Five Things that Don't Suck, Getting Ready Edition

1. packing
2. clean laundry
3. being on top of things
4. the realization that I'll be with good but distant friends soon
5. road trips

Five Things that Don't Suck, Phew Edition

1. finishing two major projects that I'd been worried about
2. learning new stuff
3. realizing that perhaps other people have a more accurate idea of my skills than I do
4. designing a book cover*
5. using a 20 year-old pair of Jed's PJ pants to do it*

*!!!!!

Five Things that Don't Suck, Flag Day Edition

1. flags
2. the fact that I can remember a little "June fourteenth is Flag Day / Hang the banner out" poem from somewhere in elementary school
3. my brother
4. my brother's birthday
5. the possibility of not having "You're A Grand Old Flag" stuck in my head all day*

*theoretical

Five Things that Don't Suck, Can't Keep My Days Straight Edition

1. Tuesdays, even when you think it's Wednesday
2. unless it's Monday, though Monday doesn't suck, either*
3. or Saturday. Saturday definitely doesn't suck. Is it Saturday?
4. Sunday
5. Friday

*no it doesn't. If Monday sucks because you have to go back to work, don't blame the day. Blame the job.

Five Things that Don't Suck, First Day of CORE Edition

1. meeting a bunch of incoming first-year students
2. my friend who made jokes about the Jimi Hendrix Orientation and Registration Experience
3. how nervous the students are going to be
4. how much less nervous they'll be afterwards
5. new adventures