(I will even give one for October 31st - CF moved in with me for a couple of months before heading to his job that starts the beginning of next year. Like how I snuck that in there?)
- All you can eat pizza buffet in town with CF and coworkers.
- A (very short) run that made me feel like I am not THAT out of shape.
- A warm kitty curled up on my lap.
- Figuring out why my experiments were variable...even if it means doing them again...after already doing them again...
- Homemade bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich for breakfast. [Hmmm...should I start making these a little more meaningful?]
- Got my hour of sleep back! And free hand-made pretzels at church.
- Teamwork! The grad student with whom I work and I are trading off stages of an experiment so that the person who gets the most reliable results on specific steps does those steps.
- Teamwork! When I got home, the trash and dishwasher were empty. Even though I wasn't hungry, CF is stressed out about school, and I made him dinner.
- Pumpkin beer! CF's friend passed his pre-lims (makes him a PhD candidate/ABD) so we met them at a local brewery last night. Yum.
- The whole day for lab work! This may seem counter-intuitive that I am thankful for a whole day in lab, but I have had a class and seminars on Thursdays for the past 8 weeks. That makes it difficult to plan experiments.
- Leaving work at 4:15 on a Friday afternoon.
- Homemade chili, cornbread, pumpkin dip, beer, beer pong, friends, entertaining at my new place, and, I suppose, college football.
- A couple of hours at work that get me ahead for the week.
- Yoga. I did a couple of podcasts from YogAmazing. I highly recommend subscribing if you want some short yoga routines for home.
- A good message at a career development seminar: When you get a job offer, it is not because you are lucky, but because you deserve it.
- "Young-ish" adults pot-luck at the Associate Pastor's house.
- Using the free pizza coupon I got in the mail after moving after a short hike with CF.
- CF's soup.
- Finishing some imaging for a figure for my paper.
- My little brother's 31st birthday!
- A caramel macchiato and a nap during the 11 hour car ride.
- THANKSGIVING! Lots of delicious food, lots of family.
- Getting my parents' Christmas tree with all three of us kids and our extensions there.
- Decorating my parents' Christmas tree and my Dad's homemade lasagna with homemade bolognese and bechamel sauces.
Fall 2012
It has been a year since I tried doing this, and I clearly did not keep it up. Here are some things for which I am thankful from this fall.
- Lots of job postings in my field of interest and near family and friends.
- A job interview!
- Getting ahead on my financial life and starting to save money.
- Seeing all my college roomies after 18 to 25 months of not seeing them.
- That everyone I am close to made it out of Hurricane Sandy with their homes and families.
- My parents' fall visit.
- That I do not rack up the miles on my car as quickly as I used to so repairs are spread out.
- A church that facilitates my doing things like volunteering, meeting new people, playing music, and eating delicious hand-made pretzels on a regular basis.
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