9/28-30: happiness is...

30 visiting friends we haven’t seen in a while
29 a smiling baby
28 palapa azul

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spending time with my boys

playing soccer with carter, reading books together, laughing with max and seeing him becoming more aware of what’s going on around him

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9/27/08 happiness is...

9/27 being with my family and making breakfast together
9/26 the crazy chaos of coaching kindergarten soccer
9/25 good company, good food
9/24 medieval music manuscripts and making music together
9/23 lunch with a friend at a place i hadn’t been in a while

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9/22/08 happiness is.... or why i hate mondays

so today i thought, “i’m not even writing a “happiness is” entry because besides mondays suck in general” and because my day started off with: dropping off Carter at school and realizing he left his backpack at home; dropping off Max at daycare and realizing i forgot to bring a check to pay for this week; getting gas and discovering that the auto shut-off…ummm…DOESN’T, as overpriced gas pours down the side of my car then splashes off the ground on to me; followed by realizing, once i made it to work and parked the car, that i forgot to leave Max’s bottles with him at daycare. UGGGH! HOWEVER, after a little bit of reflection (and maybe gas fume intoxication), i discovered the following. At least our home isn’t too far from Carter’s school, at least there’s a grace period on daycare payments, at least i have a car to drive and money to buy gas, at least i have a way to return to daycare and a handful more reasons to think about my kids during a busy day. and about mondays…at least i had an enjoyable weekend and made it to another week. that’s the beauty of this exercise….you can even find good things to ponder on a monday.

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9/21/08 happiness is...

church at the lake followed by catered BBQ lunch, seeing old friends, lots of people wanting to hold Max.

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9/20/08 happiness is....

so i really love the idea of the “thing” on 43things.com of finding at least one thing each day that makes you happy and record it everyday for a year. looks like the last time i made an entry was over a month ago though. that sounds like i’ve been unhappy lately, but it’s not that at all. it’s just been so crazy busy that i haven’t had time to do it. i do think it’s important and when done daily, is a good practice of looking for the good in things and the good in each day. it should only take two seconds to do, and i’m on the computer what seems like most of the day, so why can’t i be successful at this goal? i’m not sure, but like i’ve said before, at least no one is grading this! (i think???) so here’s to a new start.

things that make me happy right now—-
my wonderful wife and wonderful sons
the sleeping baby next to me
that ann is actually getting to sleep in right now
visits from family this week
carter’s curiosity and watching him process what he encounters
that i’m going to work on a habitat for humanity build this afternoon

may you find the little things that make you happy and ponder them for just a minute…maybe you’ll begin the practice of finding at least one thing each day and recording it too.

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