Full of happy days--not bad for the first week back to reality!It has been an awesome week full of happy days! I love being busy as long as I have scheduled time to recover (which happens to be coming tomorrow)!! But this week was full of great training, great business, great time with family and some good time with some old friends!
Monday, while much of the world enjoyed an official holiday, I went back to work. No time like the present to dive in all I had left behind. While at the center I heard many a "hey stranger, where have you been" or "Hi Jeanne...long time no see" Yikes! Had I been away that long? Yes, actually I had. It is nice to be missed but probably not the best thing for business. I took my time, I managed the things that were required but am now set on 2012. And it is ON! (go ahead...say it.....Like Donkey Kong!) I am more engaged and excited about my business, the camps, my clients progressions, my own progression, etc. than I have been in awhile and it is the fuel that drives most activity.
This momentum kept up all week and while many question my drive back and forth to Dallas, I have no problems with it. Between pod casts, books on tape, phone conversations with friends and family--the time passes quickly. You never know, if you are reading this, I may just call YOU on a drive home. ;-)
The other fuel that drives activity are the girls. Abby celebrated her 14th birthday in style this week. We had a ball! Her lifelong friends (and they are literally life long--they have been friends since they were 2) kidnapped her and took her to iHop for breakfast. You would think after all these years, it wouldn't be a surprise but it is. I guess, really, anytime 5-6 people stand at your bed, at 6am and start blaring out Happy Birthday to You at the top of their lungs, it would be a surprise. What an alarm clock!! She went out to dinner with her dad for a birthday dinner the night of her birthday, and took 6 close friends out for bowling, pizza and then home for home made ice cream sundaes the day after. Tonight, she and another BFF (who now goes to a different school) had a celebration over dinner.
The girl is well celebrated!! And so happy!! Its great to see her effervescent smile light up her face and her bubbly, peppy attitude creep into the things we do. Its quite a change from March but one I welcome and feel very, very happy about! I will enjoy it while I can...afterall, she is now 14. Who knows how long it might last?!?
Other events that contributed to happy week include making galuska for Aidan's heritage project. Apparently they were a big hit amongst her class mates. Aidan also got to present her science project as Dr. Clever Smartzen in school--I will have to post her pic in lab coat and Einstein wig! She giggled as she walked her friends through the scientific method to determine whether or not you can hum while someone pinches your nose. (If you are wondering, no you cannot). :-)
I got to have dinner with an old friend in Dallas Monday night which is always fun. We committed to making it a more regular thing. I saw a movie Thursday night with my own BFF--we were long overdue for some girl time and I put all my Christmas decorations away!
Three final choices that contribute to my sense of happy relate to commitments I have made over the next few months: 1) with church 2) with yoga and 3) with my book club. I will elaborate more on each of these in future posts but they are all geared to the new year and fresh starts. Each commitment is to myself, with the help of structure provided elsewhere and I am extremely optimistic of what may come on the other side.
So, while no real monumental events took place, everything felt good and contributed to my happy. Beth, a pastor at church, talked about a mentor of hers who kept a "happy folder"--a folder full of brief remembrances of times where all was good: blessings apparent, feelings of self strong, good things happening around you, and generally a positive spirit in the air. This week was a week full of things for a happy folder.....maybe I'll start one.
