Things I Like

Waiters and waitresses who bring free refills without asking

Sleeping in new bed sheets

Using hotel lobby bathrooms when you’re out walking around

The day when you first realize you can drive

Perfect parallel-parking on the first try

A really cold glass of water on a really hot day

Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row

Taking your shoes and socks off after a really long day

Getting out of the car after a really long trip

Popping Bubble Wrap

When you push the button for the elevator and it’s already there

Finally having your ears pop back to normal long after a flight or swim

When someone names their kid after you

When the public bathroom has paper towels instead of hand dryers

When the late-night pizza order arrives really, really early

When you nudge the person snoring next to you and it makes them stop

People you don’t clean up for when they visit

The first squeeze from a new tube of toothpaste

When the thing you were going to buy is already on sale

Sneaking under someone else’s umbrella

Thinking it’s Thursday when it’s Friday

When the public toilet seat is clean

Dangling your feet in water

Taking your high heels off at the end of the night and walking home in bare feet

When you go out for lunch and come back to a way better parking spot

When the lights turn green just as you’re approaching the intersection

Rubbing someone’s newly shaved head

Finding the perfect patch of grass to sit on at the park

Listening to your new favorite song over and over again

When somebody holds the elevator door for you

Finding a Styrofoam container with last night’s restaurant dinner in your fridge

When a stranger walks by and offers to take a photo of you and the person you’re with

When you meet up with a group of friends and they stop talking to celebrate your arrival

When someone compliments your new haircut

When the phone rings and it’s someone you were just thinking about

When your friend makes sure you got into the house safe after dropping you off at the end of the night

Sharing your stories with friends

Unforgettable friends

Letting the waves bury your feet at the beach

When you’re in the fastest moving lane in a traffic jam

The moment in the shower where you decide to make it a really long shower

Laughing so hard you start crying

Finally peeing after holding it forever

When dreams come true

Dancing when you’re home alone

When a baby falls asleep on you

The moment of anticipation just before the first kiss

When the subway doors stop right in front of you

When you try cooking something new and everyone likes it

When someone’s leaving the bathroom at the same time as you so you don’t have to touch the door

Perfectly stapling through a thick stack of papers

When your taxi driver knows all the shortcuts

Finally making it past whatever was causing traffic to slow down

Taking your pants off

Realizing you still remember the words to a song you haven’t heard in years

Wearing your boyfriend’s sweatshirt

Seeing Christmas trees through the window

When the Christmas tree gives the only light in the room

Catching someone you love admiring you from across the room

Clean baby smell

The smell of a library

When you hit something with your car and there’s somehow no damage

When little kids hit the age where they just start saying hi to everyone

Successfully navigating your home in the dark

Making a baby laugh

Eating the thing you’re cooking while cooking it

When little kids get really, really excited

Waiters and waitresses who know the menu really well

Car dancing

The smell of the barbecue

The good kind of stomach butterflies

That feeling you get right when you walk into your air conditioned home when its really hot outside.

Visiting your parent’s house and finding your mom cooking your favorite meal.

Finishing a really good, long book.

Looking in your pantry after you’ve been grocery shopping.

Getting brand new pens.

Running into someone you haven’t seen in a long time when you actually look good.

Smiling at something funny that someone says on the street.

Seeing rainbows.

Mountain of pillows.