Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for...

• the good Lord
• my family and friends
• my health, and the health of my loved ones
• actually getting a Thankful Thursday post done this week...I'm a slacker no more! Well, at least for the moment.
• a roof over my head, clean running water, food in my fridge, shoes on my feet, clothes in my closet, a paid-off car, a dishwasher, air conditioning
• the fact that I can read
• trips to the library
• my job and the lovely breaks it provides me
• the fact that I have a job to return to next month when this lovely break is over
• a very productive and FUN summer...it is flying by but I've made some great memories
• getting to jump in some puddles today
• being halfway done with my literacy tutor training...I'm excited to see who I get matched with!
• finally getting to watch the first season of Downton Abbey...I've been on the waiting list at the library since the beginning of May, and it was completely worth the wait. I can't wait to get my hands on season 2. If you haven't watched this yet, do yourself a favor and get on it ASAP. I'm hooked.
• being dismissed early from jury duty...woohoo!
• making a new friend to keep me company during jury duty
• several chances to explore and fall in love with downtown Birmingham...I feel like we're pretty tight friends now
• a wonderful party last week to celebrate Bubba and Olivia's engagement...Mary Meigs, you certainly were the hostess with the mostest!
• vitamins
• sunscreen
• my Brita pitcher
• people who go to the trouble of encouraging others...the world would be a bummer of a place without people like that
• the chance to see my class list tomorrow...it's exciting to see the names of your new students, even if you don't know who they are yet :)
• (a little) progress in my classroom
• some blessed, wonderful, much-needed rain this week

HAPPY WEEKEND, yall!