mornings, journals, and good things

Life is good. Going from spending the majority of my time with one boy to spending a ton of time with girls is a crazy transition. It’s way too easy to forget how fun girls are. But, I do miss the boy time too. Really though, life changes and God is good to me.

This morning I woke up at 6:30. It felt amazing to hear my alarm go off when it was light outside… unlike when it does at the unreasonable time of 4:15. To make it even better, I didn’t have to drive to the boathouse because it’s “stormy” (not quite) and instead I went to SDSU for practice. I took my sweet time getting ready… I actually put on a little makeup seeing as I wasn’t going to be getting sweaty but instead would be watching people work out. Nice. I made some amazing chai tea in my silver Starbucks cup (which, by the way, is broken) and ate a pop tart on the way. I was feeling pretty wonderful bundled up with two layers of clothes until……. I found out that I would be joining in on the workout that had been planned. Ugh. One of the relay teams for the ergs was short one person and I happened to be one of the few with no truly good excuse for not filling in. [Note: an erg is a horrible and miserable rowing machine that makes me want to pass out and die from lack of oxygen.] So, I did it. I made it out of the workout room alive… a bit shaky and lightheaded and detesting pop tarts and tea… but alive.

On a happier note, I’m starting my alphabet journal today. Brilliant! I have all 26 letters and I get to make a fun trip to buy the journal (I’m thinking moleskine- even though I hate the word moleskine). So here’s the deal. The overall theme is going to be “blessings”. So, each entry will have a blessing that starts with the correlated letter. I know it sounds super corny and sort of like something that you would do in elementary school, but I think it will be really awesome. I’ll have my pictures/ drawings/ artwork to go with each page, some sweet scrapbook paper, and some words. I’m not going to go in order and I will make pages randomly when it applies… I don’t want to have to force myself to think of a lame blessing just because I want it finished. Anyways, I am beyond excited! New projects make me happy!

Things that are good:

- Last night was my first night helping with Junior High Group at church and it was great! Sixth grade girls are so silly and at such a fun age. I’m excited!

- I pretty much did awesome on my Spanish quiz.

- I no longer have ugly metal on my teeth making them straight (also known as braces). Yes!

- New shoes and a new white jacket (much needed)

- Friends that are new too. And much needed.

- Umm. The Office. (A bit sad that a TV show has made it to my good list.)

- Quiet time before practices on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Time with God and no interruptions is the best. Seriously… another easy thing to forget.

- My required mentor for athletics wanting to meet with me before everyone else so I don’t have to wait around forever. Blessing J

- Next week being my last week at work!

Oh there is more to come… just wait… Good things are happening!