At the End of the Day...

I rose at 7:30 this morning to throw some stuff in a backpack and rush to get to class by 8. The line for eggs in the cafeteria was too long, so I didn't have those for breakfast. It was gray and cloudy today, and it drizzled some. I sat and listened to lectures for hours, spent two hours closeted away in my studio, and another in the library writing a paper. I didn't get back to the house until 6:30, and I have yet to eat supper.

Why am I so happy?

Well! I'll tell you why!

1. I have paint under my fingernails. And painting is just glorious! There's nothing quite so relaxing! Especially when you add music, then you enter a completely separate world. On my playlist today were Coldplay and Steel Train, among others. Music + art = very nearly heaven.

2. I had sausage links for breakfast. Sausage links are tasty.

3. I recently ordered some spectacular books online. Arriving soon in the mail: Radical by David Platt, Wild at Heart and Captivating by John Eldredge, Crazy Love by Francis Chan, and The Domino Pattern by Timothy Zahn. Two I've partially read, three I've never touched. The first four are non-fiction and I've heard amazing things about all of them. The last one is fiction, the fourth in a series I've been reading. It just came out in paperback, and when I realized that, I threw my hands in the air, screamed in excitement, and ordered it. None of these books have come yet, but they're on their way... Eeeep!

4. I recently discovered a new band called Amoriste. Their sound is quite wonderful. New music is AWESOME!!!! Once again, I throw my hands in the air and scream. Check them out: http://www.amoriste.com/

5. I walked barefoot in freshly cut grass this afternoon. Have you ever done that? If you haven't, go. Right now.

6. I sat on a stone bench a bit after that and just listened to my iPod and felt the wind. A storm was coming in and storm-blown wind has an amazing freshness to it. There's anticipation and calm, all mixed up in one and whoosh! Here comes the thunder!

7. As I sat on that bench, one of my friends came by bearing glorious conversation of Europe and a wedding invitation. (No, they didn't have anything to do with each other. Yet.) We sat there under the coming storm and talked up dreams so much that I expected them to come to life before my eyes. I tell you, on the day when a cruise on the Mediterranean and a backpacking trip through Europe appear before my eyes, I will throw my hands in the air and scream.

8. While I wrote my paper, I drank sprite out of a glass bottle. A green glass bottle. Mmmm, fizzy.

9. Raindrops are kisses from above, and many kissed my face as I walked home.

10. My brother is totally awesome and I had a totally awesome conversation with him on the phone. It was totally awesome.

And that, dear friends, is why I'm so happy.

And guess what! The day's not over yet!


P.S. New Owl City music vid is coming out tomorrow! Told you the day wasn't over! Woot!