2022 Gratitude
My planner for 2022 included a section to list out things you were grateful for each month and week, and I loved going back through these this evening. For posterity:
January
KIYOSE HAIJI <3
Photoshop & fanfic
CREATIVE WRITING (& caffeine)
Megan and anime time
my sister Tamsin & parental support system
SNO
"Landless Acknowledgement" by Nate Marshall
(i) source article->fun summer experiment
Godsmack’s "Situation"
academics like Ant
time with Megan
not having COVID
how much joy thinking about my fanfic gives me
VIBRATE HIGHER
Marilyn, Petra, & Dani
the network of mentors I have-Victor, Doug, Ryan, Shanna my beloveds
spending hours doing silly SPN things with Sarah
a roof over my head
February
tenure-track employment
FNK <3
racecars
tenure-track employment
KARASUNO VOLLEYBALL
lots of time to be alone
Nishinoya!
Dani, Marilyn, Petra
easygoing friendships
Marilyn, Petra, and Dani <3
Рукописи не горят
WFH days
take-charge people in Tsuru
Mike Ishii
the good people of Meijer
Petra chocolate
March
Megan’s friendship
great students
Beluga
Sarah <3
WG! <3
Livejournal
Ganley Westside Imports <3
time with Megan!
Sarah the property-shower
online friends <3
Sarah
canned soup
April
the engeki Haikyuu cast
prairie time
AAAS colleagues
ENGEKI HAIKYUU <3
kind, devoted, interested MDC folks
off-duty sports stadiums
Mika Marple/Marilyn cookies
generative Tsuru meetings
Engeki Haikyuu
Harv fan art!
prairie smell
students who laugh at my Haikyuu Hamlet jokes
our engeki Haikyuu boys! <3
Alyssa Zino
spending time with Sarah
polynya’s support & enthusiasm
Kazu Haga and committee’s energy!
May
family time in Boston
Internet friends
kind departmental colleagues
in-person faculty watch parties
polynya as a reader
Burgess Antique Mall!
Blascka flowers
GRR nice airport
blorbo drives
Bill with the keys
great pub hum projects
fan fiction
really good student presentations
departmental generosity
June
K colleagues
Sarah’s friendship
meeting Ari’s new partner, Esther
Em <3
Deia + Dani, Petra, and Marilyn
kind students
Shark vacuum <3
graduates
Meguiar’s
K colleagues
Sarah <3
getting chores done
Ari
zen in the airport
Subaru of Ann Arbor
really kind long-game AO3 comments ToT
Joe and Laura’s hospitality
the Pacific Ocean
July
Sarah <3
Em <3
Midwest beauty
Kelly’s friendship
Ouyang’s
mom’s mindfulness class
Sarah!
Great Lakes
local Subaru shops
GORGES IN THE MIDWEST
SARAH! <3
Bleach blorbos
Sarah Sarah Sarah!!! <3
UBox’s customer service (so far)
Em <3
August
Daddy <3
not having COVID
racecars
time with Daddy
Galesburg Historical Museum
friendly MIS weather
The Expanse
success at the Re-Use store
a tenure-track job
thunderstorms
local dirt tracks
Super Coolio
willing students
good health + clean record
nice trash lady
night walk with Evyn
blorbo time
good NASCAR finishes
September
making it through the first full month
anime
Shindagin State Forest
disposable income for car nonsense
Priya’s bubbly friendliness
making more progress
fanfic Sunday
Bleach!
NYT The Veggie
polynya
kind gifts from Hol and SC
AAAS coming together
fall leaves (early?!)
bivalent COVID boosters
amazing sweet potato skits
fire
October
Vancouver
money
great Tadaima convo
friendly colleagues
friendly colleagues
SC commiseration
issue-free travel to Toronto
my students doing the reading/being on board
vacation time!
efficient DMV experience
Wednesday late night with Pam/Enrique
mild vaccine responses
great classes on Wednesday
fall colors
Martinsville Xfinity chaos
November
Asian American Studies friends
my dearest Beluga <3
slight rest
the students who needed our self-care reflection
seeing and meeting people at ASA
NASCAR gas station encounter
Beluga
students who humor me
Daddy <3
Sam and Dean
torque wrenches
Kazu Haga/JA community
snow
deer
my house
5-hour phone calls
time for fanfic
December
$10k in liquid assets for car stuff
Pam and Enrique!
