1) my boss's boss collected money from both buildings to give me

2) I taught my first two classes and did okay

3) I found a book that I had two copies of for a penny at the library

4) I've started collecting more art - found two nice pieces for $10 each at an estate sale

5) I was given two pieces of art for free

6) my family has swooped in to take care of most everything

7) I somehow had replacement cost on my renter's insurance without knowing about it because my dad is an insurance agent and set it up for me

8) I'm alive. I keep thinking that it'd be easier if I wasn't here in the way being a burden, but both of my sisters and my mom keep telling me that if there wasn't this mess to clean up, they'd have been planning a funeral.