• hospitality
• winter
• that a shower and stepping outside for a few moments makes everything better
• a care package of tangerines
• sleeping on campus during the day sometimes instead of in my room at night
• my new pets, which are two star-shaped foil balloons
• how many options I already have for next year
• "Near Town," by The Amazing Broken Man
• bike rides when I get cabin fever late at night, and the combination of emptiness and dark in the streets
• soccer-field stargazing for too long and my toes going numb
• a feeling of soon-will-have-smashed-something-edness
• emailing with Sui
• long Skypes with my Bostonian contesserate
• pesto/tomato grilled cheese
• soon I'll have my degree
Finally finishing a degree is the best feeling ever.
ReplyDeleteDitto the pesto/tomato grilled cheese. Mmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteyes, finishing a degree is definitely a cause for celebration. at the french resto? ;)
ReplyDeletePoppy - It ought to be! 'll be so nice to be geographically flexible again and be able to apply to jobs that require a degree...
ReplyDeleteQ - Lunch and then leftovers for dinner! Amen.
odessa - YAY yes PLEASE!
I agree about the shower/stepping outside--it's like it cleanses you inside and out and you can start over.
ReplyDeletehear you on the shower/stepping out.
ReplyDeletealways honored to be on this list, you're definitely on mine :)
tangerine care package sounds lovely!
Heather & Sui - I like hearing that it's not just me! Isn't it such a "begin afresh" feeling?
ReplyDeletesui - Ohw <3 And yes...a flat-rate box full of satsumas!