1. winning something in a raffle, for the first time ever
2. the guys at YCT, for listening to me practice my senior sermon- and especially for H and his chevrusa, who gave me specific, helpful feedback
3. my babysitting charge, who was well-behaved in complicated circumstances (family visitors), and still got his homework done without me going mad trying to enforce it
4. shabbos guests of the most delightful variety
5. laundry machines that are free when I am ready to do laundry
2. the guys at YCT, for listening to me practice my senior sermon- and especially for H and his chevrusa, who gave me specific, helpful feedback
3. my babysitting charge, who was well-behaved in complicated circumstances (family visitors), and still got his homework done without me going mad trying to enforce it
4. shabbos guests of the most delightful variety
5. laundry machines that are free when I am ready to do laundry