2. Temperature is currently in the 40′s

3. Alicia came over to “babysit” my husband while he babysat the kids.

4. Did not actually lose my internet connection last night, although it was as slow as molasses in January!

5. Beth looked so cute in her denim jumper today.

1. Our hot water pipes are hardly dripping at all anymore, which is good, because we don’t know when they’ll get fixed. (But I’m still leaving the bucket on the edge of the bathtub just in case…)

2. I didn’t have to wait in line to fill up our office thermos at school, even though I went at lunchtime.

3. Even if my students have forgotten how to write their English names, at least most of them can still answer to them.

4. The weather has warmed up considerably.

5. I have hot chocolate again!