Happy thoughts.

(from the last week alone)

• a friend who gifts plane tickets for a (very) early birthday present.
• direct West to East Coast flights.
• DC in the fall.
• the best bed.
• the best sleeping imaginable in said bed.
• little East Coast houses.
• late night talks with Nate including the phrase, "... will help cultivate your Russian soul."
• banana oatmeal cookies.
• ordering exactly the right thing at dinner.
• five year friendship reunions.
• eating pie in bookshop cafes.
• a red tree that was green the day before.
• dresses with pockets.
• hugging Lauren Richey in church parking lots.
• long drives through fall foliage.
• passing the Potomac.
• picnics in parks.
• watching planes fly overhead with Daniel and Brei.
• (everything concerning Daniel and Brei.)
• reading children's books out loud.
• Sunday dinner with Chris and Becca.
• hearing their three year old speak French.
• late night talks with Kristina.
• H picking me up from LAX.  
• being welcomed West with a Persian feast at P's grandma.
• kisses from that grandma.
• a lovely, surprise package from one K.W.
• and so forth.