Happy Things

• A place to call my own
• Flowing water and palm trees in my neighborhood
• A car to drive around town
• A(nother) kindred-spirit supervisor
• Dr. Pepper, A&W Root Beer, cream of tartar, and cranberry sauce in a local grocery store (and it's good ol' Texas Dr. Pepper, not the UK stuff!)
• Dr. Pepper and A&W in my fridge, just to remind me that Father loves me
• Hearing Coldplay in the grocery story (um, where am I?)
• A waffle iron and a blender
• Internet at home
• The towering mountains standing sentinel over the city
• Skype online numbers
• Phone calls from Jane and Mom
• Chances to make new friends and meet neighbors
• Anticipating a friend joining me for five weeks
• E-mails from Mom and Gretchen and Jaycee and Sarah and Elizabeth and . . . oh, I'd better stop there for fear of leaving someone out!
• Cold water
• Sunshine and blue skies
• Discovering the local corner store, with all the essentials, tucked away in the winding streets of my neighborhood
• The smells of soap and rice and incense other unidentified things that are so distinct here
• My student telling me that she and her mother will take me local clothes shopping!
• Reading Lord of the Rings late at night on my eReader. So maybe it's not always wise late-night reading when you live alone, but it's still delicious.
• Sweet times with Father