Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 69

Today's Daily 5:

1. My favorite seat on the bus
2. a cozy vintage sweater (hand knit wool, formerly belonging to my dad, purchased in Ireland when he backpacked around Europe in the 70s)
3. Christianne's Cup of Sunday quiet lectio on the bus this morning
4. the chance to attend worship on campus
5. a rather needed hug from a friend
6. discovering a fun gift in the mail from a far away friend
7. a bit of time tonight to shop
8. that mom and dad lent me a car to save me a 30 minute walk in the cold at 5:00 tomorrow morning
9. pumpkin snickerdoodles
10. leftover vietnamese takeout

Daily 5 - Year 4, Days 65-68

It was one of those weeks where time got away from me again, so here's a Daily 5 list for the last several days:

1. a class that finished nice and early
2. getting back a grade that was very gratifying
3. an impromptu shopping trip on a break between classes
4. an evening all to myself
5. settling in for quiet
6. sleeping late
7. a restful day
8. mixing up a batch of cookies
9. curling up inside away from the snow
10. a skype date with L.
11. a skype with S.
12. baking a bunch of pumpkin snickerdoodles
13. a hot shower after a very stressful work shift
14. the wonders of netflix when you just kind of need a break from thinking
15. a mandarin orange
16. sleeping through my quiet Sunday morning, and not feeling even sort of guilty for it
17. Vietnamese take out with mom and dad and T & L
18. puttering around my house, cleaning
19. plowing through a large stack of homework reading
20. the use of a magic bag for warmth while studying and sleeping

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 64

Today's Daily 5:

1. a result with my fitbit that showed I was sedentary for less than 50% of my waking hours today (that makes me rather happy since it's kind of a rarity in my schedule these days)
2. a really great patient to care for
3. a great nurse to work with tonight
4. that the painkillers I took to handle the aching muscles from falling yesterday actually were effective
5. listening to a James Herriot audio book and having fond memories of childhood roadtrips

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 63

Today's Daily 5:

1. Sleeping in
2. that when I slipped and fell on some ice, I wasn't hurt
3. a first time giving meds on the unit tonight
4. being shown some unexpected grace
5. curling up in the warmth of my bed after a very long and cold day

Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 62

Today's Daily 5:

1. a midterm that could have been so much worse
2. the joy of standing in a hot shower after a very chilly commute home from school
3. wearing my new winter coat, scarf and hat, and being complimented several times on how I looked today (it did my ego a bit of good to feel pretty and have it recognized!)
4. a nice long evening phone date with a dear friend
5. a lot of laughing over things that could definitely make a private daily 5 list for the day if I were to take the time to compose one!