Thankful for:
1. Getting the first paper under my belt
2. The joy of my dogs
3. A brief nap today

Looking forward to:
1. The US Jamaica game
2. Bruce Springsteen concert Friday
3. The next dinner club event.

Thankful fo
1. Amazing friends
2. Good food
3. Good drinks

Looking forward to :
1. The next get together
2. Bruce Springsteen concert
.3. The next good run

Thankful for:
1. Scotch from the ishlay region. So smokey so good
2. A wonderful date night
3. The happy reminder storms bring

Looking forward to :
1. Springsteen concert
2. Lots of get together coming up
3. Trying to fit more bikr rides in

A day late but whatever

Thankful for
1. A wife who makes blanket forts
2. Sam Adams octoberfest
3. A good soccer bar

Looking forward to :
1. Completing week 1 of my course
2. Dinner with my wife
3. The fall fest dinner extravaganza

Thankful for:

1.  My two dogs.  Coming home to these guys always makes me smile, regardless of how shitty my day was.        They are always excited and happy to see me.
2.  Long naps.  Apparently I was pretty exhausted.
3.  Good Beer.  Enough said

Looking forward to:

1. The weekend which will be full of crazy good eating.
2.  3:00 tomorrow
3.  US Jamaica game

Thankful for:
1.  Getting to teach
2.  Having the time to watch Masterchef
3.  Getting my discussion post done quickly

Looking forward to:
1.  The USA vs Jamaica World Cup Qualifying matches on Friday and Tuesday
2.  Bruce Springsteen in concert
3.  The weekend.

Eye of the beholder

I am generally pessimistic.  I routinely look at the negatives in my life and gripe and groan about it.  This is not who I want to be.  I want to be the guy who can focus on the positives and the good things in my life.  It's makes for a more satisfying and fulfilling life.  This school year could be a troublesome in my pursuit to stay positive.  We have a new principle this year and must deal with all the things that go with that.  I am still pursuing my masters in middle school mathematics and this often chews up a lot of my time.  However, I am determined not to let this get me down.

Starting today I am going to try and record the following things each day:

3 things I am thankful for or happy about

3 things I am looking forward to


I will no doubt struggle with this.  I will miss some days, maybe even some weeks.  That's okay.  It's a process.  Some of these posts will simply be a list of things, while others I will expand on the things I have chosen for this day.  I'm hoping anyone who reads this will help keep me accountable and motivated to continue this little experiment.  Well here's today

Thankful
1. My Wife (I have a feeling she is going to make this list a lot.  She's pretty amazing.
2. Having the time to get in a good run.
3. A successful day one of school

Looking forward to:
1. The fall dinner extravaganza that will take place this weekend.
2.  Getting back into shape.
3. Traveling