Smile List - Friday Edition

Things that are making me smile...

• 1 hour, 10 minutes until the end of the work day
• casual Friday
• a new t-shirt from Billabong's Design for Humanity Line that was a great deal on Boxing Day
• the prospect of a quiet weekend
• 5 1/2 work days left before Malta
• lip balm from the Rocky Mountain Soap Company
• the prospect of Corn Dogs for supper tonight. Corn dogs are an occasional guilty pleasure of mine.
• U2's 40 playing on my ipod
• a cup of passion tea this morning after the rocky start to my day
• bottled water
• an almost completed manual for training the temp who is going to my job while I'm in Malta
• an email from my aunt last night, promising unexpected financial support for my trip
• Vietnamese food leftovers for breakfast this morning
• Blue sky visible out the nearby window
• half-day of work on Monday
• comfy clothes
• cute shoes
• friendly little old men who are volunteers with our company calling me on the phone at work
• a funny card from a friend that's sitting on my desk
• the promise of phone calls with various good friends that live far away over the next few days and weeks
• an empty house right now while my roommate is out of town
• milk chocolate
• a good novel that I'm in the midst of at the moment

That should do it for now. I need to do the outgoing mail for the day before the day ends!

Later!

Rocky Start

My day did not start well.

Unless you consider racing to the bathroom to hug a porcelain throne starting a day well.

Danged over-sensitive gag reflex first thing in the morning. Just start coughing a little, and boom. Not Good.

Mentally, I feel cloudy.

Like I've lost my equilibrium, and don't quite know how to get it back.

I'm unmotivated.

I should probably pray, but my attitude sucks, and I'm kind of "enjoying" wallowing.

If I start talking to Jesus, the wallowing will have to go.

I should probably pray. Okay, more than probably.

This is one of those days when I'm going to have to make a smile list.

Or several smile lists.

I'm going to read a favorite Psalm and pray.

I can't handle a full 8 hours at the office when I'm feeling like this.

I need to stop wallowing.