so i have a little tradition. every sunday (...well usually sunday, sometimes saturday) at mass i take time to reflect on my last week and i pick out one or two things to say thank you for. i guess i picked up on this tradition from isaac where every week he goes to the same statue in church and thanks God for his last week and asks to be blessed with another.
so i don't have a favorite statue like him, but i modified it because i liked the tradition.
so i always think of something. i won't lie i had a couple weeks where it's hard for me to think of one, which is just ridiculous and i know that. i am very lucky to have A LOT of things and sometimes i don't always recognize it.
BUT other weeks i have so many wonderful things popping in my head i have to take a step back and say thanks for everything, but really focus on a couple.
last week was one of those weeks where sunday i was like "whoa! where do i start?"
karen visited me for the majority of the week, my parents came up for a night and brought me more furniture to make my apt. even cozier. it was just a great week and i got some good laughs in. i even read a book that was awesome...me talk pretty one day.
so the wonderfulness even continued to my bike ride to work monday. from a fellow biker complimenting my bike at a busy intersection where we were stopped at a light. (which by the way i hope that isn't a sign that my bike is coming back in style. i only have my mom's old bike from her 20s/30s because i think no one wants it. making it steal proof. please don't steal my bike. that would make me very sad...again). then i swear the crosswalk people by school are always so nice. i made friends with one near my apt. junior year and now i bike past one on the way to work. monday's greeting was "GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!" i was surprised but i loved it!
then it quickly vanished as i fell into a car. don't worry i didn't hurt anything but my pride.
and my day went down, down hill from there.
not to worry i recovered tuesday with a fabulous run in SHORTS...yeah that's right shorts in November! then i went for a bit of a walk and read at the lake. i think it was probably one of the first days i've been happy not to have a job. i mean let's be honest here. the pressure to pay the bills usually outweighs any desire for anything else. it was just beautiful today. B-E-A-UTIFUL! please imagine jim carey in bruce almighty.
then i got to walk to meet up with my friends and i wasn't cold.
my mood is often very variable with the weather. usually when it's nice, i'm happy. when it rains everyday not happy. when it snows everyday with 0 degree wind coming at my face very not happy.
so i will enjoy this beautiful extension of fall in chicago right now and not think about next month at all.
oh it is B-E-A-UTIFUL!
Comments
Post a Comment