Thankful List :: May 2012

• Our wedding announcements were printed for free
• We found a flat to live in after the wedding
• Grill party at the Higgins
• Lessons to substitute (= more money)
• Paja helping me with online banking
• The smell of rain
• The clean air after the rain
• The satisfaction of a clean house
• Erik and I navigated our first furniture decision without an argument
•  Erik's Nike shoes for €26.30 :)
• Nice compliments from a satisfied student
• My "long" Slovak conversation at the vegetable stand
• Seeing circus animals from the bus
• We have enough znamky for 2 pots now (actually, since then we've been given enough for 4 pots!)
• Made it through Monday
• A nice weekend
• Good food at Dobry Trh
• Allowed to leave Dobry Trh when the rain started
• Coffee time with Erik on Sunday afternoon
• Managed to navigate the VistaPrint website and order wedding announcements (on sale!)
• Maria can drive us to Lučenec next weekend
• I coaxed the toilet into flushing
• My mom (yes, MY mom) is turning into such an optimist!
• čsob internet banking is working again
• The roses are blooming
• The Slovak book for €1
• All the nice new friends from Vienna
• Maria and her driving skills (without Maggy's help) 
• We didn't get too lost
• Jim's mom driving us to the bus station
• Good English breakfast Saturday morning
• Low café prices in Lučenec
• Lovely morning date with Erik
• Slovakia beat Czech Republic and Canada at hockey 
• People still came to our evening program in Cinobana, even though there was an important hockey game going on
• Erik got to play football with some kids (+ William)
•  Meeting nice friends in Cinobana
• We found Cinobana
• Music was good at the evening program and on Sunday morning
• Erik getting to translate my testimony at the evening program
• Erik's testimony po Anglicky on Sunday morning
• Fast, safe trip back to Bratislava on Sunday
• Received our rental contracts in the mail
• Nice dinner and conversation with Heather and William 
• Thursday always comes
• My wedding band is almost finished
• I got some of the things I need from the fabric store with only using Slovak (and some pantomiming) 
• Skyping with Laura