Lately I think God has been challenging me and reminding me to appreciate the simpler things in life. I can be goofy and be entertained by the silliest things, so appreciating simple things is not news to me. However, I think that the stress of work and school makes it easy to be more uptight and overlook the little things that used to make me happy. Recently, though, more situations have been occurring that make me stop, smile, and just enjoy the moment. Here are a few examples from this weekend alone:
1. All week I was looking forward to a date night on Friday with Chris. We were going to get dressed up and go to dinner at Brio, followed by a movie which is one of our favorite things to do but we haven't done in awhile. After a long week for both of us I thought it sounded like the perfect date. Life, however, had other plans. On Thursday evening, Chris informed me that someone had scheduled him an appointment at 7:30 Friday night and that he had to work at 8:00 on Saturday morning, meaning he couldn't be out late. By the time he got home from work, showered, and we got to the restaurant it would have been close to 9:00 and a movie would've made the night super late. I was pretty disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I am so proud of Chris and how successful he has been in his new position at work and know that he has been working really hard to get there, but I was really looking forward to this night out.
So Friday came around and I was meeting a friend at Starbucks to do homework and study on the West-side before Chris got off work. I stopped at the gym to pick up his apartment keys so I wasn't stuck at Starbucks for five hours, and sat by the front desk while I waited for the manager to page Chris, who was working out, to come get me. Chris comes walking to the front from the free weight room with a huge smile on his face, greets me with a "hello gorgeous" and a big hug. Okay, seriously, how could I even be disappointed after that? I left the gym with a huge smile on my face and excited to see Chris when he got off work. We ended up going to dinner at Harry Buffalo where we watched the Cavs beat the 76ers (YAY!) and laughed at everything. Following dinner we went to Blockbuster where we took forever to pick out a movie and finally made it home. Now, I could've been really annoyed by the fact that my boyfriend, who is never cold, didn't even have the heat on, but instead I just looked at it as yet another perfect reason to cuddle up during the movie =)
2. On Saturday I drove to Beachwood to meet my mom, aunt, and cousin for lunch and some shoe shopping. (Side note: I ended up with three pairs of shoes for only $75. Now that is a simple thing to appreciate!) The closer I got to Beachwood, the more snow there was on the ground! I was talking to Chris on the phone and I was literally in shock over how much snow there was--it was like I was seeing snow for the first time! I am not a fan of cold weather or driving in the snow, but it reminded me of Christmas and everything I love about the Christmas season and, despite the fact that the roads are bad and it meant I couldn't drive to have a date with Biz =( I still smiled just thinking about the upcoming holiday season.
3. In the middle of the night Saturday night I was woken up by Bella getting sick. I'm talking like loud puking. Gross, right? Considering it was the middle of the night and the fact that I love sleep, I didn't get out of bed to clean it up because I figured it would still be there in the morning. Well, the idea of cleaning up cat vomit probably doesn't sound like a very motivating reason to get out of bed in the morning, but I will tell you that it wasn't so bad for me this morning. You see, I woke up to find that Bella had neatly covered her puddle of vomit with tissues, one of my new slippers (the rubber sole, thank goodness!), and one of her cat toys. I wish I had thought to take a picture, because the whole thing was so funny to me that I couldn't even be upset about getting out of bed to clean. Sometimes my cat's intelligence is frustrating, but last night it was just highly entertaining and ridiculously cute. I'm not sure if she was trying to clean up her mess or cover it up because she didn't want to be in trouble, but either way, it made me smile.
So yes, those are some random things that happened this weekend that made me smile or just helped me appreciate life a little bit more. They may not be things that other people find entertaining or appreciate at all, but when I spent all day doing homework today, it wasn't so bad because of the other things that happened this weekend that made me smile. On top of that, three out of my four papers/projects I have due next weekend are DONE which means that I can have another wonderful weekend next weekend. Yet another reason to smile =)
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