A list….

• My cousin John, whose birthday is today!
• Having a fabulous 4th of July weekend
• Sitting so close to the Monona fireworks, that a glowing ember fell from the sky onto our blanket
• Spending a lot of time cruising around on my new Schwinn, carrying stuff in my basket, feeling very European, and very happy.
• Great business ideas and friends who could make them happen
• Putting on running shorts the last few days (and actually running, too.)
• A really exciting, creative trip to St. Louis coming up
• Working like a champ lately
• Old friends and new
• being in love
• air-conditioning window units
• the stranger at the Crystal Corner who bought two shots for anyone who wanted to celebrate freedom
• pool sharking
• car repair in totally inappropriate clothes followed by the most excellent day
• growing up, feeling like an adult, feeling responsible and then having all that disappear the moment I am sharing a blanket with a cute boy under fireworks that had me and the crowd oohing and aahing like 5-year-olds with a sense of infinite wonder