Smell the roses.

Sometimes, when you get all caught up in life and focus on all the wrong things it can be overwhelming and down right exhausting. Other times you just have your period and blow everything out of proportion - that is also exhausting.

Whatever it may be, life has this way about it. A way of slapping you right across the face with good stuff and great people and all of a sudden you're totally reminded to stop and enjoy it. I've been slapped, hard. I know I wasn't super upset about anything but I was in a little bit of a funk, during what I called the perfect storm. The funk has cleared. For many reasons, some of which I'm going to share. Others I'm going to keep to myself. (Well Mom & Kyle also get to know because they're gchat all-stars who brighten my day with random comments and stories. Lucky them.)

• There are 10, TEN Christmas trees currently being put up around our office today. And lights and garland and bows. HELL YES. Christmas is here.
• I drank last night and feel like a million bucks this morning - hangovers be warned, I'm beginning to outsmart you!
• We're almost to Thanksgiving which means, Christmas is almost here!
  
• Tonight I get to go see the Avett Brothers with my family. That's how cool we are. Jealous?
• It's been a LONG time since just the nucleus fam got to spend time together - looking forward to the original 4 hanging out.
  
• Then after I get done seeing an awesome show with my fam, I'm going to have some really awesome visitors from MN waiting for me at my house!
• Tomorrow I get to hang out with the MN visitors, take my nephew to Happy Feet 2, go celebrate the last few days of singlehood of a friend, and then spend even MORE time with those MN friends.
  
• I am working on an awesome project at work. It's all new stuff, I feel like a total rock star for being able to figure out so much stuff I've never worked on before. It's a huge campaign and I am literally doing flips inside for how excited I am that I get to work on it.
  
• My boss and I have hit this total stride where we're getting each other, getting along and really at a great place. It's awesome.
  
• Christmas is almost here! (Did I mention that?)
• I tried out a sweet new color at my pedicure last weekend and I'm STILL loving it each time I see it. (It's the little things people!)
• Next to Normal is coming to Milwaukee. Mom & I saw this in Chicago and I loved it. I'm dying to see it again.
• Someone, a stranger who doesn't know me and isn't my mom, read my blog and complimented me on it. It entirely made my day. (Not that I don't love when people who DO know me tell me they like it! But you all already know my style.)
• My brother made me laugh so hard today on the phone at work I had people concerned about my ability to breath. We were talking about windbreakers.

Looking forward to riding this wave of goodness right on through the weekend. Happy Friday y'all - have a good one.