Gratitude on the go! 7-30-14

Today I am grateful for:

"By trusting, we learn to trust."

"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."

-the weather 

-fro-yo with kdog

-laughter 

-putting music together with bead 

-dubbing soap operas 

-the basics

-as always, my friends 

Gratitude on the go! 7-29-14

Today I am grateful for:
-the beautiful weather
-a quieter day at the History Center
-having the afternoon/evening free to catch up on emails
-the truth. It sometimes stings like a mother fucker but I'd rather have that then a lie.
-remembering moments of happiness. As Amy puts it, "That's what this is all about."
-email
-Tiny Beautiful Things
-laughter
-Tuesday night trivia
-the basics
-late night happy hour with Emily and friends
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-28-14

Today I am grateful for:
-a surprise day off. Perfect timing too since this morning I was feeling very under the weather.
-a long phone call with Zarah. Great to catch up.
-Netflix ;)
-laughter
-egg drop soup
-cough drops
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-27-14

Today I am grateful for:
-a chill morning
-a steady day at the museum
-double movie feature. Hercules and Lucy. They were both nothing like I expected. Not in a good way either.
-Netflix
-the movie Stir Crazy. Freakin hysterical!
-laughter
-the show the leftovers
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-26-14

Today I am grateful for:
-these quotes:
"Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind."

"Begin every day with the wonderment of not knowing what life is all about."
-A fun full day at the museum
-Are You Afraid of the Dark.
-uncontrollable laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-25-14

Today I am grateful for:
-being done with house sitting. It was good and I always appreciate the money, but it was kind of a pain this time around.
-the show at the History Center going well. I was a bit nervous.
-my dress from ModCloth coming in the mail. I'm not gonna lie, I'm in love with it. It is so awesome I can hardly stand it! I'm gonna try to accessorise with it a bit still, but seriously all I want to do is wear that dress everywhere. Might have been one of my greatest purchases. On par with the green dress for sure.
-a great audience
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-24-14

Today I am grateful for:

-a shorter rehearsal

-good water pressure

-Netflix ;)

-a really fun improv set
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-23-14

Today I am grateful for:

-being able to sleep in a bit

-kdog asking to get bento box. Also we pretended to get engaged and as a result got free cheesecake. BOOM! 

Our server was so nice!

Free cheesecake! #blessed 

-so much laughter! 

-the beautiful weather

-taking a nap. :)
-watching movies late at night

-the basics

- as always, my friends 

Gratitude on the go! 7-22-14

Today I am grateful for:

-this quote:

"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide."

-my therapist

-a good meeting about the youth program 

-watching Maisie. She's so freakin adorable! 

-trivia! I seriously have so much fun with the team. And we got first place! Woot! 

-laughter 

-YouTube having every episode of are you afraid of the dark.

-the laughter enduced by dubbing over the voices of are you afraid of the dark. 

-the basics

-some amazing emails recently.

-Jaime booking her tickets to MPLS in October! 

-AC 

-as always, my friends 

Gratitude on the go! 7-21-14

Today I am grateful for:
-being able to sleep in
-lunch with padre
-a triple movie feature! Started with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Awesome movie. We tried to go to Transformers 3, but our 3D glasses didn't work. So we went to Tammy instead. It was exactly what I expected it to be. Then we decided to dip to our third and final movie Purge: Anarchy. I have only ever done that once before and it was awesome.
-hanging out with Hannah and Josh
-Tom texting to get tacos and talk about our up coming non-show show. We both are feeling pretty much the same. Mixed.
-late night hangouts. It was just that. A hang out. Yes I wanted it to be more, but in a way I think it was good to just hang. Don't want to rush into anything again. Doesn't mean I don't want to though. I'm trying to do my best to give him some space. I think I need the space too. It's hard though.
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-20-14

Today I am grateful for:
-the wonderful weather
-a good day at the museum
-podcasts
-my godson. It's his 10th birthday today. I cannot believe it. I remember seeing him just a month after he was born. I hope he's having the best birthday
-hanging out with a bunch of people at Tom and Anna's. It was super chill, which was really nice. We played lawn games and ate snacks, then later went and got tacos! A good night was had by all.
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-19-14

Today I am grateful for:
-these quotes:
"The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change."

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
-having a really lounge about day. I got to sleep in, I watched some crappy tv, catch up on emails, and stay in my pjs for the majority of the afternoon
-hanging out with kdog. We're on the same page most of the time and it is wonderful. "Pier One!"
-a really fun show at the workshop. It was Tom's birthday so there was a lot of great energy.
-being put into an improv structure that I've never done before. I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty scared, but I did it! Do things that scare you right? I actually had a lot of fun and felt very supported. Don't really remembered what happened. Just kind of had to trust my gut, close my eyes, and do it. And I did it. Boom! #yellowyolo
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends 

Gratitude on the go! 7-18-14

Today I am grateful for:

-these quotes:

"Don't settle for a relationship that wont let you be yourself."

"Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it."

"Regret is useless in life. It's in the past. All we have is now."

-the guy on the side of the road that had a sign that said, "smile." It did indeed make me smile. I know my face was being super grumpy so it was nice to feel the switch. :)

-smiles

-having lunch with Hannah
-the outstanding weather
-some really wonderful emails that has given me a lot to think about
-a really fun show and improv set tonight. Great energy between everyone. 
-laughter
-late night drives with Padre
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-17-14

Today I am grateful for:

-these quotes:

"Each friend represents a World in us, a World possibly not born until they arrive."

"Forgiveness is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past."
-a great night of sleep
-watching Maisie today! She's gotten so big. I think she still remembers me. She smiled like she did anyway. :)
-getting a very long over due apology. Yes it makes me extremely confused about everything all over again, but I'm still glad I got the apology.
-having dinner with Amanda. 

-laughter
-hugs
-scary movies
-chatting with Jaime online. She's gonna be coming to MPLS this october! So exciting.
-Jaime helping me buy a dress online. There was only one left and I'm hoping that it's the right size! :) #YOLO
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-16-14

Today I am grateful for:
-a good night's sleep
-another solo adventure day!

Went to the International Spy Museum.
They give you secret identities and a mission that you get quizzed on.
So. Cool.

Went to lunch at Nando's.
Yes I had it twice in two days.
#sorrynotsorry

Went to the National Portrait Gallery
Probably should have gone when I had more time
Snapped a few quick pics though! 

And this is a pic from Tuesday night.
Six years later and we were able to pick right back up!
A good night of reminiscing.

-more H-Time.
-Getting to spend time with Nora. It was so great to see her and catch up with her. She is wonderful. I cannot wait to see her again.
-laughter
-the Metro being so easy to figure out
-podcasts
-a really smooth plane ride
-Amanda picking me up from the airport. It was super nice of her. I kind of babbled on and on about my trip. She was super nice and listened to all of my ramblings.
-the incredible harvest moon tonight. It was low in the sky, a deep autumn orange surrounded by clouds. Just beautiful.
-being able to take this trip. I forgot how much I love to travel, explore, and of course see my friends. It fills me with such joy. I cannot wait for my next trip to Portland!
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-15-14

Today I am grateful for:

-sleeping in

-a solo adventure in DC. I went to the Air and Space Museum, the Washington Monument, and the Holocaust Museum. It was nice to be by myself so I could take as much or as little time as I wanted at each place

-meeting up with Danielle. It's been Six years since we've seen one another. Not much has changed. It was pretty superb. 

-Nandos! Got dinner there tonight. Probs gonna go again for lunch tomorrow. Maybe even dinner. :) 

-laughter 

-the basics

-as always, my friends 

Gratitude on the go! 7-14-14

Today I am grateful for:

-this quote:

"I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world."

-arriving safely in DC. 

-being able to nap a bit after my flight

-h-time with Nora! 

-not getting rained on at the saw a Bareilles concert

-Sara Bareilles. This is my 5th time seeing her in concert and she gets better every single time. The concert was incredible. I honestly think she sounds better live than recorded. She did some insanely amazing covers, her banter is spot on, and I felt all the feels. She's amazing. Absolutely amazing. I'm so glad Nora got tickets. 

-laughter 

-the basics

-as always, my friends 

Gratitude on the go! 7-13-14

Today I am grateful for:
-an easy day at the museum.
-spending the evening with Anna. We went to the All Star Celebrity Softball game. It was actually really fun! We got seats in her dad's suite and we were the only ones there! The game only had 6 innings and at the end of the night there were fireworks. Also the weather could not have been more perfect. It was a pretty ideal night all around in terms of baseball. Not to mention getting free yogurt, beer, and a pecan bar. Definitely a good time! :)
-a pretty low key day overall.
-laughter
-free parking
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-12-14

Today I am grateful for:
-sleeping until I couldn't sleep anymore
-hanging out with Amanda.
-hanging out with Anna
-laughter
-the show The Leftovers
-a long tech and opening weekend being finished
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-11-14

Today I am grateful for:
-another good night of sleep. Thank you melatonin!
-wrapping up the show at the History Center. It was a good time. I enjoyed the people I worked with and the show itself. I'm also excited to be doing another one in a couple weeks
-podcasts
-the workshop show finally opening. It's been more stressful than past shows but the finished product is really great. :)
-laughter
-getting some really nice compliments from past alums of the workshop.
-being in my bed
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-10-14

Today I am grateful for:
-Beautiful weather
-melatonin
-podcasts
-smiles
-music
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-9-14

Today I am grateful for:
-these quotes:
"Gray skies are just clouds passing over."

