Today I love puddles - Slice of Life 2015 Day 11

I'm not normally a puddle stomper, but I have an idea I will be this weekend!  I am walking (Running?  No...I don't think so...) in my first 5K. Well, it's not really a 5K. It's a Pi Day 3.14K...get it?  March 14, 2015...3.14.15?  

ANYWAY...The weather folk are calling for lots of rain which means lots of puddles on Saturday.  I wasn't very thrilled with that prospect until I had this quick text-versation with my Running Girl daughter at some point in the day after she went for a run.

I have always thought of puddles as something in the way...an obstacle...a hindrance.  Now, I'm sure that as a youngster I did just as much stomping as the next kid, but...well, I guess I grew out of that habit.  

Rats.  

That's a hard thing to admit.  

What else have I outgrown?  

Cookies and milk?  Surely not!  Perish the thought! Anyone who knows me knows that cookies are an entire food group for me!

Snuggling up with a pillow or stuffed animal to sleep?  Nope...gotta have that pillow under my chin!

Finger painting?  Haven't done it in a loooooong time, but would love to now that I think about it! I wonder how I can work that in to a Middle School Language Arts lesson...hmmm....

Naps?  I most certainly did outgrow those, but as The Man says, now I am growing back in to them!  Ah, the joys of aging! 

I'm not sure what other things I have outgrown, but now that I'm on the lookout for them, I can be sure to take the time to enjoy them and make sure they keep me young!  

I'm so glad that my daughter set my priorities straight, and if I see you at the 3K this weekend, I'll be the one with wet shoes and a big ol' smile on my face!  

Today (and this Saturday) I love puddles!

Today I love Rap? Well...Today I Do! Slice of Life 2014 - Day 21

Thanks to the good people at Two Writing Teachers for sponsoring the Slice of Life Story Challenge.  Today is Day 21 of 31 for this challenge, but it's somewhere around 640something since I started this Today I Love business.  While I never know what will present itself during the day to be loved, I sure never ever ever thought I'd be saying I love Rap music! 

Got a text from my Running Girl today
"Go listen to the song 
I'm Alright by Jake Miller
I know it's not really your style,
but listen to the lyrics!"

I hesitated.  Rap really isn't my style.
I pondered.  Rap really really isn't my style.
I wondered.  She knows rap really really really isn't my style.
But something in her text gave me pause.
She had a reason for sending this my way.
 
I googled.

So should you.

And now I've been humming all evening long...

"I got life, I got love
I got faith and that's enough
We feel sorrow, we feel pain
But there's sunshine after rain
So I'm alright (you'll be fine, take it one day at a time)
So I'm alright (said you'll be fine, take it one day at a time)"

It's been an 
interesting 
week. 
The sudden 
unexpected
news of the
death of a co-worker's husband.
The end of the grading period.
Endless errands and tasks.
Taxes. 
Fatigue.
A break in the middle, 
but right back at it the next day.
The world still spinning
even when we wish 
we hope
we pray
that
it would stop for a bit
or at least slow down
long enough 
for us to 
catch our breath

But Jake is right...

I'm alright.
(You'll be fine, take it one day at a time)

Today I love a good pampering...Slice of Life 2014 Day 5

Yesterday was a tough day; 

today made up for it! 

Today I love a good pampering! 

I don't do it very often, 

but pulled out all the stops on this one!

 I allowed myself to sleep in a few blissful extra minutes. 

I absolutely refused to let myself 

stress over anything, 

and I topped it off with a trip to get a mani-pedi 

(complete with massage chair!) 

with my Running Girl!  

And now, 

the icing on the cake, 

a sweet short slice! 

Every so often I will allow myself to say 

"'Nough said"

...and today dear friends,

that most certainly is 

'nough said! 

Today I Love Coming Home...and Running Girl!

Oh...my...

It has been a long, long day.

A day filled with such evil terms as

"overdue"

and

"doctor's office"

and

"deadline"

and

"user name"

and 

"password"

(Those last two are the absolute BANE of my existence!)

 

But fear not, dear friends!

Running Girl is home!

Running Girl, whose laugh is contagious!

Running Girl, who can light up the room with her smile!

Running Girl, who can bake a layer cake and clean up after herself!

Running Girl, who lets me read my silly posts to her before I hit that dreaded orange "publish" button!

Running Girl, who bakes Monkey Bread Muffins, making up her own recipe, and then doesn't eat any of them!

Running Girl, who had dinner bubbling and boiling away as I walked in the door after this long, long day!

Ahhhh....Today I Love coming home...and my Running Girl!