Sunday, June 7, 2015

Gifts 9601-9700

9601. A three hour Sunday nap.
9602. Migros Jet having everything I need.
9603. A chance to blog about birthday joys.
9604. BBQ chicken.
9605. A teacher for my class even though I didn't expect to have

          one.
9606. Learning from the movie The Croods.
9607. Good feedback on my story.
9608. A chill evening before the party.
9609. Feeling at ease with the furniture store peeps.
9610. Arriving at CFS's house in time for a storybook sunset.
9611. Her putting me to work.
9612. Tugboat sticking with me through the night.
9613. Hanging out with Violet and how sweet she is to me.
9614. Her helping me get water.
9615. Realizing I have more money than I thought.
9616. Seeing the airline tickets of friends coming to visit!!!
9617. Facetiming with Caroline.
9618. Furniture coming this week.
9619. Turkish Tea Time helping teach me figure out sentence order

          since my teachers did not.
9620. DG asking if I wanted to go to Festiva.
9621. Finally working up the nerve to buy shoes and there was one 

          pair left in my size.
9622. Buy one get one 70% off meaning I got a second pair for

          $11.
9623. Smoked salmon at Migros!
9624. A chill Thursday morning.
9625. A. chance to serve Lisa.
9626. Her giving me a sushi set.
9627. My first package from my mom.
9628. Hanging out front with my neighbors.
9629. A bed!
9630. The reminder that God reigns.
9631. Successfully getting a bank account.
9632. Seeing CFS and our mutual love for one another.
9633. DG finding an apartment and a roommate and thanking me

          for praying.
9634. Getting all my language hours in 5 days and most of those in 

          conversation.
9635. SC saying they prayed for me every night.
9636. A minute massage from my friend.
9637. Such green beauty on the drive to A-town.
9638. Joel's dancing.
9639. Glorious McDonalds breakfast.
9640. Hot outdoor pool.
9641. The fun yellow slide.
9642. Yummy pbj by the pool.
9643. Chill afternoon reading and napping.
9644. McDonald's for dinner as well.
9645. Sleepover with Kaylyn and Marin.
9646. Hotel Turkish breakfast.
9647. More pool fun.
9648. Shopping and finding some things.
9649. Starbucks hot chocolate.
9650. More beauty on the drive home.
9651. Skyping with the fam for Mother's Day.
9652. Getting home in time to unwind.
9653. Seeing Miss A at the University and her giving me a heads

          up about classes.
9654. Really enjoying my current book.
9655. Getting some things done.
9656. Finally getting signed up at sağlık ocağı.
9657. Getting a new schedule even if I don't know if I passed my

          last class.
9658. Getting 4 months of AMP stuff covered with Lisa.
9659. An attempt at culturation with Meredith.
9660. Girls time out at a cafe.
9661. My furniture came finally after waiting for two months!!!!
9662. It is beautiful and I'm joy-filled.
9663. A delivery guy who is reading the Word.
9664. Back to class with Miss Love.
9665. Many helicopters.
9666. Getting all the furniture cleaned up.
9667. Getting to talk to Ashley on her birthday.
9668. Tiny splashes of color in flowers scattered in the grass.
9669. Successfully paying bills is always a gift.
9670. Chatting with Sandra for a while, exchanging numbers, and

          planning to meet up.
9671. Her giving me a bouquet of flowers for free for my birthday.
9672. Getting to hang out with the Suiters for dinner.
9673. And a s'more.
9674. Sleeping til 7:45.
9675. Making Captain laugh so hard when I realized rol meant role.
9676. If I can't have my favorite teacher, having my second favorite

          in place of my least favorite and most favorite is the next best
          scenario.
9677. CFS's excitement when she saw I had written a card for 

          them.
9678. A good cry.
9679. Sleeping later, better this week.
9680. Suiters coming over to see furniture.
9681. Lisa and the older kids helping put the couch together.
9682. Uno with Sage.
9683. Reminding him about when he said he would pray for me to

          get to move here.
9684. Him telling me he prays for me nightly to have good dreams.
9685. God providing a companion to go to the pazar in Sage, 

          especially since I really didn't want to face that cultural
          experience today.
9686. Getting to ride bikes with him.
9687. Telling him I had fun and him saying he had more fun.
9688. My apartment feeling more like a home.
9689. Sunday sleep in.
9690. Time to blog.
9691. Violet and Sonny taking me to the wedding and explaining it 

          to me.
9692. Sonny asking for extra gifts for me so I could have a 

          souvenir.
9693. Violet and Sonny's love for their son texting him and sending

          pics to him as their entertainment.
9694. Violet being like a mom to me.
9695. Unexpected fireworks.
9696. Funny video.
9697. Jim Gaffigan laughs.
9698. Able to go back to sleep this morning.
9699. Making it in time for the karate performance.
9700. Neat gymnasts. 

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