Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 34

Today's Daily 5:

1. the chance to attend worship on campus this morning
2. a generous friend in the nursing field sharing a very helpful resource with me
3. sharing a mug of tea with a long-time friend/advisor, and having a chance to process just a bit out loud
4. a cat nap in the sun on the bus commute home
5. curling up with my books, in a warm corner, managing to accomplish some much procrastinated homework

Daily 5 - Year 4, Days 31, 32, & 33

Friday's Daily 5:

1. a helpful appointment with my doctor
2. watching the smile of my work client as we visited her former neighborhood
3. the kind stranger who covered our dinner bill at the local Chinese restaurant
4. a long hot shower at the end of a very full and busy day
5. sinking into my own bed, and knowing I didn't have an alarm to set

Yesterday's Daily 5:

1. the first sleep-in morning all week
2. a quiet day spent puttering
3. the smell of freshly washed laundry
4. finding a good deal on an air purifier for my room, to hopefully pull the dust and cigarette smoke that are giving me such allergy trouble out of the air
5. a walk and coffee date with a friend who has already survived nursing school

Today's Daily 5:

1. a final morning training shift
2. celebrating my brother's birthday with family
3. texting back and forth with some school friends
4. crawling into my pajamas super early, and curling up in my comfy bed to do homework
5. late night scones, with melty butter

Daily 5 - Year 4, Day 30

Today's Daily 5:

1. that Thursday is my last day of classes for the week
2. getting through an incredibly long day relatively intact
3. being greeted with a big smile from baby J.
4. starting to work through The Jesus Story Book Bible with our house church
5. a "dinosaur hug" goodnight from M.

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