Finding Joy In The Journey: Accomplishments Are My Friends!

This week has been great! Here are all of the reasons why...

1. I got to work on front counter at Chick-fil-A on both Monday and Tuesday, and on Tuesday I had my very own register with my name on it! I really, really love working up front and interacting with the customers more. If you would have asked me, a year ago, my thoughts on being up front and taking people's orders, I probably would've said "No way, that's not my thing", but I now feel that it is good for me. I believe it's helping me to be well-rounded and get to know other fellow co-workers better.

2. On Wednesday I was just having an "off" day. A letter from Matthew seemed to be the one thing that could turn my mood around. Not 10 minutes later, my mom came into my room and handed me a letter. I was so surprised and happy because I hadn't heard from him since Christmas. It was a good letter and pictures were included too. (There is one of them at the end of this post).

3. I drove myself down to Brenau University in Gainesville (30 min drive) on Thursday to take my DSST exam entitled "Ethics in America". I had to parallel park, which made me a little nervous, but I didn't hit any cars, so I guess I did a good enough job. ;) The test went well and I passed! I must say that I was relieved to have it completed. I appreciate that there are ethics in the world to set the bar for standards and such, but to study it for school is not fun, whatsoever. :)

4. I was off from work on Friday so I planned out my entire day with fun, yet productive activities. There is nothing like making a list of everything you want to accomplish, and crossing off each item. There was one thing on my list that I didn't end up getting around to, and that was exercising, but I will do better... My day consisted of this:

Take Morgan and Mark to Science class

Go to the store and the post office, all within 40 minutes so that I could be home in time for a coaching call for school

Get home as fast, yet safely as I can to be in time for the call (got home with 3 minutes to spare)

Coaching call which lasts for only 10 minutes

Go back to pick up the kids from their class

Remember that I didn't have time to get a box from the post office before, so drive over there and find out that there isn't the right size box that I needed

Stop off at Walmart and Taco Bell (because my brother and sister needed to get some things-- mostly food :)

Come back home and eat lunch

Walk out with Morgan and Rachel to get the mail-- there's a Valentine's day package from the grandparents and a Netflix dvd (Downton Abbey)

Watch Downton Abbey with Mom, Morgan, and Rachel, while eating V-day candy

Scan the pictures Matthew sent onto my computer

Make a new enchilada recipe for dinner while listening to my music

Go with the family to Mark's basketball game. His team wins with a 7 point lead. (YES!)

Eat cake, watch a movie/tv, try to do some reading of some sort, but feel too tired and decide to go to bed.

(Such a great day!) :)

Basically, I just had a busy week of getting important things accomplished, which is like music to my ears! Two things I love: being motivated, and using that motivation to do great things.

I've also been working on collecting my pictures everyday for the "30 Day Photo Challenge" which ends on the 12th. I am excited to dedicate a whole blog post to those pictures. :)

I also starting working on Matthew's V-day package (I know it sounds goofy, but I just have this thing for calling Valentine's day, V-day. It's just so much faster to say that way, isn't it?) on Friday. It's an idea I got from Pinterest called a "Heart Attack". You cut out a bunch of hearts and write one thing you love about the person on each one, then mail all the cute hearts in a box. I am doing that, but I will also put candy inside with the hearts. I've been tracing and cutting out tons of hearts already and it's all going beautifully! I will post pictures soon.