Scarf Weather, Finally

My hair and my scarf were wildly circling my head, mewithoutYou was blaring passionate, faithful poetry in my ears, and I thought I couldn't be happier.

Except of course to have had good conversation over my lonely sandwich and soda. But to blog is the next best thing....

It's fall today; tomorrow might be winter or summer, but today is gray and great.

It's not that my chips are actually a perfect combination of cheesy and salty; it's the breath of life I felt last night that makes me tear up even sitting here in the cafeteria.

We took communion at the Wesley group (BamaWesley), and it was so nice to just soak in the realization and reality of all that the Crucifixion and the Blood and the Stripes purchased for us. Just because of the Love of God. It takes all my words; all I am is grateful.

Today, there is hope and faith and love. Love is the greatest of all of these, because the others work on love. But all three are fantastic and refreshing. It is so good to walk with God.

These are a few of my favorite things.

This sleeping robot is my favorite thing on the University of Alabama campus.

I enjoy individual size chocolates.

I like coffee with friends. You know.

This image is titled "Love Coffee," by the way.

I enjoy rain. Storms. Thunder. The sound of the sky falling on a metal roof equals perfect sleep for me.

I like laughing. I love laughing. It is my goal. I want to laugh hard. (it's a long way to the bank.)

Speaking of Modest Mouse, I like music. I like music. I like music. I like musicals and screamo and pop and emo and rock and rap and never country. ever. and jazz.

Dancing! I can't hardly keep myself still lately; I'm bursting at the seams, and all I want to do is dance. So I go to Zumba. But the ideal would be some good swing dance or a lovely flash mob of thriller.

You see, there are these tiny things, small passions, we have been given that when we stop and look at them, they turn out to be huge blessings and joys.

It took me a little while, but it's finally morning, and Joy has arrived.

Grateful

my life felt like paradise this morning, when I walked out of my apartment to swim some laps this morning. Thirty steps out my door and I'm diving in to warm water under a cool breeze.

This picture was taken off my balcony to show how very close this plastic palm tree paradise is to my current home.

Speaking of home, I hung curtains, which I have never done anywhere that I have lived before. This is actually home.

Some other fantastic happenings in which I found humor happened over the last week. One, I was driving through a neighborhood and drove past a couple outside. They were wearing the same color shirt and were talking as one was about to go walk the dog. Then she stopped walking and turned, and they just had this really passionate, intimate kiss in the middle of the driveway. It was so postcard with their shirts. I liked it.

Second, in a mad-hatter rush to get to work last week, I ran out the door with my hair wet, but rolled down the windows and basically blowdried my hair through the window. It was exciting.

Third, I hung all my clothes up in my huge new closet, and in a moment of inspiration from eighth grade science class, I hung all my t-shirts in rainbow color order. ROY G. BIV.

I'm not sure if it was OCD, nerdiness, or boredom, but I laugh everytime I walk into my closet.

I must read before work.

happy day to you!

What do you see when you look up in the middle of the night?

Free chocolate covered strawberries.

I know that you guessed it already, don't lie.

It has been a good weekend. Thursday, I went to yoga, which is just a relaxing workout in everyway, and I highly recommend it for many, many reasons. Friday, I went to Birmingham and went to dinner with Labryth and Korey, who I believe will be my best friends forever. Saturday, I worked from 10:30 am till 9:30 pm exactly. But when you are excited to entertain and serve and are laughing about kareoke-ing the music the entire day, it makes the time pass quickly and smoothly. Today, I am everywhere.

Also, I wanted to tell you that I would like to get a little sailboat tattoo

because i love Shel Silverstein.

That is related because with his poems, he has these little sketches, and with the poem, Needles and Pins, he has a little sailboat.

Needles and pins,

Needles and pins,

Sew me a sail

To catch me the wind.

Sew me a sail

Strong as the gale,

Carpenter, bring out your

Hammers and nails.

Hammers and nails,

Hammers and nails,

Build me a boat

To go chasing the whales.

Chasing the whales,

Sailing the blue

Find me a captain

Sign me a crew.

Captain and crew,

Captain and crew,

Take me, oh take me

To anywhere new.

I like it.

I want to tell you that I have seen ten different people nearly run into the door here at Starbucks,

because one door is locked, and for some reason, that is the door they all want to use.

I haven't quite laughed out loud, but it may happen soon.

Lastly, a quote for you. <3

"Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life."

-Lani Riefenstahl

This is a sunshine blog.

Made for beautiful things.

The purpose of this new blog is to share beautiful, fun, uplifting, positive things, views, sayings, jokes, and outcomes.

Truly, it's to change the way I think. I'm a pessimist dying to be positive.

Feel free to give recommendations, thoughts, experiences, etc. I would like to help others be positive. Because it is, often, others who help me to be positive.

This is the beginning. Join me on my thought process.