Life is good.

I have a lot of things I'd like to write about that I'm unhappy with, or that I'd like to change. But before I can do any of that, I need a reminder of why my life is great.

Things I am grateful for:

- When Jeff comes home and he sings me a song while walking from the car to where I am

- My annual saturday bubble baths

- Having such a great University Accessibility Center that allows me to miss classes because of Migraines

- My purple notebook (it's pretty fantastic)

- Knowing that whatever grades I get now won't matter to me in ten years

- Being able to attend the Temple

- Zumba and Pilates classes

- My awesome family - both the one I was born into, and the one I married into. :)

- Knowing that I married such an awesome guy. Jeff might try to tell me that he's not the perfect husband, but I know better.

- Jeff's awesome Orange Chicken, and other adventurous meals he tries to make me when I'm not feeling well

- Pumpkin Patches

- My dog, Buddy

I often feel like I'm on an escalator that's moving me backwards. As fast as I may try to climb my steps, I still end up being carried down. Yesterday, after a long twelve hours of school, and working out, I came home to another migraine, and realized that I still had a paper to write, and a midterm to study for. On top of that, I realized that after all these past weeks of working out, I've actually gained weight. And I had a migraine.

So I did what any self-respected, grown-up, married woman would do - I cried. And not just cried, I bawled my eyes out. How can it be that after all the work that I'm putting into school and into taking care of myself, I still seem to be failing everything?

And then Jeff did his perfect husband thing - he held me for a while, reminded me that no matter what happens today, it won't matter in the future. And then he made me go to bed.

So, believe it or not,
- I'm grateful for my 18 credit hours.

- I'm grateful for my migraines.

- I'm grateful that there just aren't enough hours in the day.

Because at the end of the day, when there isn't enough time to do everything, I get a big reminder to stop stressing about the little things, and focus on what's truly important.