Happy Things

(Many contributed by Abby or Matt . . .)

• Steven, lying in bed, talking to Matt--"I'm really not tired. Can I run away and go crazy so you have to hold me down? (Flashback to many instances in Steven's not-so-distant past)
• Patrick trying to convince me that Hannah N. was Matt with a 'fro
• Getting my Learning Experiences done and being caught up on journaling three weeks in a row
• Sitting on a bench outside, in the sun and breeze, and getting a Learning Experience done in half an hour
• Tagging along with Kip and reading the Happy Book while she works on her "assignment from Kendra"
• Hearing my 13 mo. old nephew Winthrop say "Moooo!" when my sister asked him what a cow says
• Sitting and talking to Rachel in her office
• Kendra feels better! Yeh!
• Refine is back!
• Roast beef & mashed potatoes for dinner
• Line running with Hannah Paine
• Writing in the Happy Book
• Jenine buying a tie off of a desktop guy so that she can send her brother a birthday present!
• Kendra
• EQUIP XIX memories w/Daniel & Hans
• Grading exams (-3/8! HAHAHAHAHAA!)
• Explaining that naps DO NOT count as training time
• Smiles when LITs are praised
• The end of long days
• Micah M. trying to convince Tim P. that EQUIP doesn't practice "co-ed" test grading
• Remembering that God is good even in the face of what looks like the worst (death)
• When Matt rolls his eyes at me, then tries to tell me he didn't
• Working with the same Matt, who teaches me in deed, then word, and makes me laugh OUT LOUD
• Watching Kippany trip over an open drawer, sending her sprawling on her back behind front desk, and the dazed look on her face as she realized she was lying flat on red carpet staring at the ceiling. She wasn't hurt, but it took her a few minutes to recover herself and get up.
• A staff member confessing that once when she was little she dropped her retainer into the toilet by accident, and then immediately fished it out and returned it to her mouth
• The trees are beginning to turn
• Having Jamie come by for a "bed time story"
• Having God free my schedule so that I was able to help someone
• Following Kendra around so that I can ask her questions
• Having tea with Jill
• Sitting where it is quiet enough to hear the clock ticking--for some reason it brings back memories of spending the night with my granny when I was little
• Kippany Garriga, CNA
• Micah telling me that I look like George Washington when I wear glasses and my hair in a ponytail, and Patrick admitting that he had thought the same thing!
• When random people like Mrs. Rodgers and Kirstin M. ask me if they can pick me up anything at WalMart
• Walking down the construction hallway and having the bits of God's Word posted on the wall calm my tension