• Buying the sketchbook that will hold all the memories, quotes, photos and journaling of my nineteenth year. I can’t wait to get started.
• Putting it all in God’s hands.
• Getting a second opinion.
• Hearing a bark come from Winks. I never thought I’d be so happy to hear him make noise.
• Being the go-to geek.

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace In Small Things.

• Window shopping at IKEA. Everyone in my family has things there that they’d love to have but will probably never get around to buying/putting together/installing.
• Having my dog off-leash, stress-free, for 50% of a walk. A first.
• Having a Big Comfy Couch moment where I wake up, look at my room, and stifle the urge to stand up on my bed, put my hands on my hips and ask an invisible camera, “Who made this big mess?!”
• Lazy mornings.
• Having a hair straightener. The days of using an actual iron to straighten my hair are gone!

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace In Small Things.

• Family get-togethers in which I actually have great conversations with my second cousins in their 20s instead of sitting in the corner with my brother avoiding small talk from the people who take pity on us.
• Watching The Hangover with my family because I totally thought this was parents-appropriate. This just proves how immune I am to this kind of thing; all the swearing and suggestive content just didn’t phase me at all until I watched with people who actually notice it.
• Dinner at WhiteSpot, where I order the exact same thing every single time: Caesar salad and zucchini sticks.
• Downing Spritzers the entire evening. Gosh I do ever love bubbly, fruity drinks.
• Daily improvements.

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace In Small Things.