"Book of Awesome"

The following are submissions from the STA family......

These are some of the little things that make life TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

• Having a student respectfully bringing to your attention that your Google form needs to be fixed!!!!! You know who you are!
• Sunshine and temperatures above 20 degrees!!
• When you know your TV remote so well you don’t need to look at the buttons
• Discovering an item of clothing that you completely forgot you owned...AND...it looks great on you!
• That feeling you get when you wake up 5 minutes BEFORE your alarm. Totally awesome.
• The first warm day of the year :)))
• Using Rock-Paper-Scissors to settle anything
• This isn’t much but when I’m sleeping and I flip my pillow over, the other side is cool/cold which I think is awesome.
• Screaming at the movie for a dumb reason
• Listening to your favourite song while you’re happy
• binge-watching TV
• Wearing warm clothes just out of the dryer.
• Having an itch on your back and being able to itch it and it goes away is AWESOME!
• Drinking hot chocolate after a day of skiing is also AWESOME!
• When the marshmallow is perfectly roasted
• Feeling the warm clothes right out of the Laundry
• Waking up thinking it’s Friday, but it’s actually Wednesday LOL
• Pretending I'm a Starbucks barista when I make my iced coffees in the morning
• Finally finishing a project that you pulled an all-nighter to complete.
• Taking a walk outside, on a sunny day!
• Waking up and watching/catching up on the newest installment of a series I've been following.
• My Grade Nine drama classes this year!!! Awesome students!!!!
• When you lie down on the cold side of the pillow.
• Waking up to the bright sun
• Binging kdramas *with my watch buddy*
• Using an adblocker to block all my Spotify ads :)
• Wearing hand-washed and air-dried shorts for the first time in the summer
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y
• Having the sun on your face when you wake up
• Listening to music on a long walk.
• Getting notifications from people.
• Smelling my mom's freshly baked pastries out of the oven.
• Listening to happy up-beat music.
• The first scent of brand new shoes
• Hitting that first stretch in the morning
• When you make an inside joke in public and some random person gets it
• When someone remember to check up on me and genuinely asking how I am doing without the intent of interrupting me or complaining to me.
• When I see that beautiful gradient of a sunset that covers the entire sky on an evening drive.
• When my dog actually comes to greet me, wags her tail, and begs for pets after I've woken up from a 4-hour nap.
• When I make eye contact with a stranger and they smile and I also smile in response.
• When my heart feels full when someone tells me that they love me or that they care.
• When the dessert I've been baking for the past hour comes out perfect and delicious.
• Having people by your side and enjoying time together.
• When a friend you just met in class asks if you wanna go and hang out on the weekend and you weren’t expecting it at all :)
• Bubble tea :3
• Going for a walk and spotting a wild animal.
• Fixing electronics by smacking them.
• When I'm drawing and I end up not needing to redo any lines or sketches
• Eating food fresh out from the oven
• Finding a free drive-thru parking spot close to the door, especially in winter.
• When you're in a really slow line at the grocery store and the new cashier opening up picks you to come to her/his register.
• When you don't have enough time for a Tim's stop and your friend already bought you a coffee.
• Getting together with a loved one that you haven't seen in a long long time!
• The students at St. A are generous in supporting fundraising activities such as HEART Council and Terry Fox Run. They are honest and unselfish as they frequently bring lost jewelry and even money that they find in the halls into the office.
• When you and a complete stranger smile at each other as you're crossing paths
• Waking up to a nice, warm sunny day shining through my windows.
• Participating in the annual trout season opener.
• All "A's" on your report card.
• Taking out my collector car and driving it after a long winter in storage.
• Writing in a journal, singing, going for a long walk in the wind, calling my friends, having something to look forward to (like going for a bike ride later or baking cookies after dinner)
• Going outside when the sun is shining and there are no cars around and no sound, and you can just be really present. it's very peaceful
• When I am having a bad day and I see my dogs wanting belly rubs.
• Telling someone they're beautiful and seeing their faces light up :)
• Smelling the fresh air right after it rains.
• Stepping off the airplane and feeling the warmth hit against your face.
• Stepping outside and feeling the heat of the sun right away
• The feeling of showering after a long day at the beach and soaking up the sun
• Going out for a long bike ride and just being alone by myself
• Throwing a paper towel or something into the garbage from the other side of the room and getting it in
• Seeing animals while going outside
• Doing well on an assignment that was very frustrating
• The smell of fresh cookies!
• Things that are totally awesome is having a weeklong weekend
• Having a stray cat walk up to you and follow you at a resort
• The entire Marvel universe :D
• Bart's Scrabble word: Kwyjibo
• The LORD my God because He's always there for me no matter what, and He'll never let me down.
• Sitting outside with a morning cup of coffee.
• After a long week - soaking in the tub with some vanilla scented bath salts, listening to my favourite music, putting on fresh cotton PJ's and getting into a freshly made adjustable bed that includes 3 fluffy pillows (a memory foam, a latex and a feather pillow), crisp Egyption cotton sheets and a Australian wool duvet. And the best, all linens have a beautiful lavender scent! And lets not forget, having the whole bed to myself and a good book to read and no one asking me of anything. Ahhhhhh is all I can say! Life is great!
• Fresh cup of coffee in the morning
• Enjoying the weekend with no homework
• Drinking a cold glass of water after being outside during summer
• Guessing correctly on that multiple choice test!
• When your teacher takes your work/test as an example for the class
• Late-night summer walks
• The feeling of walking into the airport early in the morning
• When you realize on Saturday evening you have another day to sleep in.
• Doing a really good play in a game
• Making hot chocolate after playing in the snow.
• After being at the beach all day, taking a shower,and getting ready for dinner
• Watching the pastries or cakes rise in the oven while you bake it!
• When you're on the road and accidentally make eye contact with the car beside you, but instead of quickly looking away they just smile back at you!
• Finding that missing sock from last weeks laundry
• When you hear you haven't heard in a long time, but you still know most of the words.
• When you're on your last calculus homework question and you get it right on the first try
• The first step under the hot water in the shower
• Sleeping in a newly, fresh clean set of sheets
• Laughing so hard to the point of crying
• Finishing the last page of the last exam of the school year
• When your favourite song comes on the radio
• When you are surrounded by people who all laugh at the joke you tell
• A damn good hair day!
• When your ears continue ringing the next day after an awesome Ricky Martin concert
• Seeing a double rainbow
• Seeing a deer in your backyard (just saw one last week)
• The Rachel and Leo Morning Show is awesome. Thank You !
• Forgetting what you were going to say but then remembering it a few seconds later
• Being able to match all of the socks in the dryer!
• Finally finishing a long assignment and being able to close the 500 tabs that you have open!
• Snuggles and bedtime stories with my kids every day.
• Realizing there is still a piece of gum in that pack you thought was empty
• Morning cup of coffee outside in the sun
• When you pay for a regular-sized drink but you get a large :D
• The look on someone's face when you found and returned something important to them
• Watching cardinals in a tree outside my window within arms reach singing their beautiful songs during my online class.
• Sharing my Team Awesome Bitmoji with students.
• The feeling of a good stretch after you’ve pushed yourself physically.
• In math, when you have to read points on a graph and they're really clear and easy to read
• When you order something online and they send you the wrong item, so you call the store to let them know and they send you the correct item, but you still get to keep the incorrect item! 2 for 1! Yay!
• Getting inspired by someone
• When you run out of french fries, but then you find a few that fell out in the bottom of the bag
• When students take risks and show emotion in role - AWESOME! and a fully charged phone;)
• The fact that you can erase pencil, especially when there was a piece of lead on your desk that got hidden under your things and made a huge mess