Five Things that Don't Suck, Long Weekend Saturday Edition

1. relaxed breakfast
2. hanging out with Jed
3. ukulele practice
4. Amanda Palmer's "Ukulele Anthem"*
5. making some ice cream*

*theoretically, but probably

Five Things that Don't Suck, First Friday of the Semester Edition

1. the fact that it's Friday
2. long weekends
3. loving my job, in that it would be okay if it were actually Thursday
4. the fact that it's not, however, actually Thursday
5. waking up without an alarm

Five Things that Don't Suck, Ukulele Edition

1. the word "ukulele"
2. being able to play Radiohead's "Creep."
3. or, say, anything by the White Stripes*
4. or "Tonight You Belong to Me"
5. Amazon Prime

*I'm thinking "Fell in Love with a Girl," but "Seven Nation Army" (or anything else, really) would also be pretty cool

Five Things that Don't Suck, First Wednesday Off Campus Edition

1. being able to ease into the semester, kind of
2. getting up fairly early today*
3. slamming through my to-do list
4. getting to ease the dogs into the new schedule, too
5. the new water bottle my friends bought me**

*theoretically to make getting up at 6:30 easier tomorrow than it was yesterday, because...ouch.
** ice lasting from 7 in the morning until well into the evening? Yes, please.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Jed's Birthday Edition

1. Jed
2. how much he doesn't suck
3. beards
4. beekeepers
5. fishermen

Five Things that Don't Suck, Rescheduled Lunch with Julie Edition

1. Julie!
2. how happy the dogs are to see her*
3. seriously, like, all the wagging
4. fries
5. catching up

*next time, Julie!

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Sunday of My Summer Edition

1. still having Monday off
2. a slow* start to the semester
3. seeing people I really like
4. the epic nap I'm going to have on Tuesday afternoon**
5. learning stuff

*hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Gasssssp! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
**it's a thing