More things that are not my favorite, and some things that are

not favorite:

• a morning that doesn't start with a poo blow out, but does start with a mammoth milk puke all over the bed
• mornings that start with inexplicable hour-long crying jags
• brandon being gone
• elliot loosing my keys
• getting crabbed at by a woman NOT in an enclosed park area because my dog, who is within the enclosed park area, is off leash. EXCUSE ME, BUT IT IS 6:30 AM AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE PARK AREA AND MY TODDLER HAS JUST SHUT UP AFTER CRYING FOR AN HOUR, SO LADY, DON'T TELL *ME* ABOUT CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.

I feel that I should also say here that I am not saying I don't have perspective on these things, and how very very much worse all of them could be, I am just saying that they are not my favorite things that might happen. That's all. However, these things are among

my favorites:

• sitting on the beach on an October morning, with your plum in your lap while your pooch runs crazy and joyous
• sitting on the ground in a park with your friends on an October afternoon that feels like summer, except with crunchy fallen leaves on the ground, talking about life
• elliot finding my keys, which he had evidently hidden in a trash can (just the one for paper by my desk, nothing nasty)
• crisp fall mornings, in general
• neighbors, in general
• prosciutto and basil on a mini burger
• the way toddlers walk on their toes