One of my favorite books of all time-- and I'm a tough critic, having been a high school English teacher-- is Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project. (Big shout out to my friend, Casey, who knows my taste in books and sent it to me). I don't remember which chapter or what resolution made me start doing this, but ever since I read the book two years ago, I've kept a mental "Things to Look Forward to" list in my head. Sometimes I think of things by the week, and sometimes I think of things I'm looking forward to in the months ahead. Whenever I'm in a mood like I'm in now, I always think of the things I have to look forward to in order to spring myself out of my little emo cave.
I thought I'd share and maybe inspire you to keep a 'look forward to' list as well:
June:
- Beach Planning Trip tomorrow night (*like Rubin says, sometimes it's the preparation and anticipation of an event that brings you joy as well as the actual event itself).
- Family Reunion this weekend (some people put 'fun' in dysfunctional, but my family puts the 'it's on' in dysfunctional. We out fun people).
- Sigma Kappa Beach Trip 2012... hahahaha :)
July:
- 4th... nothing beats 4th of July in the DMV (DC, Metro, and VA)
- Henry's 2nd Birthday*
- SD and SC family coming to visit
- Nashville Bachelorette Party!!!
August:
- Our 6th wedding anniversary (!)
- a vast openness of nothing planned
September:
- Henry starts preschool (!!!!!)
- Final preparations for baby #2
- Buying a van- yes. I can't wait. more on that in a future post.
October
- Baby #2-Hoooooly moly!
- My friends, Hollis and Ricky, are due with their baby!
- My friend Jen's wedding
- Halloween- it's the start to the holidays AND I get to dress up two little monkeys this year!
That's as far as I am thinking. Baby #2 coming is pretty much all I need to think about to really cheer me up-- and it's worked! I'm already out of my funk. Now off to see what I can do about this pain in the neck.
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