You may not have noticed, but I had a really bad day yesterday, compounded by raging hormones and an over all sense that I was full up with life and didn’t want anything more than to pull the covers up over my head and rot away. Contrary to the belief of some, I don’t like wallowing in my own pathetic misery, so I decided this morning that this would be New Leaf Thursday.
As part of new leaf Thursday, I thought it would be cool to list things that make me happy. Things that I love. You know, other than you Guys. And if you want to jump on the love couch and chime in with things that you love, I just might pee my pants with glee. It’s okay, the love couch came from my Great Aunt Matilda’s house and it’s covered in plastic.
I love:
Tim Horton’s Iced Cappuccino. (large, of course. and plain. none of that frilly shit with the stale brownie pieces and whipped cream. putting extra anything in iced cap takes away from the room that you could be filling with caffeine. if I want whipped cream, I’ll go home, put the trigger spout in my mouth with the can upside down, and dump the goodness right down my throat)
The drive thru side/rear mirror flirt game. (if I have to explain, you obviously don’t play and you’ll just think I’m a freak)
Public washrooms all to myself. (because no one ever respects the one-over rule and someone always comes and sits down right beside me, even though there are five other stalls open)
Senior couples who still hold hands. (so please pledge, when you’re 80, that you will still walk hand in hand with your partner, and give me hope for humanity)
The thought that, even after taking a mental list of every flaw the man I love has, I’ll still want to hold hands with him when I’m 80.
Sharlene Spiteri’s voice. (I’d be glad to share with you some “Texas”, if you fancy)
That first minute that you crawl into bed at night, just as your back hits the mattress covers and you ’shimmy’ into place. (can you tell I’ve been sleeping like ass, lately?)
My hair. (I have an unhealthy obsession with my hair. I love how it looks, how it feels, how it smells, you name it. un.health.y.ob.sesh.on)
Taking pictures of my toes. (Don’t you even pretend that you think I’m a freak for that one. I’ve seen pictures that some of you have taken of your toes and they’re exactly like the ones I’ve taken of mine)
Finding out that my desk does, indeed, have wooden corners under those piles of shit that I ignore on a regular basis. (translate: having a really good day at work and realizing that, had I tackled these jobs last week, they really weren’t all that bad and my time management sucks)
The Dominican Republic cigar box that I have on my desk that makes all my post it notes smell like wooden cedar cigars. (seriously. i have to keep it closed because the scent gives me a migraine)
That the guys who previously owned sherendipity.com let the domain name expire and I was still paying attention long enough to snap it up. (R.I.P. sherendipity.org you served me well)
There are so many things. This list could go on forever. I’ll have to revisit this idea when I’m feeling particularly ogre-ish and do a part two. and three. and eleventy hundred.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I’ll PLAY…
My Sherry. She listens to me whine, bitch and complain, and also makes me laugh so hard I pee a little.
My kidlets. That awesome smile on their faces when I show up at daycare, even when they turn into devil children upon walking in the front door of the house.
My Scotty. He’s awesome. He also makes me laugh so hard I shoot snot rockets, and he’s awesome in other ways as well.
Nice Pillows. The kind that don’t lump up under your head.
Freshly washed kidlets.
French Fries from McDonald’s.
Diet Coke.
Getting my hair done and feeling “perrdee” for a couple days before I wash it and it changes color and I will never have a prayer of looking that like again until I go back to the Magic Man that did it that way.
Fingernails. fake ones that you can’t chew on.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I love waking up at 5:00 in the morning, realising that I can sleep more, and doing so.
Pepsi. Ice freekin cold.
That every single day I come home from work my kids mob me at the door.
Music that makes the hair on my arms stand up
Women on top (not trying to be crude, I just REALLY love that)
I second toni’s french fry choice
When you really REALLY have to pee, and you finally get too…
August 14th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
the quiet of the house, before everyone else gets up
that my wife let’s me be me, “warts” and all
getting home from work and changing into more comfortable clothing
hanging out at the ball field
watching my wife interact with others in social situations
sundays in the fall (football)
drinking ice cold beer while grilling
August 14th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I love these. So much.
Thank you.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Oh! And twizzlers, fresh out of the bag… and twizzlers after about a week when they’re really chewy.
August 14th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I second the twizzlers.
Diet Dr. Pepper
Sucking Diet Dr. Pepper through same twizzlers.
Watching my kids play sports. Especially when they are totally kicking butt. The look on their faces when they make THE play is priceless.
Watching my husband with teenagers (he’s a youth minister - not a weird freak).
Reading a book that takes you so far into it’s world that you forget the real world for just a second.
The re-run of the Andy Griffith show where Opie runs out to stop Aunt B from leaving because without him she wouldn’t know how to do nothing.
I. Love. Lost. (there is simply no better show in the world)
Morning walks with good friends.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
these are GREAT.
but please share the drive thru game…it sounds like something i’d want to play