Spring, Summa, whateva

 

Let it be known that I'm a cold weather kind of girl. I like cuddling up with blankets and sipping hot cocoa and singing Christmas carols. Call me stereotypical and overrated, I don't care I love Winter! (as long as I can stay inside and keep warm.) But truthfully, I am so happy that the weather is getting warmer!
I was jogging around my ward a few nights ago and saw kids playing outside and people working in their yards and taking walks together. What I love about warm weather is the way it makes people act. People leave their windows open to let in a breeze. They take walks around the neighborhood and stop to chat with friends. Everyone steps outside to look at an especially beautiful sunset.
Warm weather makes people feel....good! And it makes me happy to see it :)

Guess what? Chicken butt.

Yeah, that's the best I could come up with for a title for this post. Sorry if it offends you.
I just thought I'd let anyone who reads this know that I am unbelievably happy. And I find myself smiling at absolutely nothing several times a day. Don't get me wrong, my life is in no way perfect. There's plenty I could be UNhappy about..but why would I want to do that? Being unhappy is fun. So I'm focusing on the things I have instead of don't have, and the things going right instead of the things going wrong.

THIS GUY is a big part of my happiness. I think I can safely say that Stephen and I have never been happier and it is SO MUCH FUN to just be happy together.

That's what's up! Keep it real :)

Keep moving forward

Get out of bed. That's the hardest thing I've had to do the past couple weeks. Just get up. Some days it takes all the strength I've managed to gain from a not-so-restful night, to sit up, push off the blankets I've burrowed into, plant my feet on the carpet, and stand up without hitting my head on the light fixture.
I haven't slept well in years, but I've grown used to that. What I'm not willing to get used to is being lazy. This would probably be a good time to tell you what my definition of lazy is. If I go an entire day without reading, I'm being lazy. If I go an entire day without listening to good music, I've been lazy. If I go an entire day without talking to and spending time with my family, I've been lazy. If I don't dance from one room to the next, at least once, I am being lazy. If I don't check at least one thing off my daily checklist, I've been lazy. If I don't even bother to MAKE a daily checklist, I am beyond lazy. I have to do SOMETHING. Something that teaches me, or enlightens me, or makes me better. I refuse to live a life without growth.
That's why I'm taking my New Year resolutions (which I normally don't even make) very seriously this year. I've chosen to take control of my own health. I've chosen to work harder in school. I've chosen to increase my spirituality. In other words, I've chosen to not let myself be lazy.
KEEP MOVING FORWARD.