better.

I feel like a broken record here, starting out half my posts this way, but seriously: thank you. Yesterday...it started out pretty rough. But y'all were awesome and your support, prayers, and encouragement absolutely got me through a tough morning. I can't say thank you enough. 

I would have called it a success if I merely survived the day, but I'm happy to report that towards the latter half of it, I actually really enjoyed it!! I would like to recommend the following three things as a great antidote to a day that otherwise may be sucky:

1) Plum Paper Designs planners. I am a huge fan of planners and use them obsessively, especially at work. My current planner is running out of months and I've taken to keeping elaborate post-it notes for 2014..."put this on Feb calendar when you get one!!"...it's dumb. Anyway, my current work planner, while functional, is lacking in aesthetics and personality. So I decided to see if the cutesy, monogrammed online world of custom planners could meet my needs at a price pointy boss could get on board with. And I found success!! The perfect, highly customizable planner with the functionality and cuteness that I desire require! And the boss agreed and said to order away!! So it was a huge and exciting win and now I have the arduous task of choosing the cover design I want. Wish me luck. 

2) Awesome friends. Our friends the Moores have been in town for a few days and we've been enjoying spending our after-work hours with them and the Gurleys. Heading over there for dinner (that I didn't have to cook) and drinks after work was exactly what the doctor ordered, in large part because we spent the (post-kids going to bed) hours playing...

3) Cards Against Humanity. Oh. My. Gosh. I actually almost DIED playing this game last night. That's how good it is. I was laughing SO hard and SO much that I seriously couldn't breathe sometimes. It was amazing. Even better- we got the game for free!! We hadn't planned ahead and ordered the game, but upon checking out the web page, we discovered that you can (legally) download and print the game cards for free!! So a printer cartridge and three pairs of scissors later, we had our very own game set! We felt so crafty. So anyway, if you have a highly warped sense of humor and some awesomely inappropriate friends on hand, I highly recommend you check out this game. If you are easily offended, I suggest you stay far, far away. 

This trifecta of events no doubt contributed to my crashing into bed last night exhausted but happy, and for that I am thankful. Today is starting off fabulously with a pre-work coffee blog-date with Meghan that was fun and did NOT result in me being serial murdered (contrary to popular thought about meeting people from the internet), and tonight my parents are coming to town to visit, so that will be happy. Have a wonderful weekend!