A Thought

As I sit here on this lovely Saturday afternoon, trying to find some kind of motivation to study, and wishing that instead I could be out enjoying the nice weather (winter apparently doesn't start out here until...I don't know when, but it definitively isn't here yet), I realized something. As much as I enjoy school and am truly grateful for an education; as much as I love to think and learn, I really look forward to a time in life when Christmas is not associated with finals.

The small things.

So, it's the small things in life that end up making it really worthwhile, yeah? My ward (aka church organization) here in Northern VA is doing sub for Santa. I picked an individual to buy gifts for. Lucky for me, I got a child, 7 year old boy to be exact. I pretty much had the time of my life at Target this evening choosing what I wanted to give him for Christmas. It was so much fun that it should be a crime. I love shopping for kids. And let me just add to that, that thus far into PT school, I haven't lost my aspiration to become a pediatric physical therapist. I mean really, I will have an excuse for the rest of my life to go shopping in the toy section. What more could a girl ask for? I don't wanna grow up. Toys are way more fun.

On a more serious note though, I love the simplicity of children. This little boy was asking for notebooks and pencils for Christmas. I mean, for me growing up, a notebooks and pencils were an everyday part of life. We always had a stash of them and I could raid them and claim them as my own whenever I wanted. I'm really humbled to live the life that I do and have what I have and I was also reminded that sometimes I need to take my eyes off those big fancy vanities and remember the joy that can come from simplicity.

Tag, You're it!

So, I got tagged from someone else's blog and I don't have time to blog what I want to blog about today, so I'm doing the tag instead. Here it goes...

8 favorite TV Shows:

1. What not to wear
2. Trading Spaces
3. Full House :)
4. Anything with surgeries or injuries that you get to see cool medical stuff
5. College football- no two episodes are alike :)
6. ah...I am out, it turns out that the only show I actually watch these days is What Not to Wear, so I am kind of making the rest of it up.
7. The Office
8. Ah...I ran out of things to make up

8 Books you recommend:

1. Sense and Sensibility
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Harry Potter (All 7 of them, though the second is my least favorite)
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. Little Women and Little Men (I know, that's two- I am cheating!)
   
6. Tuesday's With Morrie
7. A Wrinkle in Time
8. The Hiding Place

8 Things that Happened Yesterday

1. I saw my favorite bus driver for the first time since Tuesday
2. I went to school
3. I saw the Capital, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on my way in to school
4. I went to the bank to get a money order to pay my ticket from last month :(
5. I went to my first every ugly sweater party
6. Studied physiology
7. Took a quick nap
8. Watched What not to Wear for the first time this week (really a tragedy that it took that long)

8 Things to Look Forward to

1. Christmas Break
2. Going to Utah!
3. Second Semester, I'm ready for the first to just end
4. Christmas lights at the DC temple, I hear they are amazing
5. Seeing my nieces and nephews
6. Christmas Eve, it's my favorite day of the whole entire year
7. Being a physical therapist (and getting to say, I'm a doctor!)
   
8. Having the print I bought for above my mantle framed

8 things on my wishlist

1. A space heater for my bedroom
2. no student loans :)
3. for my new phone battery to last longer than the first one did
4. A kitchen aid...someday it will happen
   
5. a piano
6. more time to read
7. re-hair my violin bow so it is easier to play
8. a piano- a real one...yeah, that's pretty high up there

8 things that I love about fall

1. The color of the leaves in the east!
2. crisp cool mornings, they feel fresh and clean
3. it means snow is on it's way!
4. it almost feels like a fresh start because for most of my life it's the start of a new school year.
5. crunching dry leaves on the ground
6. pulling out the warmer clothes
   
7. diversity in the weather- some days it's hot, some days it is cold
8. school supplies

8 people to tag

1. Ashlie
2. Melanee
3. Katy
4. Lowell
5. Elise
6. Bryn
7. Jen
8. Molly