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Good #44

Anticipation (anticipa-a-tion).

I am not really a delayed gratification kind of a girl. But I have a date tonight for dinner and a movie that has me giggling to myself and has put a twitter in my heart. We have been so absolutely busy and crazy for the past few months - and I have been sick for the past week - that we have forgotten how to have dates. It is all just responding to the environment. So I am feeling all excited and girly about going on a date with the man I live with and love. Which is really cool. 

Good #43

Kind people in new places.

So, we moved to a new place. In our new neighborhood there are new places to explore. I took the doggies to get washed and to get their nails trimmed at a dog wash down the street. They were awesome and the woman took tremendous time and care with my babies. I really appreciated how patient she was and how she made sure they were safe and were having - if not a good time- then not a bad time. She made trimming the dogs nails tolerable, which is about 1000 times better than usual. I really appreciated her time and patience. She was wonderful!

Good #42

Doggie Ecstasy. 

I really can't say anything that this picture doesn't say. She lays here like this in this window almost every night and every morning until she hears some noise in the street and flips over. Picture worth a thousand words. Seriously. She stayed like this for multiple pictures. Can you look at it and not see the awesomeness and doggie pleasure and that means mine too.

Good #41

My New Commute.

So I have a new job, and some new friends. On Thursdays I get to work at a new school in the district and I get to drive along about 2 miles of a brand new road. It is an untraveled road through some of the most beautiful state park I have seen in California. This morning, it was all foggy and incredibly soothing and happy. I love that I get to drive on new roads and learn a new neighborhood and new places to shop and eat and work. I love that I get to explore and do something different. The change is awesome.

Good #40

The Small World Theory.

I love opportunities to meet new people. I love doing what the Irish call "bumping roots" where you realize you have a small thing in common with someone, and then flesh it out to discover that you are long lost cousins or have strange things that link you across the world. I have done this with people all over the world and am continuously surprised and pleased to find out how often people have links all over. I am working with a family, who have origins in Tucson, and it turns out that I may have once dated the dad's best friend. Small world. Small, small world. It makes me strangely and stunningly happy.

Good #39

Friendships.

I am lucky enough to work with some really awesome people. I am lucky enough to consider some of them friends. As I prepare to leave work, I realize that some of those friendships will follow me into my new job, that these people will stay with me and we will continue to be friends outside of work. It makes me realize how lucky I am to build relationships with amazing people and how happy it makes me to realize that people care about me in return.

Good #38

The good with the bad.

In the past, big life choices were easy for me. I just followed my instincts and jumped. As I have gotten older, these big choices have gotten harder. I am more aware of what comes with those big decisions. I get a little stuck with what comes next and with how the decisions I make now affect the future. I decided to change primary jobs today. It was a decision I had been struggling over. But I got a good offer from the new place, and things just got so bad in the old place, that the decision was much easier. So, the bad things that happened, helped enforce the good, and it all jumbled together to make my life a little more exciting and possibly more good.

Good #37

Vacation. 5/16-5/26

We spent this week in the British Virgin Islands. We bare-boated around in a catamaran for the week, sleeping on the boat, swimming and snorkeling, eating dinner at places that had roofs but no enclosed rooms. It was one of the most relaxing weeks of my life. Our trip back was uneventful and we settled back into home doing laundry and getting over jet (and boat) lag. I feel so good.  

Good #36

Trust.

I work very hard to build relationships with the students. I get to know them and pay attention (because middle school students are really tough, angsty and tough, hormonal and tough, whew...). I was put in a position today where a student had a meltdown. He felt like nobody was listening to his side of the story.  The work I had done in getting to know him paid off. He trusted me enough to know I would listen to him. It didn't work out all roses or anything, but he was able to calm down because I heard his side of the story. That gives me a little confidence in my abilities and makes me feel pretty good about working where I do.

Good #35

Female Bonding.

I love the moment when I realize that I am having an EXPERIENCE with someone else. One of those moments where you realize that you can look at that other person and giggle about your inside joke without saying a word (or maybe saying one or two innocent words) that sends you into a gale of laughter so that everyone else says 'what???' I had that moment today, and it made my day.

Good #34

Awesome New Song.

I heard an awesome new song today. It is really cool and has a great vibe. I especially like the chorus...

"With the moonlight to guide you, feel the joy of being alive

The day that you stop running is the day that you arrive. 

And the night that you got locked in was he time to decide.

Stop chasing shadows, just enjoy the ride."

Morcheeba, Enjoy the Ride

The video is really cool too. If you want to see it...

Good #33

Pedicures.

I always feel so good with clean and pretty toes. The flowers are a huge bonus and I love how pretty I feel wearing flip flops. It makes me feel dainty and feminine and clean. I love it. 

Good #32

Tricia's Birthday.

My poor baby sister, she was in a car accident last night, the night before her birthday. But I am grateful that she is ok and here in this world to celebrate another birthday with her family. 

Good #31

Knowing I Made The Right Decision.

Sometimes I get lucky enough to realize that a decision I made in the past was the right one and it carries forward. I have had a day where the right decision hit me a few times. (Unfortunately it didn't hit before I got a speeding ticket.) But there were several other spots in this day where I could look at a decision and say, "yep, that was just what I was supposed to do" and that feels pretty good.