That Rush

• Singing Pat Benatar Love is a Battlefield in front of a crowded bar...or singing just about anything in front of a crowd.
• Coasting in to the yard in Tahoe after a bike ride home from the beach.
• Booking a dinner reservation for ten people in New York City to break bread with great people at BlogHer '10
• Watching my son, who appears to be walking aimlessly on the periphery of the group, laugh just before the punchline of a story I'm telling about him, because he's heard me tell the story before, and knows what I am going to say next.
• Looking at a map of our Great Cross Country adventure we are planning.
• Discovering vegetables growing in bounty in our mildly neglected garden.
• Hearing my daughter tell me I am "beautiful candy-sweetness", because I know how much that girl loves candy.
• Making dinner for my family and friends, and watching everyone tear into my homemade cherry pie.
• Just thinking about taking the train from Washington D.C. to Penn Station, by myself.
• Dancing with my husband.