I'm Just Happy. It's All Little Stuff.

The Man and I joined a family gym not far from our house.

We walked up to the place and I started bouncing in my shoes because, guys, it has an outdoor pool.

We walked in and the place was gorgeous.  Faux leather couches and rugs right along side the basketball courts, indoor track, and machines galore.  And that was just upstairs.  Downstairs was the free weights, the chiropractors, the massage therapists, the tanning bed, and the hot tubs.

And they're family oriented so bring your kids along, oh, and your kids are old enough that it's cool if they want to use the machines too, or join you in the classes (yoga, zumba, cycling, and weight training).  Or they can just swim in the pool while we do our thing.

I died.

At the end of the tour there was no question that this was something I wanted to sign up for.

And The Man was super supportive.  He says, "obviously she wants to do it so where do we sign up?"  I love him.

Here's how crazy excited I am about this place: I woke up 15 minutes before my alarm this morning and it was like Christmas morning, I was wide awake and thinking about that place and couldn't go back to sleep.

So I totally got up and ran a mile and a half before work today.

What is that?  Who does that?

I watched the swimmers making laps in the pool through the big windows after my run...

After work I'm going to go buy a swimming cap and goggles.  It's been a while since I've swam, but I still have my training stuff.  I don't know if I want to be jumping into the water at 5:30 in the morning (brrrr anyone?) but we plan on going over there as a family in the evenings and I could totally jump in then.  And on Saturdays.

And the classes... I can't wait!

And McKell, I would like you to know that I planted two tomato plants.  In the front flower bed so the sprinklers will water them and I won't have to.  I might need some canning recipes from you (do you have a recipe for tomato sauce?), although I think it's safe to say that one day of canning will do just fine for me with only one plant, unlike you who will be canning for a month straight.  Though I do envy you.  I want to be like you and support my family from my garden.

Baby steps.

And.  And!

I have an assignment for my communications class that I have to do use my personal network to find a person that I don't know who works in a career that I'm interested in and do a face to face interview with them about their career.

I've been silently drooling over thoughts of working in publishing at Deseret Book because frankly, when I read a poorly written book, it pisses me off.  I want to be a part of putting well written books out for people to fill their minds with.

I didn't want to do this assignment, and seriously thought about faking my way through it, but then I made a phone call to a friend, and got an email for speaker we heard at Girl's Camp a couple years and a few emails later, I have an interview with a VP of Deseret Book (to emphasize not for a new job, just to interview her about her career for information).  I'm shocked that this networking thing worked!

And I'm once again amazed at what just doing my homework can accomplish.  I complain about general's, but I've learned some pretty cool stuff with them.

I don't know what it is, if it's the endorphins from starting my morning off with a run, the fact that I've been eating better and actually drinking water, the prospect of the Deseret Book connection, or what... but man alive, today I feel so happy.

Random thing:  somehow a grasshopper made it into our master bathroom and perched itself on a pair of jeans that I had on the floor.  I couldn't bring myself to let it die, but I couldn't bring myself to touch it either.

I did the only logical thing possible: I hung the jeans out the bathroom window for a day until it finally jumped away.  Outside.