Five Things that Don't Suck, Napping Edition

1. closing my eyes
2. comfy blankets
3. soft music
4. pillows
5. maybe not waking up until Monday?

Five Things that Don't Suck, Short Friday Edition

1. getting stuff out into the mail before the weekend
2. seeing some of my favorite students
3. being home for lunch
4. being home
5. functional alarm clocks

Five Things that Don't Suck, Sneakers Edition

1. arch support*
2. maybe still being able to walk by the end of the day
3. and not needing an ice pack
4. and letting my [expletive deleted] foot heal from whatever the [expletive deleted] I did to it
5. taking them off

*Fine. Fine. Whatever.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Off Campus Edition

1. not having to go to campus to pick up those papers I totally forgot to bring home with me*
2. sunshine
3. a warm sweater
4. giving the dogs a little cheese
5. magic markers


*theoretical, dammit

Five Things that Don't Suck, Chilly Weather* Edition

1. cashmere socks**
2. hot coffee
3. a nice, comfy throw
4. heated seats
5. pockets

*Look. I'm not a fan. But you gotta do what you gotta do when it comes to the FTTDS lists
**I'm serious. Try them.***
***unless you have a wool allergy. Then maybe not so much with the trying them.

Five Things that Don't Suck, A Little Writing Time Edition

1. time to work on a Very Secret Project
2. well, an hour. But that counts, right? Let's try this again:

1. time to work on a Very Secret Project
2. counting even an hour of work on the VSP as a thing that doesn't suck
3. having a job that rewards and encourages my creative life
4. maybe cleaning my laptop screen before I take it out in public*
5. dogs

*because dogs and noses and licking and stuff. Yes, it's gross. Dogs are gross. Too bad. They don't suck.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Vaguely Achy Sunday Edition

1. ice packs
2. having Jed around to walk the dogs
3. supportive (if ugly) shoes
4. magically fast healing powers
5. two strong feet