I appreciate:

• Getting to enough sleep.
• Finding time on Sunday to make apple muffins and meatloaf so I’ll have food for the week.
• All the trees lit up in Uptown. I love this.

I appreciate:

• The super-cool person, whoever you are, who paid it forward at the coffee shop this morning and bought me my coffee. What FUN!
• Rain in November. It’s not snow!
• The way bits of improv sets keep flitting through my brain. Post-Dramatic-Sleepdeprivation-Disorder.

I appreciate:

• Jessica, for coming in to help me clean today!
• The beautiful sunny warm weather.
• Luna cat’s weird poses.

I appreciate:

• Jessica, for coming in to help me clean today!
• The beautiful sunny warm weather.
• Luna cat’s weird poses.

I appreciate:

• All of you who donated to my home away from home, HUGE Theater.
• All the improvisers, audience members, and volunteers who made the Improvathon such a spectacular success.
• The fact that all those amazing people took really good care of the theater during that time so it wasn’t too big a task to clean it today!

I appreciate:

• Scarves. Not just a super fun accessory, but extremely helpful during our 9-month winters…
• Toby’s attempts to get comfortable on my lap while I work – and his utter lack of concern for how it’s working out for me.
•  Caffeinated heaven in a cup on a quiet work-at-home morning

I appreciate:

• TODAY! Not only because I get to be alive and experience a myriad of exciting things, but also because it’s 11-12-13. Oh what fun!
• Having jobs that not only provide the income I need, but also allow me to interact with funny and fascinating people, and that satisfy my need to learn and to feel helpful.
• Slouching on the couch after a very long day at said jobs.

I appreciate:

• That I can make anything fun by turning it into a spreadsheet.
• My new helpful habits spreadsheet. (Since I’ve recently been reprimanded for not taking care of myself and focusing too much on getting things done, I made a to-do list of self-care, heart-healing things. HA! Now I can take care of myself AND check things off my list.)
• Paper bags. Such an inexpensive (and really, really amusing) toy for Toby.

I appreciate:

• My electronic devices – especially my laptop and iPhone. SO helpful for doing my work and, um, not doing my work.
• Water. The fact that I can have potable water any time I want really is a wonderful thing.
• Dinner and games with Pat and the kids last night.

I appreciate:

• Tootsie rolls. They’re small and sweet. Oh, like me!
• That Katie patted me on the head when I said that out loud.
• Making really good progress on my book yesterday. Yay!