tuesday.

Talking to my mum each morning.

A cup of hot tea.

Sashi's chattiness at breakfast.

Chia seeds in my spirulina, Udo's and oj.

Peanut butter and jelly on wasa for breakfast.

Riding like the wind.

The 2 nice men in hard hats walking up the sidewalk who smiled so sweetly and stepped aside so I could ride past at the notoriously precarious roundabout.

The 2 men without homes who are always rolling cigarettes in the same place under the highway each morning.

The man who I tried not to frighten as I passed who was obviously out of his mind and yelled at me…that I could yell back with equal gusto: "HAVE A BEEEEAUUUTIFUL DAY!!!" as I passed waving my left arm wildly with greeting.

That that lady corrected her steering and did not hit me.

The BIGHUGE man who waited till I was riding by and stuck out his thumb in a frantic Fonz gesture and said, "HEEEEYYYY!!!!!"…that I had the presence of mind to whoop and holler back instead of being frightened.

That I giggled all morning about how well I could converse with those who could generally be considered 'crazy.'

That I arrived to work safely.

Sangeeta and Julia…and that they are the highlights of my morning when I go to get coffee.

That Sangeeta always asks, "How's your health"…in her beautiful Nepali accent.

That I am able to answer, "RRRRRRammro." [please forgive the spelling]

That I plowed away on my work deadline.

That I found some funky Japanese tins at the thrift store.

Chia energy chocolate bars.

That laura refused to let me ride to my night job in the dark.

That it rained early and held off till I could ride home.

That oddly flattened "iced-cream cone" that solidified on the sidewalk outside the yoga studio though it hadn't really melted...that it looked plastic, but it was real.

That i've had the presence of mind not to eat such frightening things my entire adult life.

That I had remembered to pack my sunglasses which shielded my eyes from the thundercloud of gnats that descended with the afternoon low pressure.

That the natural world is full of "sailor signs" like these if we just slow down enough to witness them.

That I didn't swallow or inhale too many gnats.

The workers in the back of the pickup truck who smiled at me genuinely…not leeringly.

The people whose faces betray a thousand stories as they exit so rapidly the train.

Getting a lot accomplished.

Eating more peanut butter and jelly for dinner.

The pink moon.

Christine's buoyant enthusiasm when she came over to borrow some Polish sparkling water in order to perfect her mojitos.

That she invited me for over for mojitos Wednesday evening.

Falling asleep mid-sentence reading.