Good Monday.

December 15, 2025

Day 3,225

Thankful for: 

A good Monday. 

Sweet students. 

Christmas gifts. 

Riding into work with Patty and Odette. 

Starbucks in the morning. 

Coffee. 

Our busy days will be over soon. I'm looking forward to a long break. 

A glorious, incredible, mind blowing sunset. 

Friends. 

Family. 

The thought that somewhere out there, there's a dog waiting for me just like I'm waiting for a dog. 

Cold, cold day and a new chair.

December 14, 2025

Day 3,224

Thankful for: 

A good Sunday. 

Watching movies with Tobin. 

Time with my family.

French toast and sausage. 

Time with Matt. 

Adelyn had her boyfriend over. They are cute together. 

Laughter. 

Cold, cold air. 

Time outside. 

Good light. 

More days in December left. 

Matt gave me an early Christmas gift: a new chair for my library. 

Lovely Saturday.

December 13, 2025

Day 3,223

Thankful for: 

A good day. 

Time with Matt. 

Lunch with my friend, Heidi. 

New shoes. 

A fun Christmas event. 

I got a few Christmas things at the little shops: a stained glass fox, some strawberry lavender jam, magnesium lotion, and some tea. 

Matt came to pick me up because my car was making a horrible sound and I had to leave it at the shop to be fixed. 

Shopping for some fun stuff with Matt. 

Relaxing with my family at home tonight. 

Watching the Eras documentary with Matt and Addy. 

Another day off tomorrow. 

Little list of good things.

December 12, 2025

Day 3,222

Thankful for: 

A day called Friday. 

A fun day at work. 

Sweet students.

Pizza for dinner. 

The whole weekend ahead. 

Snow in the forecast. 

Time to sleep and not set my alarm for the morning. 

Gorb

December 11, 2025

Day 3,221

Thankful for: 

Cold air. 

Music. 

Sweet students. 

My job. 

Sweet co-workers. 

Friends. 

Family. 

A day called Thursday. 

Help when I need it. 

Leaving work a little bit early today. 

A warm dinner. 

A clean kitchen. 

Tomorrow is Friday. 

Everybody Loves Raymond. 

Hugs from Matt. 

The smell of cookies baking in my kitchen. 

Matt gets to be home tomorrow. It always makes me feel cozy when I know someone is at my house while I'm away. 

Games after dinner. We've been playing Boggle on Netflix after dinner each night. I'm really bad at it, and tonight, Tobin peeked over at my phone just as I had typed in: gorb! We all laughed so hard. 

Hugs from Addy and Tobin. 

The weekend coming soon. 

We still have a few weeks in December left. I love December. 

Incredible winter light. 

A beautiful sunrise and sunset. 

Bare trees. 

A little list of things to be thankful for.

December 10, 2025

Day 3,220

Thankful for: 

Pretty, Christmasy spots in the house. 

Sweet students. 

My job. 

My family. 

Christmas coming soon. 

Cold air. 

Nice texts. 

A beautiful sunset.

December 9, 2025

Day 3,219

Thankful for: 

A good Tuesday. 

I made cookies for the teachers today. 

Getting to go in late because my kids had a two hour delay. 

An easy day at work. 

Happy memories of Higbee. 

Christmas coming soon. 

Cold, cold air. 

Panera for dinner. 

Playing games after dinner. 

A beautiful sunset. 

Going to bed very early. 

A new day tomorrow.