appreciation

DianaK

Year 1, Day 89: aftereffects of feeling pleased with aftereffects of feeling pleased with aftereffects

Today’s gratitudes:

  • I appreciate the way bits of scenes from the improv-a-thon flash through my mind and make me laugh all over again. Nice aftereffect!
  • Hahaha – now I appreciate the word aftereffect. I don’t think I’ve ever written it before. It looks cool.
  • I appreciate how easily I’m pleased by words. Being a geek has its advantages! 😉
  • I’m pleased by feeling so pleased about being easily pleased just now. So meta.
DianaK

Year 1, Day 88: people, people, people

Today I appreciate sooooo many people:

  • Thank you, MN, for being such a cool state. We raised over 16 million dollars for more than 4,000 non-profit organizations, including 2 of my favorites, Avalon Charter School and HUGE Theater.
  • Thank you FB friends for tolerating incessant posts and pleas for donations during the past 2 days. 😉
  • Thank you, Janet Brown, for tipping the scale with your donation last night. You are a rock star! ♥ Between the 3 teams I played on and my own page, I helped raise over $500 of the $10,000+ raised for HUGE.
  • Thank you to the countless people who stayed up for 28 hours and made this such an inspiring, exciting event!
  • Thank you, hundreds of improvisers, for taking risks, making choices, and creating beautiful and funny art before our eyes.
DianaK

Year 1, Day 86: huge appreciation for HUGE

It will come as no surprise for you to learn that I appreciate HUGE Theater! Here are today’s reasons:

  1. It is one of the most open and welcoming theater communities I’ve ever encountered.
  2. People of all skill levels are encouraged to explore their creativity, stretch past their comfort levels to see what’s there, and to see an expanded version of themselves in the process.
  3. Honesty and humor color all the improv that happens there — and you can see this amazing live theater 6 nights a week!
DianaK

Year 1, Day 84: snow, chickpeas, pink canoe painting

I appreciate:

  1. That since it has to be cold, it at least has the decency to snow. Thank you, weather.
  2. Saffron Road Crunchy Chickpeas. Just tried them yesterday and they are so yummy! Thanks, Burcin Ozel, for the suggestion!
  3. The little strip of pink on the canoe in the painting my grandpa did. I wonder what he thought about as he painted it. I didn’t really ever know him, but from the stories I’ve heard, he was a supremely kind and interesting man.

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DianaK

Year 1, Day 83: friends and family, audience, improv community

I appreciate:

  1. My amazing friends and family who showed up for our ComedySportz show yesterday. It was so great to see you all out there. Thank you! ♥
  2. My classmates’ friends and families who showed up. It was SO much fun to play to a packed house!
  3. Getting to know and learning improv with some of the brightest, most generous, most talented people in the Twin Cities. 🙂
DianaK

Year 1, Day 82: sleeping, saturday, show

Today I am grateful:

  1. That Gracie slept through the night. Hallelujah for a decent night’s sleep.
  2. The spaciousness of Saturday…so many possible activities today. Gray and rainy – a perfect day for baking. Or a nap! Or…
  3. …being in an awesome (and free!) improv show!
DianaK

Year 1, Day 80: small kindnesses, rocks, phone

I appreciate:

  1. The fact that small gestures of kindness can have such a profound effect. Having been the recipient of many such acts recently, it was especially lovely to see my MIL smiling when we took her out to dinner last night.
  2. Amethyst! It reminds me of our family adventures at the amethyst mine in Canada. We know how to make it rain! ;^) Plus, rocks are just cool.
  3. My phone, for allowing me to take pix of whatever random thing (or lovely person) I’m appreciating in the moment. 🙂

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