Thankful List :: February 2012

Sushi making

• Recycled paper to write lists on,
• People who work in shops who can speak English,
• The tip from the meteorologist about what weather website to use (www.shmu.sk),
• The bus driver who waited for me while I ran to catch the bus, 
• None of my nightmares about my Demo Lesson came true,
• Having a Konverzacia course on my schedule,
• Erik and I share the same sense of humour,
• The hot water is working again,
• All the good things going on (and coming up) at Class,
• The protests in the city so far haven't been violent (or at least I haven't had to witness any violence nearby),
• The beautiful new Class Culture Book,
• Mom and Dad have their flights to Vienna,
• Erik's tiramisu,
• Dinner with the Melos and the Počajs,
• Getting to hear Paja and Ilga's stories,
• The Melos driving us home,
• Leftovers,
• Meeting a goldsmith who wants to do our rings,
• The bus driver who waited for us as we ran farther and faster than the last time a bus driver had to wait for us,
• The English/Slovak labels on everything (všetko) in the kitchen,
• Meeting another American girl,
• McCafé,
• Erik's new razor (and his willingness to use it),
• Leftovers (I guess I'm double thankful for these),
• Lucia's "Alzheimer Prevention Course" on Monday and Wednesday afternoons,
• The school laptop has been working,
• Pete and Edina lending me keys to work when I locked myself out,
• Coffee time with Sara and being able to share some knowledge about the city,
• Heather's home!!
• Running into Sue in the city,
• Sushi and spending time with people,
• The relaxing evening with the Melos,
• Erik's amazing cooking,
• Niki driving us across town,
• Alberto driving us home (x2),
• My tastebuds,
• Payday,
• Meeting with Lucka and Marcin,
• .50€ sale at the Second Hand store (and actually finding good stuff),
• Health insurance,
• Plastic toilet seats aren't so cold,
• Lots and lots of time to rest,
• Erik bringing me bread and jam,
• Erik translating for me at the doctor,
• DIY wedding websites with detailed how-to information,
• Grace being willing to design complicated announcements/invitations,
• The antidiarrheal medicine doesn't taste so bad,
• The doctor letting me quit the antibiotics early,
• The rash from the antibiotics is going away without treatment,
• Coffee with Katie,
• The little sesame seeds on the pretzel sticks,
• Erik's cooking makes even antidiarrheal diets bearable,
• Laura has her flight booked!!
• Erik is already feeling better,
• Skvela lesson with Simona,
• Slovak lesson resources from Simona,
• Libuš lending me a huge Obrazovný Slovník,
•  Late Valentine's Day dinner of delicious Indian food,
• The DVDs from Paja worked on my laptop,
• Erik's camera is working again,
• The thing in the dishwasher that makes it smell like lemon (and not old food),
• The nice weather over the weekend and time to walk and talk with Erik, 
• Americky Tyžd'en at Lidl,
• Beef and chili potato chips,
• A no show lesson,
• The gift of bread from someone else's student,
• My most ornery students were enthusiastic to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider, and were even quiet as they listened to their classmates sing,
• "Warm" spring wind,