ten things...

10 significant moments that make me feel insignificant. but not in a bad way.

1. seeing clouds from above
2. standing on an ocean shore
3. lying on grass looking up at a vast blue sky or the stars
4. hearing my favorite music live
5. walking around the slums in karachi, pakistan, under the searing heat
6. standing in the middle of a crowded intersection in delhi, india absorbing the cacophony of sound and smells
7. hands on a belly of a friend feeling her baby move around inside the womb
8. standing at the foot of mt. carmel, in haifa, israel
9. holding a handful of warm sand and let it trickle through my partially open fist
10. the nyc skyline

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10 luxuries i love

1. massages
2. high thread count sheets
3. fresh berries
4. pedicures
5. sleeping in
6. organic produce
7. swanky hotels
8. phenomenal hair cuts
9. long showers
10. moleskin journals

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i could take a plane right to you, if i could just stop running

1. i'm so glad you sent that email Q
2. i'm listening to the damnwells 'i will keep the bad things from you'
3. i bought a loaf of cranberry walnut wholewheat bread from the bakery and it is delicious
4. i really need to organize my itunes/ipod
5. i've named my ipod estella (from great expectations)
6. i once wholeheartedly recommended a book i hadn't read. just because i'd heard it was a great read.
7. i realize this sounds selfish with all the 'i' statements
8. i watched 'the last kiss' last night
9. i asked a stranger today to give me advice when i was buying a hat
10. i made a friend
11. i think the simple line 'i will keep the bad things from you' is what everyone wants to hear at least once in their lives
12. i received a track today that i listened to lying on my back on plush carpet - as instructed
13. i think it is funny how every time my mum calls me she asks me what time it is here and tells me what time it is there
14. i am going to listen to a friend perform tonight
15. i feel like i have some of the most amazing friends in the world and one day i'd love to experience having all of them in one place
16. i love saturdays
17. i think it is sweet that you bought a kettle just for my visit so i can make tea
18. i really hope to visit NZ in december
19. i hope you have a wonderful day also

x

the perfect 'to do' list

things that made me smile today included...

- a new acquaintance asking me what language people speak in NZ
- a delicious mocha frappe at 3pm care of agent notch 7
- trading adventures with jen-jack-rabbit
- the three minutes of sunshine i got to go out and enjoy on my lunch break
- knowing that one of my favorite people is visiting my favorite city
- making M2 hold our stinking trash out of the car while i drove to the dumpster (because it was dripping and i wouldn't leave it behind on the curb)
- finishing work the same time as the rest of the office on a ticket count day(!)