1. Walks
2. Music
3. Clean laundry
4. Butternut squash
5. Stuffed animals

1. Musicals
2. Friends
3. Boundaries
4. Changes
5. Horses

1. Having confirmation that I'm not going crazy, something wacky really is happening.
2. The work thing turning out not as I had planned, but still awesome.
3. Long chat with someone I'd never chatted with before.
4. Awesome, awesome friends who are willing to give me a ride to the airport at 4:15 in the morning.
5. A friend has a date tonight!

1. Peppermint tea.
2. Long e-mails from good friends who have been missed.
3. A good night's sleep.
4. Un-upset stomach.
5. Speaking up at work and having it improve things. (hopefully. *crosses fingers*)

1. A best friend with access to free medical advice, who doesn't mind being woken up in the middle of the night to dispense it.
2. Growing clarity on many issues.
3. Webcomic archives.
4. Sympathetic roommates.
5. Decongestants.

1. Doing things for the first time.
2. Showers
3. Long, mutually beneficial talks.
4. Insistent characters.
5. Mothers.

1. My other mom
2. Pincushions
3. Quiche
4. Days off
5. Early bedtimes

1. Frozen yogurt.
2. Being alllllll alone at work.
3. Home made truffle from my roommate.
4. Stimulus check from the government. Debt payment time, whoot!
5. FRIDAY!!!!

1. Getting two things of cream cheese instead of one with my morning bagel.
2. Muse healing.
3. Brick breaker high scores.
4. Being efficient at work.
5. Plush troll dolls and the people who love them.

And back on track!

1. Fortune cookies.
2. Jonathan Coulton
3. Peregrine Falcon cam. The chicks are so adorable!
4. A writing partner who shares many of the same kinks.
5. Concrete evidence of improvement over time.

I totally have been slacking here, which I didn't mean to do. So! I'm doing twenty-five instead, for the days I missed, and maybe another post later tonight.

1. Finding, healing, and reconnecting with a lost muse.
2. Lemon curd.
3. Having a moment of looking in the mirror, smiling, and realizing I really liked what I saw.
4. Spinning and carding and messing with wool. Missed that.
5. Green, sweetened, iced tea from Starbucks. Nummers.
6. McDonalds' Sweet Tea. Probably awful for you, but omg nummy.
7. ThinkGeek.com and their many t-shirts.
8. A day completely to myself in the office.
9. Inspiring ideas full of vision, fun, and promise.
10. Finding it easy to get up in the mornings, even with needing to do it earlier to catch the bus.
11. A post on livejournal, that has comments full of joy and happiness and creativity and hope.
12. Getting unlooked for compliments.
13. An In'N'Out only about 10-15 minutes from my house.
14. The feel of yarn between my fingers as I knit.
15. Having a terrible, no good, awful night and morning with a friend, and ending up stronger and closer for it.
16. Fast growing hair. I'll get to thigh length someday!
17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
18. Getty Images, and the array of surprising, fun, and adorable pictures they have up there.
19. Finding photo references for established characters.
20. Cereal for dinner.
21. Finally pulling Laura into a fandom! And maybe two!
22. Getting to see my stepmom this weekend for Mother's Day.
23. Gorgeous, cloudy weather in the morning melting into perfect days.
24. My camera, and the ability to make everyday objects more interesting through its lens.
25. The internet, and the connection it gives me to people I never would've known otherwise.

(still not mine)

1. Feeling better
2. Possible good things at work (keeping fingers crossed)
3. Getting to nap my lunch hour away
4. Finishing the DVD of "Around the World in 80 Days" (the Michael Palin documentary) and knowing I have "Pole to Pole" coming from netflix.
5. Finishing a knitting project

(again, not mine)

1. Sleeping in
2. Deep dreams
3. The ability to take time to feel better
4. Friends who come to see if I want to do something with them
5. Friends who understand when I'm too sick for cheap ice cream

(not my picture, today. from here.)

1. A boss who sends me home when I'm sick.
2. Michael Palin travel documentaries to watch while sick.
3. Actual paid sick leave.
4. The most wonderful couch in the world to lie on when sick.
5. Kel's mix making ability. It's a true gift.

1. A clean windshield.
2. Taco Bell.
3. Getting to take the bus for free next month to save on gas money. Hello time to read on the way in and back.
4. Unexpected postcards from Portugal.
5. Quickly growing hair.

1. The people for whom I've lit candles in the past few weeks having some of their immediate worries and issues resolved.
2. Nature documentaries from the BBC. Honestly, is there anything more addicting to watch?
3. Story research turning into the possibility of a wonderful, exciting change in my family.
4. Chocolate cake and cold milk.
5. Finding a pair of cute capris I forgot I had and discovery that huzzah, they fit.

1. Spending the entire day by myself talking in person to no one but the Chinese food delivery lady.
2. David Attenborough
3. Sleeping in.
4. Chinese food.
5. World of Warcraft parody videos on youtube.

1. Being in my own house.
2. Getting to sleep in my own bed tonight.
3. Things going better for certain friends than they were a week ago.
4. Getting the chance to read aloud to someone and help them out at the same time.
5. Lemon curd.

1. The whole world.
2. Solving a problem that ended up with me getting to spend less time in the car tomorrow and Wednesday, and more time sleeping.
3. Planet Earth
4. Word association games
5. Company paid for meals for the rest of the week.

1. Hugs from my mommy.
2. Rice crispie treats
3. Permission to be angry, without having to feel the guilt once associated with it.
4. Chili burgers
5. Honesty both improving a situation, and getting that thing out of my house.