Just.. be happy :)

Oh my good golly! What a loooonnnggg week! This session of swimming lessons seemed to last f-o-r-e-v-e-r. seriously. It was rough. But I made it and that's all that matters :) I decided earlier today that tomorrow... I am going on a spontaneous adventure. I don't know what I am doing nor where I am going but I feel like I need a little more excitement right now. I haven't done anything spontaneous this whole summer. It's killing me! Another bit of wonderful news! My roommates and I finally have our travel plans together to get up to school! yay! AAAANNNDDD I might get to see my best friend Lillie when I go to Utah! so many exclamation points! Life is finally going the way I'd like it to go :) which never ever happens. Well.. I better cherish this. This summer has flown by pretty fast, but now that it's the end of July.... well time is taking its....time? Mer. I cannot wait to be back up at the Burg :) My classes are going to be so much fun this semester! I have two labs: Neurobiology and Chemistry. I am more excited for the Neurobiology than the Chemistry but... I get to do what I love and that's all that matters :) I've decided that this semester... I am going to soak in my college experience. Last year, it went by SO fast. I barely remember it. But this year... I am hoping to make memories that will last a lifetime. My roommates are the sweetest girls you will ever meet! I am so blessed to know them :) 


I was talking to an old friend and she was having a hard time being happy... I find that weird because I rarely am ever unhappy. But when I am... I feel like a big hurricane is over my head. I was scavenging around my word documents and I stumbled upon a list that I made when I was super stressed. it's call my happiness list :) I felt the need to write down everything that made me happy and granted.. some of it is really weird. I find the littlest things make me the happiest. So here is the list:

Things that make me happy:

ü  Rexburg, Idaho

ü  Airplanes

ü  My family

ü  Getting a text first

ü  Singing in the shower

ü  Peanut butter

ü  Brushing my teeth

ü  Catherine

ü   Sarah

ü   Lillie

ü   Mandy

ü   Aimee

ü  Patrick

ü  Awkward smiles

ü  Making up the lyrics to a song you don’t know

ü  Old books

ü  Dancing in the rain

ü  Staying in the library for hours

ü  Uncontrollable laughter

ü  Deep conversations

ü  Camping

ü  Camp fires

ü  Seeing cute old couples that have been together for a long time

ü  Cheesy 90’s movies

ü  Music

ü  Spontaneous adventures

ü  Sleeping on the spine of the couch

I go back and read this and I laugh at myself because they are so random but... they are what make me who I am :) I highly recommend writing down what makes you happy. Sometimes we all need a little bit of reminding :)

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