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."
-a day with Amanda. We went and saw a morning movie (The Devil Inside Us. It was good!) and then got tacos.
-a couple hours of hanging on the couch and watching friends/taking a nap. Wonderful.
-Laura coming over and watching Faerie Tale Theatre while eating popsicles.
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-8-14

Today I am grateful for:
-a good night sleep. Lots of dreams
-my therapist. Really good session today. I really appreciate the days that feel more conversational as opposed to, for lack of a better term, "shrinky." A couple of things really stuck out to me today. The first one was when we were talking about guys and taking a moment to recognize that it wasn't a big deal anymore. It was no longer anxiety inducing, overwhelming, traumatic, or nearly impossible. We both agreed that it was, again, for lack of a better word, "Normal." The second thing that stuck out was that while again on the subject of guys a huge trailer of horses drove by. We both looked out the window for a second and continued our conversation. About...maybe three or four minutes later I had to stop to address how incredibly ironic it was that we were talking about guys and how things are normalizing and a huge trailer full of horses went by us. We both had a really good laugh.
-stopping by to see amanda at work. Had some cheap breakfast and chatted a bit.
-getting a paycheck that helped cover my plane ticket to Portland
-buying a plane ticket to portland! Four weeks baby. And only 5 more days until DC! #winning
-having a bit of down time
-trivia. I came late but it was still a blast. We got third! We were a half a point away from second.
-Amanda helping me with my lines. And then eating cheese its and ice cream in bed. #morewinning
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends.

Gratitude on the go! 7-7-14

Today I am grateful for:
-having the whole day off.
-daring greatly and asking that guy out. Still don't know what's really going on. Figuring it out.
-being able to see Hannah in her first Show X!
-going out for drinks after and having some really good, deep conversations.
-Laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-6-14

Today I am grateful for:
-waking up naturally
-a fun day at the museum. Good crowds. Short shift.
-having quite the adventure with Kdog. He had a gift certificate to coldstone so we looked up on our phone where the closest one was. Turns out it was the MOA. So we head out there and decided to get dinner while we were there too. We had to get a wheelchair because of his surgery, then we had to go to the completely opposite side of the mall to get cold stone only to realize that that the mall was closing in 30 minutes. So we got some dinner at the food court, traveled back across the mall to return the wheel chair, and then got in the car to travel to Eagan (?) to get cold stone. It was a lot of fun. Silly, silly fun.
-laughter
-finishing all my laundry!
-AC
-Sara Bareilles. I can't count the number of times I've listened to her music to help me through some stuff.
-this article. I made me actually lol by myself. I'm a fan of Lindy West.
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-5-14

Today I am grateful for:
-sleeping in. My body must have needed it. I set my alarm for 9am, and slept until 11.
-finally being able to do laundry!
-being able to recognize shame more easily. Definitely had a bit a shame storm tonight. Although I felt like I handled it best I could. It saddens me that other people's words can effect me so strongly still.
-music
-hot showers
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-4-14

Today I am grateful for:
-being able to sleep in
-having brunch with Padre
-spending time with Kdog.
-having another potential dinner date. Still not really sure if it's more than just a friendly hangout, but so far I'm really good with things moving slow. I'm definitely still having some lingering heartache from MM. Either that or PMS. Or both. Probs both
-seeing fireworks with Kdog.
-Kdog just getting me. I never have to pretend to be something that I'm not around him. It's a real blessing.
-so much laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends.

Gratitude on the go! 7-2-14

Today I am grateful for:
-the beautiful weather
-our first preview under our belts. It happened. I don't remember much except that it happened. :)
-seeing Ruth! She's back in town for the next week. I'm glad we were able to cross paths.
-laughter
-the basics
-as always, my friends

Gratitude on the go! 7-1-14

Today I am grateful for:
-this quote:
"If the mind wants to wander for a while, let it. So what? Clouds cover the sun for a moment but do not destroy it."
-having a pretty solid night's sleep.
-a long day of tech being over
-potentially going on a date? I don't know if it actually was or not. Might have just been a hang out. #idontgetdating Either way, it was fun! I couldn't have been more myself if I tried so...I think that's a plus.
-laughter
-the beautiful views of this city.
-the elf tree.
-the basics
-as always, my friends