So Many Thanks

As summer finally begins for me, I have much to thank about, so I've decided to include it all in a list poem (my students' favourite poetry):

Thanks to...

1. my students for all the wonderful year-end gifts and cards; you were really the best, not me.
2. my colleagues who've contributed to another great year in my teaching career.
3. my amateur budgeting skills, I'd only feel more financially secured by teaching summer school.
4. swine flu, I'll be paranoid all summer about dry coughs and diarrhea.
5. Camp Timberline, I now have an uneven tan and would have to make a trip to the beach to even it out for the wedding.
6. the wedding, I would be anxious and busy all summer.
7. the wedding again, I would be spending all my summer school income and the year's savings.
8. my friend M., I am envious of his vacation while busy with items 3-7 above.
9. my 1 and 1/2 yr old niece E., I realized that every simple thing, including items 3-8 above is a blessing for me...to have summer employment, to NOT have H1N1, to have nice weather, to be able to get married & afford it, and to have great friends...

...so thanks.