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This week has been like one of the best weeks ever.
I can't really come up with a single reason why, but here are some things attributable to mein glück:

1. I have the best friends in the entire world. I mean, I know I only have about 5 of them, but they are like bees-knees cool. And in additional to all their fantastic personalities, they are extremely good looking!!! Of course, this may be related to the fact that we're all in our 20s, but still.
I am so very proud of you all.

2. I found a new Pandora station that I really really really enjoy.
Like- remember in high school when I'd listen to The Starting Line, Yellowcard, Dashboard Confessiaonl, Something Corporate, Angels & Airwaves (to name a few)?
I typed in "Jack's Mannequin" for a station, and my life hasn't been the same since. This is even better than the time I created my Mumford & Sons station. This is even better than that I time I rediscovered bagels. Or that time I found out how to use the standard deviation function in Excel.

I don't know why it took me so long to figure out that I still really like the type of music that I still really like.
Who knew?

3. I rearranged my office at work. Waaaaait- back up a little bit.
     3. a) I went on a picnic with a coworker. Publix chicken salad rivals mine, and I ate SOOO much, but it was so nice being in the shady, sunshine-y square parks in downtown Savannah.
     3. b) I've been thinking about rearranging my office ever since I realized that's the cool thing about Pam's office and talking it over at the picnic. So I just did it.

Before:

After:

[picnic basket in chair]

Now I'm facing east, so even though I don't have a window, there is a difference in lighting that makes it seem like I do. I have so much more space to do hopscotch in and host office party raves.
I really don't have office party raves. Or do hopscotch.
Wish I did.

Also, since I shoved the cabinet into the far corner and moved out the ancient and decomposing computer hardware that has been sitting there since I've been employed, I even have room for artwork!!!!
I guess it's time to hang up all my FRAWG pictures.

Or maybe I can hang up random, shapeless, colorful scribbles on scraps of paper.
And then people will be like, "Awww- did your nephew do those?"
And I'll be like, "No. I did those."

I'll surround myself with my own artwork to remind me of me.

4. I finally bought a hair straightener (and grape kool-aid).
Again, I don't know why it took me so long to do this. I guess I got bored/curious enough.
I was also tired of having mom hair. No offense to all the moms out there- but having "mom" hair makes you look between 5 and 16 years older than you actually are. By contrast, wearing pigtails makes you look stupid.

So instead of going in and paying for a hair cut, I decided to do a hair style.
And now my hair looks more ironed and professional than even my pants.
Maybe I'm "such a girl" for saying this, but the way my hair looks has a significant impact on my week.
Or maybe I've been having a good week simply because I've been bringing my own coffee to work.

5. I've still been studying for the CPA exam all week, and it turns out I'm still really good at cash flow statements. Even after not doing one for like a year and a half. It's amazing.

6. I met a cool guy online.

You: WOAH. WOAH. WOAH. Did you and Mike break up??!?!?!?

I should tell you yes just for being so thick.

Let me explain.
So in accordance with number 2, I decided, yeah, I guess I like emo music. And then I decided that I needed to buy this shirt that I saw this one time like seven years ago. And since you can find just about anything on the internet, that's where I looked.
But the ONLY place I could find it for sale was on eBay, but the auction had ended back in July. Because I had nothing to lose, I e-mailed the seller asking if he by any chance still had the shirt.
He said he was just about to get rid of it, but that'd he go to the post office and get a price so he could send it to me (he lives in the UK).
I'm going to get my long lost shirt!!!

So yeah, I met a cool guy online. And, yeah, Mike and I are still together.
You and your assumptions... geez

7. I was talking to a friend (see #1) a little while ago about how fat I feel like I've become and how I never have time to do things because I'm always studying or eating or whatever and how I'm going to exercise so much when I'm done with this durn exam.

But then I thought- why wait?
Like- the weather is absolutely beautiful, and now that I have new shoes, there is literally nothing else in my way.
Except maybe the door.

Wells Fargo commercial:
"We believe that conversations open doors..."

You know what else opens doors?
Doorknobs.

So I've been running and running and dancing and running and walking some of the time.
I even run through alley ways in Savannah at lunch time. Even in the rain.
I run in the dark.
I run in the light.
I run on the sidewalks and kick frogs at night.

You knew that a rhyme was coming. You could see it.
Unlike the unfortunate frogs who don't see me coming.

My runs are fueled by bananas and sustained by music.
And even though I could barely get out of bed this morning, I'm going to keep going because I am young and I know it will keep getting better.

I FINALLY FEEL LIKE A PERSON AGAIN, GUYS.

8. I'm going to have options very, very soon. The future is ever so exciting.
I was filling out a survey for radio ratings with Mike, and one of the questions was about buying a house in the next couple of years.
And we checked the yes box. And it's going to happen. And I am so excited about all the options.

For instance, we were shopping in Kroger some time ago, and they had this display of owl-themed kitchen furnishings. Like glasses and plates and serving trays and towels and oven mitts all with owls on them.

And that's when I knew that I'm going to have an owl-themed kitchen. It's really the only thing that makes sense.

And then I bought an owl pillow the other day because it was all like looking at me. It was actually the same time that I bought the hair straightener and the grape kool-aid, which I now realize is a pretty random shopping adventure.

In summary, owls are cool, and I am so excited about life right now.

 JAKE! BRADLEY!,
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