Five Things that Don't Suck, Sunny Saturday Edition

1. bees
2. butterflies
3. puffy clouds
4. sunshine
5. spring green

Five Things that Don't Suck, Short Day Edition

1. when I get a short work day on a Friday
2. or any other day, really
3. having 2 more poems to write for the month
4. having time to revise
5. not having to set the alarm tomorrow*

*or, possibly, this afternoon. Ahhhhhh...

Five Things that Don't Suck, Pre-Coffee Edition

1. remembering to make coffee before I do things like get lunches together, because then it will be ready for breakfast*
2. remembering to put water in the machine*
3. how happy the dogs are when they get cheese while I'm making lunches
4. remembering to hit the "on" button on the coffee maker*
5. when the half and half doesn't curdle when it hits the coffee**

*theoretical
**so very very sadly theoretical this morning

Five Things that Don't Suck, Winding Down Edition

1. a tiny break from grading
2. printing some cool shirts and stuff
3. getting caught up on other things*
4. keeping up with a poem-a-day even when it's been this busy
5. being 4 days away from revision

*theoretical

Five Things that Don't Suck, Feeding the Bees Edition

1. creeping Charlie
2. dandelions
3. tulips
4. forsythia
5. violets

Five Things that Don't Suck, Random Monday Edition

1. Prince wrote "Manic Monday"
2. "Gloomy Sunday" is behind us and we won't have to worry about it for almost a week
3. 'Til Tuesday
4. S-A-TUR-DAY...NIGHT!*
5. "Friday I'm in Love"

*totally gonna have that stuck in my head all day now. Sorry, friends, if the same happens to you.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Summer IS Coming Edition

1. dragonflies
2. lily pads
3. long talks into long evenings
4. iced coffee*
5. creativity

*I know, I know, as a New Englander I'm supposed to drink this all year long. But no.