Thankful List:: October 2011

• I haven't walked through a spider's web in a long time,
• The sun shines everyday (whether I can see it or not),
• The sky has been blue for at least 3 days in a row,
• I don't feel ill at all,
• Peanut butter from Ed,
• I've been spoiled with visitors,
• I have my residence card,
• I can communicate that "I don't understand" in Slovak,
• Lucia going to the insurance office with me,
• I probably have some of the most pleasant language students ever,
• Headphone jacks in the school computers,
• I didn't start crying at the foreign police when I wanted to,
• Erik walking with me to TESCO and the bus stop at night,
• Conversation lessons and materials from Andrew,
• Seeing old women with purple hair,
• Petr and Maria who randomly introduced themselves to me and brightened my morning,
• The package from home,
• The elderly man who gave me bits of directions to the post office in German,
• Being able to communicate with the ladies at the post office,
• It's cloudy but I still feel happy,
• My students not wanting their lessons to be over sometimes,
• Conversation lessons with the International Women's Club,
• Feeling a warm connection with the Mierne Pokročilý class,
• Joshua is here,
• Being able to walk across the boarder to Hungary without a passport,
• Not working at the Skydome during homecoming weekend,
• Opwekking liedjes on Youtube,
• New socks,
• The package from home (I guess I'm double thankful for that :) ),
• The "cowboy" who signed each postcard,
• Dusan playing the piano for City Light,
• "Free days" with Heather and Erik,
• Girl-chats with Heather,
• Cookies from Heather,
• Whatever God decides is best for me actually IS the best for me,
• 2 avocados for 1.99 euro,
• Warm brown bread from TESCO,
• Inexpensive toothpaste,
• TESCO in Ruzinov,
• A newly discovered, more efficient route to Heather's house,
• A no-show lesson,
• A long weekend coming up,
• The book, God's Smuggler from Joshua,
• All Heather's old food,
• Getting my insurance card with little trouble,
• The early morning conversation lesson rescheduled to the evening,
• Chocolate zucchini cake,
• Helpful feedback after being observed,
• Skype dates set-up (and carried through with),
• Money from private lessons,
• The Maze of Terror lesson plan,
• Michael Swan's Practical English Usage,
• The Twix bar from Andrew,
• Being able to borrow the creative games and things that Edina makes for kid's courses,
• Libuš and Ed's collection of English books,
• 3 pens that work really well for 99 cents,
• A great pumpkin for 4 euro,
• Paprika for 25 cents,
• Self Check-out at TESCO that I can use to get rid of pennies and break large bills without feeling like I'm inconveniencing anyone,
• Some of the most beautiful, vibrant maple leaves I've ever seen are falling in "my own" backyard,
• The sun is showing today and I even felt its warmth on my face,
• No trick-or-treaters and hardly any other reminders that it's Halloween,
• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary for pressing leaves
• A productive but relaxing day off,
• All the wonderful pumpkin products,
• Food and train tickets are inexpensive here