1. starting my day with a long walk.
2. the largest tulips I’ve ever seen.
3. the sound of crows breaking open shells.
4. warming my back in the sun.
5. couches, codeine and kitty cuddles.

1. getting my office/studio set up.
2. my excellent organisational skills that allowed me to turn half of my bedroom into a usuable workspace.
3. hanging the shelf that has been sitting on the hallway floor for weeks.
4. avoiding injury.
5. very productive days.

1. sticking my hand in a bowl full of marbles.
2. small children dressed as superman.
3. great meetings.
4. spending the afternoon playing board games.
5. cooking my first proper dinner in the new apartment.

1. watching project runway with the cat.
2. flower shops that are open when I need them to be.
3. baking a wedding cake.
4. using breadsticks as chopsticks.
5. making up words.

1. finding a new place for cheap breakfast.
2. beautiful days.
3. free tickets to fashion week.
4. good runway models.
5. the freedom of speech because it allows me to say exactly what I want about men who are assholes.

1. being able sleep in as much as I need to.
2. conversations with the cat.
3. medicine that starts working almost immediately.
4. controlled chaos.
5. sprawling on furniture.

1. the man on a hot pink vespa.
2. loving my new doctor even more.
3. the man who sang to me at the bus stop because “a smile like that deserves a song”.
4. a hug from a good friend.
5. another productive day of unemployment.

1. being able to flee the country again with my shiny new passport.
2. people who quote pat benatar songs.
3. all the handsome men downtown.
4. catching up with a friend over coffee.
5. dollar store cables that actually work.

1. finishing a good book in a quiet room.
2. being a mcgyvering genius.
3. having internet again.
4. getting my first piece of mail at my new address.
5. the dairy queen that is a very short walk away.

1. watching ‘my so-called life’ for the first time.
2. being well passed the teenage angst years.
3. coming out of best buy without a $300 PS3.
4. breaking in my new tv.
5. watching a movie with my new roommate in our new apartment.