gratitude

today, i feel grateful for:

• awesome family & friends
• assertiveness, especially in those moments that count
• portable hard drives
• the uniqueness of my maiden last name which i am still known by at work
  
• afternoon naps
• modern medicine
  
• beautiful family photographs
• facebook, photo texts, and skype/facetime = ways i can still keep up with my distant family and friends, especially my nephew, ev
• the chill of the impending fall season in this evening's air
• a very productive day at work with awesome colleagues and wonderful students and teachers