01 May 2013

Thankful List :: April 2013



  • The prospect of taking my note from the doctor, which appeared quite complicated for about 10 minutes, actually wasn't that complicated after all,
  • Successful charades at the foreign police for almost the last time, hopefully,
  • Finally, my new ID card!
  • 2 positive interviews with IBM (still waiting on the final results...)
  • New friends from Finland,
  • Warmer weather,
  • A fun 3 days subbing kindergarten with few problems,
  • Quitting and not looking back (and the actual resigning part wasn't as much of a hassle as I expected),
  • Getting to sit in on a 2nd grade music lessons,
  • We found the root of the smell in the refrigerator,
  • Dish soap on sale, even though the last bottle hasn't quite run out yet,
  • 50% off Heineken,
  • A perfect grill party with the Kriškas
  • Short, but mostly comprehensible conversations with Slovak friends,
  • The prospect of having a car is slowly becoming a reality,
  • The water in the fridge stopped leaking,
  • I got paid (and I didn't think I would),
  • Lots of people at church for the last couple weeks,
  • The Dutch couple who want to go to Albania,
  • A nice visit with Aaron and Marta...Indian food, music, birthday cake,
  • Jenn's healthy delivery of little Benjamin,
  • Chocolate spread from Peter,
  • A clean balcony and only finding one yucky spider,
  • Rides home from Bible study,
  • Time to recover from a sickness without taking antibiotics,
  • Dobry Trh, local honey, free clothes, and the best klobasa we've ever eaten,
  • We bought a high-quality thing that's normally very expensive for about 1/10 of the usual price,
  • The chance to reconnect with an old acquaintance,
  • A chance to reconnect with Moses,
  • Chicken on sale all month,
  • Nice walks to the Draždiak (lake) and the loud new frogs,
  • Name day roses and chocolate,
  • Name day mini cheese grater,
  • Tesco wasn't crowded when we went on a Saturday,
  • Free hand sanitizer from the Lekareň,
  • Nice ice cream and people watching time on Sundays,
  • Erik got to play a little football while I had girl-chat time 
  • Started and finished a sewing project,
  • Finally, I'm almost finished making Erik's spoon-rest and ring dish,
  • Beautiful pork risotto,
  • A quiet evening with the Higgins boys,
  • The mint plant (which may be dead now) lived through almost the whole month,
  • The daisy bloomed again,