Saturday, June 6, 2015

Five Things That Don't Suck, Home Sweet Home Edition

1. when the dogs are just as tired as you are, so everybody sleeps and sleeps and sleeps
2. wondering about the correct spelling of "jiggity jig"
3. only having "settling in" stuff on the agenda for the next couple of days
4. settling in
5. iced coffee

Friday, June 5, 2015

Five Things that Don't Suck, Almost Home Edition

1. New England
2. the Northeast in general
3. sleeping in your own bed
4. with your own pillows
5. for a very long time, if possible

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Five Things that Don't Suck, Back on the Road Edition

Note: We're on our way back to MA for the next couple of days (thanks, housesitters!), so I'm setting this up to post on a schedule. If something goes wrong, I'm not doing anything about it. Yay vacation! I don't care!

1. road music
2. coffee
3. the delicate balance between keeping hydrated and needing to stop for a pee
4. cell phones
5. speculating about buying airstream trailers

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Day in Florida Edition

1. afternoon thunderstorms
2. how well the dogs all get along
3. a quiet dinner with my folks
4. having this whole road trip thing down
5. e-books

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Five Things that Don't Suck, Horrified by The Today Show Edition

1. not having a mom who put broccoli in my pancakes
2. ice pops that don't have spinach in them
3. kale chips
4. actually liking vegetables
5. not being called The Veggie Whisperer

Monday, June 1, 2015

Five Things that Don't Suck, Still on Vacation Edition

1. whichever parent closed the door to our room this morning, leaving the dogs in the living room so we could catch some sleep
2. having all the poems for my week in CT ready to go
3. that week in CT
4. vacation
5. ice cream

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Five Things that Don't Suck, Kinda Damp Sunday Edition

1. cool, wet grass
2. when the dogs race around the back yard
3. sleeping until almost 7
4. coffee
5. starting a new book