On a Lighter Note...

Since my last post was a little on the serious side, I'll only be talking about agreeable things today. So, here you have it, in no particular order, Shawna's top 10 reasons why she is happy.

1. It is the weekend. 2 1/2 glorious days of no work and sweet freedom. Fabulous.

2. We're going to see a play tomorrow! We scored some free tickets through this neat program, so we are pretending to be cultured people. The play is tomorrow afternoon, so I may even be able to turn it into a full-fledged date if I can convince D to take me out for dinner :)

3. On Monday I came home from work and decided to go for a run. I took a lovely jog through the park that we live pretty close to and felt really, really good about it. The park is pretty big, and its the only place I've found that you can feel like you're not in the middle of a gigantic city. Plus all the trees are turning all sorts of colors. It was really beautiful and peaceful - just what I needed.

4. On Tuesday I found a really neat website, walkjogrun. This site uses a google-ish satellite map and allows you to enter in a route (you know, to walk, jog, or run) and then calculates the mileage. It was really fun to enter in my little run, and even more fun to see how far I actually ran - 5 miles! Not bad for a Monday afternoon whim.

5. Today I went for another run along the same route. This means that this week I ran 10 miles! Oh hey, I'm awesome.

6. Next Tuesday I officially start my new position. Thank freakin' god - I could not have made it much longer at my old position. Now I finally get to be working with patients again - and really learning about OBGYN! It's also nice because 3 days a week I will be at a different office, so there will be a lot more variety in my work week from now on.

7. I painted my nails last weekend. Now, usually I'm not a painted-nail kind of girl, except for the occasional pedicure with my sisters. But I found a really pretty color nail polish - pink, but not too pink - and it's perfect. It makes me feel infinitely more feminine and delicate. I think I may be a painted-nail convert.

8. D was craving something peanut buttery this week, and I was craving something chocolaty as always. We put the two together and made chocolate peanut butter rice krispie treats, and let me tell you, these things are delicious. I eat at least 2 every day - and with how fattening they are, its a good thing I've been running so much!

9. I'll be back in the AZ on November 25th, which is exactly 1 month from tomorrow. So excited for warmth and sunshine and friends! And my car! I miss my car.

10. I'm starting to feel like I have some semblance of a plan for the next few years of my life. I know what I really want to do (PA school) but I have a good backup plan if I don't get in (nursing school). I have sorted out a lot of my relationship confusions and I know what I want and have an idea of how to get it - or how to try to get it, at least. And, most importantly, I know that very rarely do things go as they are supposed to, so I am armed with resilience and flexibility in the event that everything blows up in my face. This is a good place to be.