Days 10-11-12

Day 10 - Friends
Just as much as I am thankful for the new friends we've met since we've moved here, I am so thankful for all the other people we've met throughout our lives and that we can now call friends. I just wish that I could gather them all up and put them in one place. It's sometimes difficult that life has separated us by such distance, but I guess that's why I'm so thankful for them because no matter how long it's been since we've chatted or seen each other, we can pick up like it was just yesterday. I have some of the best friends in the world. Not only are they great friends, they are great people as well. My life is so enriched because they are a part of it.

Day 11 - Friday nights at home
After a long week, it's so nice to be able to come home and plop on the couch in some comfy clothes. I am so thankful that I am at a point in my life where I can do that. Although it's fun to go out with friends for dinner or drinks, I am so thankful for the nights where I come home to dinner and a glass of wine and the couch. Then, maybe after we turn on 20/20 or Dateline (which by the way was about my hometown tonight), I can fall asleep... and stay there until 3 am, if I so desire.

Day 12 - Nice neighbors
Last night after I fell asleep on the couch (see Day 11 thankfulness), I was abruptly woken up by M who was grabbing the pepper spray and heading downstairs. He said my car alarm had gone off, and he was headed to check things out. When we got downstairs (maybe we should have not ventured down there in case there was someone lurking outside), the car was fine and there wasn't anyone around. This morning, I went outside, in the daylight, to make sure there wasn't anything the matter with my car. I realized that my neighbors' dog, Zoe, was chasing squirrels in our yard. I've never seen her loose, and so I went next door and knocked on the door, but I saw their back gate open. Long story short, I ended up catching Zoe and putting her back in the yard, but it is so refreshing to know that I live on a block where we all know each other and we keep an eye out for each other. I know if Charlie would have been out, any one of my neighbors would have done the same thing. For the first time in my life, aside from growing up, we've lived somewhere where we know our neighbors. I'm really thankful to have such wonderful neighbors.