. promising by text to hate life from afar with me, since we were both having crabby days, and we're not in the same classes to commiserate this semester
4. the unexpected chance to crash dinner at my parents and be served lasagna, garlic bread, salad, green beans, and peach crisp
5. managing to get to bed at a decent hour, since I had to get up super early the following morning

Today's Daily 5:

1. the stars that were still out at 5am
2. driving to mom and dad's in their car borrowed overnight, instead of walking half an hour to the train
3. smooth early morning train connections
4. a first "real" day on the unit that will probably stick in my mind and heart for quite a while
5. a therapy appointment that touched on some deep heart places

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 26

Today's Daily 5:

1. That my watch didn't die in the middle of the night, but waited until after the alarm woke me to finally kick the bucket
2. getting home safely from work after a crazy incident in which the bus I was taking was hit in a hit and run accident
3. doing all the necessary food prep and chopping to make healthy meals easy to prepare this week
4. a nice long walk outside as a study break
5. curling up into the softness of my new mattress to sleep for the night

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 25

Today's Daily 5:

1. Breakfast at Diner Deluxe with some wonderful out of town friends that I don't get to see nearly enough
2. a quiet afternoon at home, spent curled up on my soft new bed, tackling a stack of homework
3. finishing up the last of my errands for the week, so that other than work, tomorrow can be devoted to home stuff, and homework, and rest
4. laughing with a random stranger in line behind me, and the cashier at the grocery store (a highlight since it was at the soul-sucking megastore that I only shop at because it has the cheapest prices)
5. texting back and forth with several dear friends, all of whom live entirely too far away for me to be happy about it!

Daily 5 - Year 4, Days 23 & 24

Yesterday's Daily 5:

1. discovering that for the first time in this program, the lecturers are really great (mostly anyway) this semester
2. an early morning moon
3. waking with a worship song playing in my mind
4. tropical green tea and a scone from Good Earth Cafe
5. Vietnamese take out for lunch
6. plug-ins for my laptop in all the lecture halls this semester
7. a lunch break yoga class
8. drunken pork chops for dinner (so thankful for the friend who made these)
9. little boy smiles, cuddles and hugs goodbye (even when they're dinosaur hugs!)
10. bread and cheese for house church snacks.  is there anything in the world quite so good?

Today's Daily 5:

1. skype date with H
2. getting a new mattress delivered
3. mom loaning me the car so I could accomplish a marathon length errand list more quickly
4. new phone!  iPhone 4S! super excited for a phone that runs much more quickly
5. crawling in between freshly washed sheets, wearing freshly washed pajamas, and enjoying the beauty of my new mattress and pillows!