And now, on a lighter note...

So I have a crush.  On a podcast.

I've been listening to it while I go running up and down the slow hills in our neighborhood.  Let's just say, it's been inspiring for me - it's helped me dream and think through my next steps on this journey called life.Tsh has revamped the podcast recently and one of the new highlights of the show is a segment called:  What's making you happy.  This is where she and her guest pick something, anything that is making them happy right now.  As Tsh says - "it can be anything from the deep to the ridiculous."I thought this might be a fun way to start a support group call.  So I tried it out on the gals that help me facilitate the lovely groups through RL for women.  I decided this about an hour before we jumped on the call.  And started wondering what I would choose that was making me happy.

So, for an hour, I started living in the moment and picking out the things that were making me happy.  And it was so fun!

Here are a couple of the things on Monday that were making me happy:

• I spied the most adorable dress on a gal at preschool drop-off on monday morning.  Y'all - it was presh.  I went into crazy-mode and after dropping off my little, I stood in the parking lot waiting for her to come back out of the school.  Not kidding.  She finally appeared.  And I proceeded to {probably completely scare her} ask her where in the world it came from because I think I needed it, like yesterday.  (As a side note, I am not a fashionista.  I was a Physical Therapist for crying out loud.  We are known for our terrible fashion sense.)  Unfortunately, I couldn't find it after spending a good hour looking on the store website she told me of.  I have not given up, ladies.  I have emailed the sweet {and scared} soul to see if she can point me directly to it via a link.  If and when I hear from her, I promise to come back here and give you guys an update and a photo of the dress.
• My baby's butt cheeks.  He was running around pre-new diaper and post-old diaper and my heart. almost. exploded.  Those butt cheeks and those chunky legs.  Delicious.
• The nine books that were delivered to my doorstep on Monday afternoon.  I have a reading goal every year and it occurred to me that of the books I've read thus far, I've really only loved (as in, I will re-read the book) two of them.  Two.  Not okay.  So, these books - I have high expectations for them.  I went for the authors that have a history of making me laugh.

So here is the thing.  I've done the gratitude journal and worked at being thankful for the things in my life.  It's truly not a bad idea.  But I think this "what is making me happy right now" thing is even better.

It forced me to look for the things that truly make my heart skip a beat.  And whatever it is, it is.  Remember, anything from the ridiculous (like a polka-dot dress) to the deep (like my baby's butt cheeks).

I'd love to know - what is making you happy right now?