Soul Society wheels
a great bunch of students
time to fuck around
money
not wrecking my car because the brakes failed on a hill
the ability to stay in bed most of the day (Tues.) because my body needed it
Em
$35/wk airport parking
not having weather travel drama
drama-free Christmas and good food
Soul Imagez tattoo
Fire Emblem binges
January
KIYOSE HAIJI <3
Photoshop & fanfic
CREATIVE WRITING (& caffeine)
Megan and anime time
my sister Tamsin & parental support system
SNO
"Landless Acknowledgement" by Nate Marshall
(i) source article->fun summer experiment
Godsmack’s "Situation"
academics like Ant
time with Megan
not having COVID
how much joy thinking about my fanfic gives me
VIBRATE HIGHER
Marilyn, Petra, & Dani
the network of mentors I have-Victor, Doug, Ryan, Shanna my beloveds
spending hours doing silly SPN things with Sarah
a roof over my head
February
tenure-track employment
FNK <3
racecars
tenure-track employment
KARASUNO VOLLEYBALL
lots of time to be alone
Nishinoya!
Dani, Marilyn, Petra
easygoing friendships
Marilyn, Petra, and Dani <3
Рукописи не горят
WFH days
take-charge people in Tsuru
Mike Ishii
the good people of Meijer
Petra chocolate
March
Megan’s friendship
great students
Beluga
Sarah <3
WG! <3
Livejournal
Ganley Westside Imports <3
time with Megan!
Sarah the property-shower
online friends <3
Sarah
canned soup
April
the engeki Haikyuu cast
prairie time
AAAS colleagues
ENGEKI HAIKYUU <3
kind, devoted, interested MDC folks
off-duty sports stadiums
Mika Marple/Marilyn cookies
generative Tsuru meetings
Engeki Haikyuu
Harv fan art!
prairie smell
students who laugh at my Haikyuu Hamlet jokes
our engeki Haikyuu boys! <3
Alyssa Zino
spending time with Sarah
polynya’s support & enthusiasm
Kazu Haga and committee’s energy!
May
family time in Boston
Internet friends
kind departmental colleagues
in-person faculty watch parties
polynya as a reader
Burgess Antique Mall!
Blascka flowers
GRR nice airport
blorbo drives
Bill with the keys
great pub hum projects
fan fiction
really good student presentations
departmental generosity
June
K colleagues
Sarah’s friendship
meeting Ari’s new partner, Esther
Em <3
Deia + Dani, Petra, and Marilyn
kind students
Shark vacuum <3
graduates
Meguiar’s
K colleagues
Sarah <3
getting chores done
Ari
zen in the airport
Subaru of Ann Arbor
really kind long-game AO3 comments ToT
Joe and Laura’s hospitality
the Pacific Ocean
July
Sarah <3
Em <3
Midwest beauty
Kelly’s friendship
Ouyang’s
mom’s mindfulness class
Sarah!
Great Lakes
local Subaru shops
GORGES IN THE MIDWEST
SARAH! <3
Bleach blorbos
Sarah Sarah Sarah!!! <3
UBox’s customer service (so far)
Em <3
August
Daddy <3
not having COVID
racecars
time with Daddy
Galesburg Historical Museum
friendly MIS weather
The Expanse
success at the Re-Use store
a tenure-track job
thunderstorms
local dirt tracks
Super Coolio
willing students
good health + clean record
nice trash lady
night walk with Evyn
blorbo time
good NASCAR finishes
September
making it through the first full month
anime
Shindagin State Forest
disposable income for car nonsense
Priya’s bubbly friendliness
making more progress
fanfic Sunday
Bleach!
NYT The Veggie
polynya
kind gifts from Hol and SC
AAAS coming together
fall leaves (early?!)
bivalent COVID boosters
amazing sweet potato skits
fire
October
Vancouver
money
great Tadaima convo
friendly colleagues
friendly colleagues
SC commiseration
issue-free travel to Toronto
my students doing the reading/being on board
vacation time!
efficient DMV experience
Wednesday late night with Pam/Enrique
mild vaccine responses
great classes on Wednesday
fall colors
Martinsville Xfinity chaos
November
Asian American Studies friends
my dearest Beluga <3
slight rest
the students who needed our self-care reflection
seeing and meeting people at ASA
NASCAR gas station encounter
Beluga
students who humor me
Daddy <3
Sam and Dean
torque wrenches
Kazu Haga/JA community
snow
deer
my house
5-hour phone calls
time for fanfic
December
$10k in liquid assets for car stuff
Pam and Enrique!
Soul Society wheels
a great bunch of students
time to fuck around
money
not wrecking my car because the brakes failed on a hill
the ability to stay in bed most of the day (Tues.) because my body needed it
Em
$35/wk airport parking
not having weather travel drama
drama-free Christmas and good food
Soul Imagez tattoo
Fire Emblem binges