1. Maddie, running around with no pants on no matter how many times I tell her to put them on; surprising me with my very first Just Because You're My Mom Card on green construction paper, exclaiming in 3-year-old handwriting, "I LOVE YOU, MOM," and covered in Care Bears stickers. And lots of other things.
2. Greg, being Greg and letting me watch and take part in his life; speaking to me in Russian in his sleep; sitting quietly with a brandy alexander and staring at fish; putting up Xmas decorations at the Clare, allowing me to help create the magic I was only witness to last year. And lots of other things.
3. Knowing enough creative people that I am somehow going to be in a fashion show and recording on something a little more sophisticated than a purple cassette tape boombox circa 1987 this weekend (even though my voice is probably only worthy of the purple boombox).
4. This woman and anyone who is either a direct result of or a partner in her procreation.
5. Patience is a virtue, and thank God my landlord has plenty of it for me these last two months.
6. Thanksgiving is next week, and I have a family to spend it with.