the weekend went to SCHOOL, JANICE, DISNEYLAND, and MONOPOLY, DISNEY EDITION (of course). but it was WAY too short. almost got to meet up with glo & mike at dland but the weather was painfully hot (definitely not within my 65-75 degree range) so they resorted to yogurtland. GOOD CHOICE. but dino and i spent a good couple hours there and had fun. side note to glo: we totally found your little fun photo spot at grizzly river run. HILARIOUS. we were cracking up forever.
janice’s bday party….pictures to follow. enough said. 
good times. HAPPY MARCH 20th BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE MAAAN JANICE!
apparently i took a blog vacation and completely skipped 4 days….which means…i had to think of FORTY life appreciations for my assignment!… i did it over the course of today and it was a bit easier than i thought. granted, i had to keep checking my previous blogs to see if i repeated anything (i don’t have bad short term memory, i don’t have ANY short term memory). i know some of my items are starting to sound pretty lame and desperate but hey, almost done with the assignment and it’s been a good exercise for me.
FORTY (count em! 40!) things i appreciate in life (in no particular order): Day 10, 11, 12, 13
1. Clean bathrooms
2. How trash is never on the ground longer than 5 minutes at Disneyland
3. That dino has similar family values as I do
4. How America is very focused on making everything handicapped accessible.
5. Seeing-eye dogs
6. That I speak English fluently
7. Good customer service
8. Clearance sales
9. Lifetime warranties
10. When pam waits to watch a show we DVRed with me
11. When my parents trust my judgment
12. When my parents get along
13. When I get a chance to really sit down and talk with my brother.
14. When people know their drinking limits
15. That dino doesn’t get mad when I call him too late
16. Snowy mountains and beautiful beaches are both within driving distance
17. That I always have a friend I can count on in rough times
18. That my parents’ house is always welcoming
19. Reusable bags
20. The effort that dino’s parents make to get to know me better
21. metaphoric stories with moral endings
22. reality television (ah, the guilty pleasures in my life)
23. inside jokes I will always laugh to with my friends
24. that my roommate has a creative imagination
25. people who understand sarcasm
26. restaurants that stay open late
27. microwaves
28. that pam’s parents bought this condo near school for us to rent out
29. pam’s dad’s home cooking!
30. That I can text pam’s mom and she texts back
31. romantic comedy movies
32. that I can actually get a lot of studying done at libraries
33. when professors don’t require expensive textbooks
34. that my parents took us on family trips to every tourist attraction in America
35. that pam drags me to the gym even though I HATE IT.
36. That Janice and I are really close again.
37. That sitting in the sauna burns more calories than 30 minutes of cardio
38. the alarm system for my condo
39. digital video recording
40. free blog-hosting websites
