Happiness Is . . .

• The arrival of Sabbath
• A clean room
• Clean laundry
• Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, thanks to Hannah’s mom sending us Ghirardelli chocolate chips from home
• The Good Housekeeping Cookbook on my eReader that makes it so I can have recipes at my fingertips even when the internet is out
• Other Christmas gifts from Hannah’s mom—snuggly pj’s and black nylons—that arrived this week
• Anticipating more good things (from vitamins to clothes) arriving with Danny and Hannah’s friend on Monday
• Having the word of God to go to anytime
• My eReader (have I said this before?)
• A thought-provoking workshop yesterday and today
• A great community of people around me
• My language teacher treating me to breakfast
• Other friends treating me to lunch
• Pasta with olive oil and garlic, and lettuce salad
• Being able to text my family and hear back from them right away
• Learning more about history because I have to teach it
• My local friends
• A long (but fairly easy) language test behind me, and the anticipation of starting my new book