Happy List for June

A summer happy list needs no introduction, methinks. (I am a summer girl, often, hence me writing a whole book about it.) As always, this is a living document so I'll chip away at it throughout the month, probably.

June 2

1. Kiddos running through a sprinkler.
2. Coffeemaker working again.
3. A good, in-depth journaling session.
4. Remembering someone's kind words when you really needed them, months later.
5. Otis Redding (probably has been on here before.)
6. My little countertop lamp.
7. When the lawnmowers stop.
8. Knowing every word to a favorite song.
9. Rediscovering an old candle or perfume that yanks you back in time.
10. A gloomy day when you need it.

June 5

1. Writing a letter to a friend.
2. A hot bath for the first time in a really long time?
3. Very specifically, the way a little kid looks so safe and small when they're in PJs with wet hair fully combed back by someone who loves them around during a bedtime when it's still light outside.
4. Trying a new coffee type and really liking it.
5. When you're at the gym at a busy time and annoyed about it but the machines you want to use are open right when you want them.
6. Being sore directly after a workout and dreading/loving what tomorrow's going to feel like.
7. Related: massage gun.
8. The peace of lingering in your car for a minute when you're home.
9. Calligraphy.
10. My mom calling me because she couldn't sleep, i.e. the time zone being great for others' East Coast insomnia.
11. Related: falling asleep early and correcting an iffy sleep rut.
12. When you're craving a very specific beverage and then you go and get that beverage. (I'm speaking of kombucha and would have just said "Kombucha," but am not normally a kombucha person so felt the need to qualify the feeling.)
13. Book living up to the hype. (This might have appeared already.)
14. Finishing said book in tears and realizing it feels kind of nice to cry because it's been so long since you have.