List of Lovely Things

Lovely Things From This Week:

1. Getting a ride to work from an apartment resident who has Hello, Kitty seat covers
2. Brown sugar pop tarts
3. Letters from pen pals (with illustrations!)
4. Free tickets to the fair
5. Two free lunches AND two free dinners (both dinners courtesy of friends)
6. A late night run to Rush's with seriously silly and wonderful people
7. A new grey sweater with ruffles
8. Picking up knitting again (to knit tiny sweaters)
9. Hearing people laugh while watching a movie together
10. A four hour conversation about movies
11. A great book on writing that I needed while going through revisions on a short story
12. J.K. Rowling's interview on Pottermore and the answer to the Hufflepuff question
13. Being in a room full of writers, both young and old, none afraid of sharing their stories, no matter how "ridiculous"
14. Hugs, cuddles, and kisses from Stu

My week has been full of exhaustion (still can't sleep), frustration (a 3-day work situation I had to mediate) and several personal realizations (mostly unpleasant).  In the midst of all that, however, several wonderful little things came my way to remind me that life isn't all darkness.  There's bits of light strewn all around and keeping track of them helps me.