1. spending the morning in a coffee shop with a new book and several hours to spare.
2. naps in the sun on a grassy hill.
3. washing my clothes in a laundromat for the first time since I was a child.
4. board game nights.
5. new blankets and clean sheets.

1. finding the way back to my desk.
2. “we smell like yesterday.”
3. simple and delicious dinners.
4. people who tell you when they are thinking of you.
5. reading in bed.

1. a happy start to my day.
2. playdates with other unemployed friends.
3. sharing stories about highschool.
4. the first patio of the season.
5. perfect pictures of rosebushes.

1. welcoming my roommate home.
2. being pleasantly surprised by strangers.
3. fatherly advice.
4. letting someone new into my life.
5. the beginning.

1. conquering piles.
2. singing in the shower.
3. fortune cookie wisdom.
4. barbequed everything.
5. good Mondays.

1. waking up in a bunk bed.
2. early morning coffee adventures.
3. feeling like I’m at camp.
4. acknowledging mailboxes.
5. a great weekend with new and old friends.

1. wildly inappropriate road trip conversations.
2. hot tub time machines.
3. the casual rockstar pose.
4. attempting to blog while dancing.
5. bachelorette parties in whistler cabins.

1. window shopping.
2. helpful information booths.
3. seeing my parents, even if only for an hour.
4. the lovely thank you card I received from amberlife, the winner of my daily photo contest!
5. catching up with a friend I haven’t seen since highschool.

1. going out for a five hour walk.
2. visiting an old neighbourhood.
3. finding two more books in a series that I love.
4. molly ringwald.
5. rummaging around old junk shops.

1. getting a large stack of picture frames for free.
2. buses that drop me off at the front steps of the places I am going.
3. learning how to play video games again.
4. mostly good amateur sketch comedy.
5. the intoxicating scent of lilacs at night.