Shower Pressure, Tough Love, and Warm Sheets these are a few of my favourite things!

So since this is my blog/my rules, I decided that I can say I'm thankful for more than one thing- because really, if you can only think of one thing you're thankful for each day, you're not thinking hard enough.

So this morning after waking up in my not so comfy bed, I got into the warm shower with excellent water pressure in my cubicle sized bathroom, and immediately I was thankful. My bathroom in Italy was lovely with gorgeous views of the Tuscan countryside out of the window, but alas my roommate Sally Ann can attest that the shower left a lot to be desired in heat and shower pressure... so this morning I am thankful for my shower :)

On a more serious note, I am thankful for tough love. Living on my own can get me down, and I'm used to being so happy and upbeat so I have not been too sure how to handle this new feeling and all of the stresses I pile on myself. Mark is the one who always gets the phone calls from me when I'm down, and today I started off my day on the wrong foot. You'd think after dating long distance for over two years this would be a breeze, but after a lovely week and a half relaxing with the boy, I did not handle being confronted with my life back alone too well. Sometimes when you get down and frustrated with yourself you want to be cuddled and cared for (and sometimes this is neccesary), but sometimes what you need is the person who loves you enough to say "ok, so what are you going to do about it?" This dose of tough love was exactly what I needed to get my head back in the game.

Lastly, I am thankful for warm sheets. I love the feeling of warm laundry, a feeling I haven't had much of since I've been here (the dryers suck up a lot of money- twenty-pence coins are like gold to me now as the machines require them). Usually I just hang my clothes to dry, but today I was washing my sheets (don't worry, not for the first time :P ) and with sheets you kind of have to use the dryer since you need them that night- so after hours of laundry labor and the loss of quite a few twenty pence coins, I now have warm sheets and towels :)

until tomorrow- which will no doubt be much shorter :)