Proud

Today I am proud. The good kind. Why?
I'm proud of...

• myself because I went and bought a wireless router and figured out how to get it to work all by my lonesome and now my whole apartment has wireless internet.
• my missionary sister: I saw her in action teaching it up at the MTC.
• my newly organized shelves.
  
• my dad because he's a good dad.
• a sister missionary I taught and just got a letter from- she tracked down one of my old investigators and has started teaching her again.
• recently formed future party plans in Vernal.
  
• my clean clean super clean apartment.
• Canada.
  
• my 7 mile run today.
• one of my favorite Elders I've ever taught who is serving amazingly well in Pisa.
• another of my favorite Elder up in Como and his uplifting emails.
  
• the people of my ward: so friendly, so accomplished, so welcoming, so fun.
• my mom... just in general.
• myself because I something today that was really hard for me to do, but I did it and felt good about it.
• my nephew because he's a good baby.
• my sister-in-law because she's a good mom to a good baby.
• bran muffins and how good they taste.
  
• brother Johnny because he wrote a really sweet letter to missionary sister.
• some recent spiritual insights.
• a sweet roommate who takes the time to talk to me.
• America.
  
• brother Danny because he's a dad.
• people who are trying to make this world better.
• J.K. Rowling.
• midnight barbecues.
  
• Philadelphia cream cheese because they made cream cheese with half the fat and it still tastes good.
• Buylow Market by my house because they sell pumpernickel bread.
• President Obama for doing his best.
  
• the spell check on my computer.
• my visiting teacher Tawna for being so thoughtful.
• the girls in my relief society for organizing a clothing swap in which I got rid of a bunch of stuff and got a bunch of stuff.
• JC Penny for selling such cute shorts.
• the skies for raining a little despite forecasts of clear skies- you go, skies.
• Boo my Subaru.
• Les Schwab Tires for fixing my tire for free.
• my friend Scottie and his recent temple wedding.
• myself for not being impulsive- instead I'm taking my time to find a good deal on a flight to Italy.
• my hair- good hair day today.
• the Church because they are conservative in their car choices (this last week at the MTC there been the mission presidents' seminar so a lot of general authorities come and park in the reserved "general authority" section of the MTC parking lot and I counted 32 Toyota Avalons in a row... same make and model but a variety of colors. 32!)
• my good friends that are new moms.
• the number of blue articles of clothing I own.
• my study abroad journals.
• my list of things I'm proud of.

That is all.