Five Things that Don't Suck, Much Beloved but Poorly Named Stuffed Animals Edition

1. Mousie
2. Cinnastraw
3. Navy Goat
4. French Bread
5. Itchy*

*A red and white stuffed dog that was literally named after my brother's ingrown toenail. When you have a nurse for a mother, these things happen.

Five Things that Don't Suck Rip Van Winkle Edition

1. switching out the flannel sheets for summer-weight ones
2. having your mind go blank because the first item on the list is so good
3. zoning out while thinking about going back to bed
4. how dim and cozy it looks in there right now
5. Friday, the best going-to-sleep night of the week

Five Things that Don't Suck, Imaginary Friends Edition

1. Calvin
2. Hobbes
3. Opus
4. Nancy Drew
5. Mrs. Beasley

Five Things that Don't Suck, It Might as Well Be Spring Edition

1. three days of warm weather in a row
2. driving through campus with the radio blasting Talk of the Nation
3. how quiet it is when the pellet stove isn't running
4. the difference between warm spring rain and icy rain of wintery doom
5. whoever that woman was who waved at me during my run yesterday (hi, cheerfully mysterious stranger!)

Five Things that Don't Suck, Vaguely Associated Edition

1. skirts
2. making Jed go for a run with me
3. the return of iced coffee weather
4. open sun roofs
5. wondering why it's not "rooves"

Five Things that Don't Suck, I've Apparently Been Forgetting to Title the Editions Edition

1. seeing an old friend for lunch
2. that heavy, earthy-smelling spring morning air
3. a really good accountant
4. home openers*
5. long walks with tall dogs

*and really, Sox, 13 - 0? It's not like you had anything to prove after last season...oh...wait.

Five Things that Don't Suck

1. a dog who would rather get petted than have a cookie
2. johnny cakes*
3. IT band stretches
4. ducklings and other baby waterfowl
5. bee supplies

*I seriously need to pick up some Kenyon's.