Monday

Things I love Mondays

  • having a job where you are actually excited for Monday to come :)
  • when sean posts pictures on facebook, very, very rare occurrence and the nicest of surprises
  • pugs named sammy
  • ava's winks
  • ryan's text messages
  • cutegasms
  • jo's blog and pictures and artwork
  • little (actually BIG) secrets between best friends
  • mudddddddd
  • rachael's velociraptor

  • amy's hugs
  • emily's smiles
  • paul's laugh
  • jason playing hide and seek the minute I leave the classroom
  • sue's unconditional support
  • gimbop and topoki
  • quotes from the hangover on facebook status updates
  • getting lost in books- reading haruki marukami's short story collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and it is sublime
  • cafes where everybody knows your name (think "Cheers" theme song) and let your friends sleep on their comfy couches and serve you complimentary cake
  • five in the morning life talks
  • long showers

  • nice old ladies who randomly stop for a chat
  • carla bruni on rainy days
  • making my students laugh
  • “I live & love in God’s peculiar light.” — Michelangelo
  • turquoise feather earrings
  • perms and 8 hair stylists at once
  • string cheese
  • fans
  • the little white lights at Berkley
  • Nepalese bartenders
  • anticipation (summer vacation coming up, sean's visit in the fall, trips to Japan, DMZ, bungee jumping)
  • getting caught in thunderstorms
  • sparkling smiles from strangers on the street

  • positivity and encouragement
  • cute edible babies everywhere!
  • taking risks
  • skype, so grateful for having technology that makes things like this possible
  • the lady at the 24 hour family mart who is a little overly familiar :P
  • surreal moments walking home late at night
  • hookah and a good glass of malbec
  • dancing crazily to old retro tracks
  • amazing friends who are up for new adventures
  • dreaming about the future while enjoying the present! :)
  • new goal to write a love list every Monday
  • this ridiculously long list!
* all pictures by Dara Diliegro

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