relief and perspective

Turns out all that nastiness and grumpiness I had the other day was just my period coming 2 days early. That is relief, I can't handle more than about 4 hours of grump. It eats away at my soul.

To rebound from the nasty, I'd like to provide a list of happy things.

• FALL. for all things fall: cooler weather, red wine, comfort foods, baking, THANKSGIVING.
• Running alone, turning off my brain, and just moving forward
• Cuddling with the puppy in the morning and never really being embarrassed by how much I love that dog.
• Waking up and having Husband still be in bed. I live for Tuesdays and Sundays when he's still there, keeping the bed nice and warm for me (he works at 5am all other days).
• Dr. Pepper. I don't indulge often, but man I love some Dr. Pepper.
• the feeling of my bare feet on the floors of our house
• being a grownup and being able to make big, scary decisions all by myself
• working 8-5 with holidays and weekends off
• pop music
• standing at the stove and looking up to see Husband walk in the room
• having lunch with my dad
• making my mom laugh
• watching movies by myself
• The United States. I am so quietly patriotic, but I really truly love my country and the unbelievable life it has afforded me. I am very, very, very lucky.