43 Things That I Don’t Love As Much As I Love You
You are the only thing I’ve found that is better than all of these things.
- The last drink of a mint chocolate milkshake with all the chocolate chips that have fallen to the bottom.
- The amazing goose bumps that happen the first moment after sinking into a hot bath.
- The few days after getting a really good haircut before I wash my hair again.
- Singing the best part of my favorite song, really loud, alone in the car.
- Nights that are so unexpectedly fun that “let’s just have one drink” turns into “shutting the place down”.
- Getting in bed right after changing the sheets.
- Socks still warm from the dryer.
- The first sip of coffee.
- Showing up to the good brunch place to find there’s no wait.
- The first day that smells like fall.
- Sneezing after really needing to sneeze for hours but being unable to.
- The feeling of taking off my shoes after a long day.
- Having an impromptu picnic.
- Walking down the street listening to headphones, walking to the beat of the music.
- Laying on the couch without pants on watching bad tv and eating junk food.
- Laughing so hard that I literally can’t breathe.
- Unexpectedly running into someone I love and haven’t seen in a long time.
- Kittens
- Puppies
- All baby animals, actually
- The weirdly satisfying sound a snowball makes when it hits something and explodes.
- Jumping into a pool on a hot day.
- Being a little sore the day after running or biking a lot.
- Hanging my feet out the car window on a road trip.
- Blowing an impossibly big bubble and not caring that being excited about it makes me basically a 5-year-old.
- Watching a sunset while drinking on a rooftop.
- Executing a perfect omelet flip.
- Winning a scratch-off lottery ticket.
- Being front row seeing my favorite band.
- The cool side of the pillow
- Somehow getting a really close parking spot in a full parking lot.
- Going into a store for something really specific and finding there’s exactly one left.
- Rollercoasters
- The first bite of pizza that took an unusually long time to get delivered
- The self-satisfied feeling of waking up early, turning on music, and catching up on all the little tasks I’ve been putting off, like I always say I’m going to do but never do.
- Thinking there are no more cookies left in the box and being wrong.
- Paying all my bills and still having money leftover.
- Getting a text from someone right when I’m thinking about them.
- Watching movies when I’m too sick to go to work, but not too sick to enjoy staying home.
- The sound of rain when I’m falling asleep.
- Turning on the air conditioner for the first time all summer when it’s too hot to hold off anymore.
- The feeling of falling asleep.
- Waking up from a vivid dream and feeling like it’s still happening.
