10 on Tuesday - what makes me happy

My hands smell like strawberries and Dijon mustard from making my breakfast and lunch today and there was this crazy bitch on the road who was tailgating like it was going out of style while she flung her cigarette butt out the window … so let’s just say I need a pick me up besides my chocolate truffle coffee (although thank you Archer Farms K-cups for that contribution). SO. Here are 10 things that make me happy:

1. Henry seems to be coming out of the dreaded 3.5s quite nicely. He still throws himself on the floor in a snit all the time (especially if he asks someone to ‘let him win’ and then he doesn’t win, competitive little bastard), but for the most part he’s so fun to be around – it’s so fun to see a small child’s mind work.

2. Having a local Trader Joes. You guys, I do 80% of my shopping there now even though it’s not super close because I love it so much. Ghee, lovely fruits and veggies (the watermelon was fantastic), olive demi-baguettes. I would have said 95% of my shopping, but I did a full shopping trip at Publix yesterday. There are a slim amount of things I don’t get there because I prefer certain brands (hello, Wright’s bacon) and I don’t go every time I just need milk or eggs, but still. So. Good.

3. Speaking of TJs, vino verde. Chili lime chicken burgers.

4. I went for a run yesterday. Like, more jogging than walking for 28 minutes and it felt good. Really good. Might do it more often good.

5. I haven’t yet had my breakfast (coconut greek yogurt and strawberries and blueberries) but I’m already looking forward to my lunch – roast beef, Havarti w dill, Dijon mustard and romaine lettuce on a spinach wrap. Come to momma.

6. I love food.

7. I’ve started rearranging the boys’ room in my head. It’s only so long until I start doing it in real life at this point. I’m the only one who realizes this right now. I just got my heart set on a writing desk for Spencer, and therefore the entire room has to change to accommodate that.

8. We are less than a month out from our trip to Colorado, and I will be on vacation for 9 days. NINE. I gave myself a buffer of a day on either side of the trip, so what will happen is there’s a weekend. Then I work Monday. Then I’m off for 9 days (NINE!). Then I work for two days. Then there’s another weekend. I’m ludicrously happy with this arrangement. I need a break.

9. I’m making Spencer keep a journal for the summer. This is not something he would put on his list of things that make him happy, but it makes me happy. I love journals. That was the only reason I wanted to be a teacher, so I could assign journals and then read them. (thankfully I came to my senses to realize I couldn’t deal with the rest of what teaching entailed before I went down that road.)

10. C has to work a couple Saturdays for busy season, and I’m planning fun things to do with the kids. I’m not good at lone wolfing AT ALL so on these days I usually set up things to do so I can be the “fun parent”. I’m thinking of taking them to Chuck E Cheese because we have leftover tokens from a year or two ago which was the last time we went (C HATES the place) and then I might take them to one of those paint your own pottery places. Any other ideas?

What makes you happy?