3 posts tagged “happiness”

Simple things that make me smile...

* When PostSecret posts their post by midnight on Saturday so I can check it before I go to bed.
* Driving my mom's convertiable with the top down on a sunny day
* When a boy makes me giggle
* Watching the snow fall in a warm room with hot chocolate
* Walking outside when it first starts to snow and it just starting to build up.
* Getting mail from old hostees/friends/vistors online via averageangel
* Waking up in the morning and blasting my music
* Walking past old friends/boyfriends when you look your best/hot (oh you know you enjoy doing it girls!)
* When people send random text messages saying "I Love You"/call me randomly to catch up
* When people leave good away messages up about me (yes, it has happend in the past! :P)
* My mentees (er...I should say ex-mentees)
* Riding on a plane
* Listening to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra play Ode To Joy live at the PAC
* Ice skating at Red Arrow Park
* Being in the middle of a concert, in the middle of a crowd, and just feeling the energy around me
* Helping out at my mom's 6th grade band camp
* Going to work every Saturday (even if I say I don't want to go, once I get there, I always want to be there.)
* Nutrolls
*Using to the third sink (only a few people understand :P)
* When I get a new comment/message on myspace or facebook
* Hearing from old friends from high school
* Working out
* Walking around campus with my mp3 player on, jamming to a song and smiling
* Driving and rocking out to some awesome music, singing along and tapping my foot (not on the gas pedal though :P)
* Getting dressed up
* Random Hugs
* Finishing a scrapbook page, and having people look at my scrapbook complimenting me on all the hours (if not days) I've put into it.
* Getting that letter of 'acceptance'
* Getting back from the Nursing Home, having a feeling of love and goodness in my heart
* Going out to my Grandparents house and watching my family play Sheepshead
* My Grandma Shirley's chocolate cake
* Looking back at old livejournal entries to see how much I've grown
* Being able to look at the past and present and being happy with where I am
* Seeing my favorite band(s) in concert
* When people that I've only met twice comes and visits me at school
* When people make me feel special/loved
* Getting a single flower for nothing special...just that I'm sick.
* When people call me right away to tell me something that happened and tell me that I'm the first to know this big news
* Random nights that turn out to be so much fun.
* Dancing like an idiot with a group of good friends.
* Baking cookies and sharing them with everyone just to spread some cheer/smiles
* Getting into clean sheets/a freshly made bed/pulling my comforter out of the dryer
* Someone telling me I'm beautiful and meaning it
* Recording a tv show so that we can fast forward through the commericals

To Be Continued...
I thought it was a nice way to end tonight...with a smile on my face.

To become full you may need to first become empty.

I swear that I have had the best/worst mood swing today ever.

After my 3:30 class I was just out for the count. Depressed about certain things, just not happy with myself, and all I wanted to do was curl up in a little ball and cry (I hate it when boys have that affect on you!). Instead, Jojo^2 (Joanne and Joelle) and I went to Walmart to pick up some stuff and then headed to Drumlin for dinner. It got my mind off of things and I was happy to be with two girls that make me laugh and smile. It was a night of happiness from there.

Joanne and I went and worked out. There's just this sense of accomplishment that I feel after working out. I then was able to come back and take a quick shower, dry my hair, watch parts of Laguna Beach and then Joelle and I headed down to the basement. The 4th Floor Boys have created their own Iron Chef cook off. It was awesome and it was such a great time. Being surrounded by everyone and just having everyone joke around and smile and laugh. It was just what I wanted and needed. I go from hating living in Fischer, to loving it so much. The molesting/conga line in the kitchen, getting into a towel snapping/drum stick fight with Randy, Alex being granted the rights to my boobs, just everything made me giggle. That's one thing I love...is when I can say that I giggled. As childish as the word sounds, it always makes me feel good inside.

I need to head to bed though...I don't have class till 1:10, but I'm not 'allowed' to sleep past 11 because Joanne gets back from class and wakes me up. So good night to you all.

I'll be the first to admit it...life has been good to me latley! This week has been one of the best I've had in a long time, and it's supposdly midterms week! I suppose it was because I started off my week with doing a nursing home visit and meeting Warren McGee. An elder man at a local nursing home that Joanne and I had the blessing of meeting. It's just so weird that you can go into someone's room and sit and talk about mashed potatoes and they'll enjoy every minute of the conversation. I came back from that experience feeling fullfilled, and then we returned again Wednesday to visit again. He made sure to tell us that he appreciated us coming and talking with him. At the end of the night I went to give him a hug because he was going to be going back home on that Friday which means I would have never see him again. He gave both Joanne and I a kiss on the cheek. It's just amazing how someone can walk into your life, make such an impact and then walk right back out within a matter of three days. I think that Joanne and I both were touched by his love for his wife and his personality in general. We're going to continue doing the nursing home visits on Wednesday nights.

Tuesday was a great day because all my speech classes were cancelled, so all I had was bio and the lecture ended up only lasting 10 minutes because of technical difficulties. Not to mention during that time I got a call from Jason. I found it weird because I hadn't heard from him since he left for FL at the end of August. He was in town for a few hours. I was like a little kid on a sugar high! I walked around campus with this huge smile on my face that I could not get off! When I heard his voice in the stairwell, I got even more excited. Granted I only got to see him for 20 minutes, it made my day complete. Not to mention on my way to the McGraw computer lab, it started to snow. Just flurries, but enough that I had tears in my eyes. Mike added to my day of happiness by doing that. There were a few other things that added my day that made me happy...got to see a few people that I haven't seen in awhile and it made me realize some things.

I made cupcakes yesterday and it brought cheer to a bunch of people's days. I just went around handing out cupcakes. I love baking and it makes me feel less stressed. Just sitting in that kitchen brought back so many memories, and it made me smile.

It looks like next year, spring semester I will be studying abroad in Switzerland. I am scared out of my mind, but at the same time am SO excited. I'm looking into being a RA for first semester - so keep your fingers crossed for me!

I have a lot to be thankful for and I thank God everyday for blessing me with everything in my life. My friends are really amazing and I miss all my old friends (Tara, Jess, Liz - you three are missed like CRAZY). "I no doubt deserve my enemies, but I don't believe I deserve my friends."

It is off to put laundry away and clean up my side of the room because everything is everywhere.