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,