Thankful List: November 2011

• The roses on the path to work,
• The sky is blue,
• My first walnut-gathering experience,
• Playing Uno and having family time with the Higgins,
• Bus zones 1 and 2 don't exist in Bratislava anymore,
• CLASS core values and community atmosphere,
• Weekends,
• Ed helping with the intensive course preparation,
• The speakers at work, so I can laminate while listening to music,
• It's not really too cold at all,
• The bathtub is unclogged,
• Experienced the inside of a thermos exploding and nobody was hurt,
• I can't shake the feeling that I love being here,
• 500g of lemons for 44 cents,
• 1 Kilo of oranges for 79 cents,
• My confidence is in someone bigger than me,
• Almost everything is finally ready for the first day of the intensive course,
• The testimony of that man from Iraq and his brother, and the girl from Tunisia,
• The yummy cakes from Maria,
• Another cozy CityLight gathering,
• Good news from Cathy,
• I wasn't late on Monday morning when I really thought I would be,
• Lived through intensive course day 1,
• Lived through intensive course day 2,
• The kids in the intensive course are nice to me,
• The Slovak lesson from the kids this morning,
• Ticket restaurants,
• The sky's been blue lately,
• Found 2 euros in my dirty laundry!
• I think I actually like riding the bus,
• 19:45 on Thursdays,
• A student introducing me to Brejky,
• Our cleaning lady because she has work and she's happy to be doing it- and she shared her optimistic perspective with us,
• The tea and key chain from Tim and Lucy,
• Friday night with Heather and Erik,
• The weekend,
• Payday,
• My phone somehow can make calls even though my minutes have expired,
• O2 doesn't charge for incoming calls,
• That little boy didn't choke and die on Sunday night,
• I managed to teach 4 lessons without a formally written plan,
• I heard my Začiatočnici class laugh,
• Another day of blue sky,
• My house plants are blooming and growing,
• Tiny tea boxes,
• Shtoor date with Heather,
• Soft, warm Camp Wonderland hoodie,
• Bed linens can air dry, even when it's cold and wet outside,
• A productive "day off",
• All prepped for most of my busiest week, with time left to relax the weekend before,
• Clearance sales at the Second Hand stores,
• Brother Andrew's story,
• Lenka going to Ghana and the financial support people are giving her,
• Leftovers from Sunday's lunch to eat all week,
• The lesson I thought would be too short ran overtime,
• The new group of intensive course kids are nice to me,
• The things I thought would make my stomach hurt more actually didn't,
• The students being so cheerful on Tuesday morning,
• Being able to go home and not think about work,
• Chatting with Laura for a bit,
• 1 kilo of mandarins for 59 cents,
• The tvaroh a čučoriedka chocolate bar from Hela and Edina,
• The chocolates from Zuzka and Mirko,
• It's my birthday and I'm still not homesick,
• Today wasn't AS cold,
• All Andrew's prepositions of place and time lesson plans and materials,
• I live in Slovakia,
• Next week should be an easier work load,
• Google images,
• Skyping with family,
• Thanksgiving weekend and all the food and friends,
• There was enough food at the City Light Thanksgiving service,
• Marek and Oto helping with the kids,
• Slovak lessons (with lots of laughter) from my new friends from Jelka,
• Thanksgiving came and went and I'm still not homesick,
• Louis is IN medical school (and not applying anymore),
• The intensive course is getting easier for me,
• My chapped finger didn't bleed today,
• They who seek the Lord will not be in want of any good thing (Psalm 34),
• A blue sky on Monday,
• A boring lesson felt like it went by quickly (for me anyway),
• The nice soaps from Heather,
• The very fancy chocolates from Erik, 
• Black currant with lemon tea,
• Tea bags that last for two or three cups,
• The worker at Terno putting out fresh rolls from the oven right as I was going to select mine for lunch,
• The pretty mirror from Nic from Bali,
• Tomorrow is Wednesday,
• Dusan's family gets to come for Christmas,
• My first pumpkin pies from scratch were good,
• Getting to soon borrow Ed and Libuš's poffertje pan,
• One sweet student in my level 3 class who loves English class (in contrast with her classmates who don't),
• Another fun and heartwarming Mierne Pokročili lesson,
• My internal Slovak keyboard,
• The washing machine is fixed,
• Little containers of tiny tomatoes for 55 cents each,
• I finally remembered to buy Band aids, 
• The convenient features on the new imhd website