happy/grateful list

• I got 7 hours of sleep. In a row! Heavenly. 
• Friday night I went to my parents house to see Joey. We decided to go for a drive and hang out...and on the drive, we decided to go bowling! Best decision we ever made. It was just what I needed: some Joey time and getting my ass kicked in bowling...twice! It was a great night. I love that kid so much. 
• The construction at work is getting less awkward/annoying. Almost done...I hope!
• Calv is getting cuter every day, I swear. 
• My new coffee table. 
• I just cleaned out my truck. Detailed the shit out of it in about 7 minutes. I don't understand people who can spend HOURS doing that....gag. If it's clean, it's clean...get a hobby! ha ha
• I had the best grilled cheese for dinner. 
• I read two books this week and I'm about to start a third. 
• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
• How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
• and I'm gonna start reading A Long Way Down ...also by Nick Hornby
• Thanks to Britt for loaning me all of the books mentioned above.
• Mini-vacation coming up in May! Can't wait. 
• My parents and Joey came to my house today. It was nice to see them. 
• Worked extra hours this week....I'm going to go to school in the fall if it kills me. 
• I will (I hope) get plenty of sleep tomorrow before work. 
• Got some laundry done. I love clean laundry. 
• My slightly annoying neighbors informed me they were moving at the end of the month. I tried to act a little sad...but, I'm totally grateful. They're nice and all....it's just their kids and their surround sound that I can't stand! 
• Today was so nice! In fact, it was maybe even HOT! I can't wait for summer! yay!
• Weekend grave shifts=less crazy truckers and usually no boss around. I can handle this. ;) 

homework with a 4th grader...

Today I had the opportunity to hang out with a 4th grader. I was pumped to hang out; I picked him up from school, took him to Krave and got some yummy frozen yogurt and then headed home to do homework. I didn't know what I was getting myself into...after an hour and 30 math problems later, I discovered that 1. Math sucks 2. 4th graders are smarter than me 3. I need to go back to school. Seriously, good thing this kid was super smart because I definitely could not help him with his math.

My favorite part of today was when we were getting yogurt and he saw the yogurt cup (there is only one size) and said, "they make these big so you have to fill it up and pay more...". Yes, yes indeed. Although you don't have to fill it up all the way, what fun would it be to get a 1/2 empty cup of yogurt?

Today I'm grateful:

• for amazing people who are good examples to me.
• that i got to hang out at horizon house and help make some resumes. good times...
• that someone actually trusts me to babysit their kid. that's pretty cool. 
• that i got to hang out with D. he's a pretty bad A kid. 
• that i got to take a 4 hour nap before work. even though i think i'm more tired now than before, it was still nice. 
• for Calv. I think he has pink eye, poor guy. 
• for pinterest. what else would i do all night? seriously...
• that i got to go to lunch with a good friend today. 
• for my sponsor. holy moly, she's amazing. 
• for good books. i'm still a little sad that i finished Juliet, Naked because now i feel a little empty inside...finishing books kinda sucks.
• for Joey.
• that i get to hang out with my grandparents a lot. 
• to be sober....i probably wouldn't have any of the things listed above if i wasn't sober...

I'm so excited that it's almost Friday! I have a hot date to the SUU gymnastics meet and I foresee plenty of sleep in my near future, too. :]

holy bananas

Joey and I on the way to the dance!

poser

I just stopped for like 2 seconds to think about my life and I realized that I'm happy! For the first time in a long time, I can honestly say that I'm truly happy. Sometimes I get so caught up in the things I have going on that I don't take time to notice how I feel or what I think...sounds weird, but it's true. A few things happened this weekend that definitely made me glad to be sober and that I get to be doing something different; I don't get to drink when I'm bored or lonely, but it seems that I don't get bored anymore and I'm only lonely if I choose to be. Life is good and I'm very blessed! Holy cow, bring on the good times!