I hope that the practice of looking for things to be thankful for, and having a written record of these things will help me in the cold, dark, winter months when it's easy to become discouraged. I'm posting it here as a recap of the month, and to encourage you too :)
- Bratislava feels like home,
- Housemates are nice and friendly,
- Possibilities for giving private English lessons,
- Passed the CELTA course,
- Found a cute duvet cover at IKEA for really cheap,
- Hajdy is a nice dog,
- Met nice people at City Light,
- Nice emails from home,
- Skyping with family at a regular time,
- Met some of the other teachers at Class,
- Miška guiding me through the permit application process,
- No line or issues during that one errand to get a stamp,
- I know I'm supposed to be here,
- Some sunny days,
- Some rainy days,
- Running shoes and the ability to run,
- The mobile phone from Zuzka,
- Vierka and Hannes going to Uganda,
- No apostile necessary on the FBI report (and Larry, for telling me that),
- Lidl,
- New friends (and old friends) in Bratislava,
- Dajo, Antonia, and Arielle's visit,
- Dajo, Antonia, and Arielle made it home safely to Gro,
- Josh is definitely coming for a visit,
- Laundry soap that works REALLY well (Ariel),
- Drying clothes on a rack IS possible,
- Rental agreement and other important papers,
- Our vegetable garden,
- Jeans for 13 Euro,
- Oxford bookstore with books in English for less than 3 Euro,
- My bus pass,
- Running shoes on sale and for the bit of English that the shop assistant knew,
- Notary on rental agreement with no trouble,
- Fresh vegetables all the time,
- Meeting more new friends,
- Stanka's testimony,
- Ilga getting me peanut butter,
- The dog I met on my run was nice,
- Our treadmill,
- End of summer clearance sales,
- English/Slovak lessons with Soňa,
- English/Slovak dictionary for 3 Euro,
- I didn't drown in the lake,
- 99 cent double chocolate ice cream bars,
- I don't need to worry about anything...,
- Popcorn from Heather,
- Grooveshark,
- Zuzka and Mirko coming home soon,
- Staying in touch with Danielle,
- My passport and debit card weren't stolen,
- Being able to communicate to get a new bus pass from the lady who didn't speak English,
- No problems at the foreign police,
- Finished the medical exam and didn't have to take all my clothes off,
- Miška helping me through the medical exam,
- All the nice Roma people I met this weekend,
- The socialist food-discount coupons that I'm looking forward to getting,
- Getting to practice a bit of Slovak this weekend and being in a language-rich environment,
- Getting to hang out with Heather this weekend,
- The chocolate bar from the Slovak guy on the train,
- I'm not trying to learn Hungarian,
- The Dutch language,
- The medical exam cost less than I expected,
- 29 cent ice cream bars at Lidl,
- Really inexpensive fancy cheese,
- The bread vendor next to work,
- Slovak television,
- Subtitles
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