#242

when you're able, for some strange reason, to not feel stressed about what should be an extremely stressful situation.

#241

when you don't have to choose between a basketball game and a concert, because you can do both.

#240

when taking a risk pays off.

#239

when your battery lasts longer than you expect it to.

#238

when you get a question right that most people get wrong.

#237

one tree standing all alone.

#236

laundry fresh out of the dryer.

#235

looking down into a valley.

#234

saying a prayer of only thanks. try it sometime.

#233

my pillow. and being able to spend more time with it during a break.

#232

really really super cool sunsets.
no matter how many times you've seen a sunset, each one is just as amazing.

#231

babies wearing arm floaties.

#230

watermelon.

#229

alphabetical order.

#228

the end of class on a FRIDAY that you need so, so, so bad.

#227

when you understand something important about yourself through one line in a song.

#226

being able to successfully explain what a word means to someone else.

#225

finding a new favorite place in the whole world.

#224

the day you figure out the small thing you need to change to do a LOT better in a class.

#223

11/11.

#222

when you do dishes for someone else and they're so happy.

#221

when someone does your dishes for you.

#220

composition notebooks. they just remind me of younger days.

#219

the "never mind" after an "oops!"

#218

giant teddy bears.

#217

emphatic debates about whether it's acceptable to listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. 

(I'm not the only one who laughs at that, am I?)

#216

finally seeing a movie you've heard quoted repeatedly.

#215

a successful first attempt at a new recipe.

#214

when you're late for class but the T.A. forgot to pass around the roll.

#213

giant teddy bears.