I woke up today feeling so happy, so blessed, and so grateful for soooo many reasons. Big things happenin over here ya'll but I'll get to that at a later date.
Since it's the very beginning of the month I figured I would do a little 'I'm currently' post to keep you in the loop with some of the small, not so important details in my life. P.S. I stole this from Lisa.
In October, I'm currently...
Reading: I just finished 'Where She Went' by Gayle Forman a couple of weeks ago. It is a sequel to the book 'If I Stay' which I actually read a couple of years ago and didn't realize that there was a sequel to it until very recently. I loved the first book and the author so I figured I should probably give it a shot. I'm so glad I did. The second book was just as good if not better than the first. I'm currently looking for more books written by Gayle because she is the bomb-dot-com. I just started reading 'A House in the Sky' by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett. I have only gotten about 5 chapters in so I can't really review it yet but it is a true story about Amanda Lindhout, who lived to travel, being abducted in Somalia and held for a ransom of 1.5 million dollars all the while suffering extreme torture, starvation, and repeated rape for 460 days. I can't wait to get deeper into it.
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Watching: The new season of 'New Girl' just started and I love me some Zooey Deschanel. She cracks my shit up. Last week I also watched the premiere of 'The Mindy Project' and I'm not really one to religiously watch any tv series but I must say, these might be my Tuesday night go-to's. Of course V and I are still trying to finish 'Breaking Bad' on Netflix so we can start watching the current season that just ended a couple of nights ago. I heard it was a doozy. We are in season 5 of 6 so I have confidence we will finish soon. We just started getting into it again after taking about a 6 month hiatus.
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Listening to: Ok, I'll be the first person to tell you that Miley Cyrus needs to be punched in the face, real hard, but I have to admit that I am really digging the song 'Wrecking Ball'. Now the video that has every pre-pubescent boy playing it in slow motion and pausing it at the moments where you can almost see her goodies, not so much digging that. I'm also loving the new song by Lady Gaga, 'Applause'. She's super weird and I love it and I don't love all of her songs but I do love this one. Ellie Goulding ft. Calvin Harris, 'I need your love', is also still at the top of my list. And last but not least, I'm not proud at all to admit that I have been listening to '23' which is a song by some dude that calls himself Mike Will Made and it features non other than little miss Cyrus herself. She raps guys. And it's not good. But I still like the song. Maybe I deserve a punch to the face as well.
Obsessing over: the beautiful weather we've been having in Chicago, the leaves that I noticed are starting to change on my drive to work today, Marley being the cutest freaking dog in the whole world (duh), and everything that God has been blessing me with lately.
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Shopping for: fall shit of course. Sweaters, leggings, boot socks, etc. Oh and I've been adding a few more sophisticated items to my wardrobe as well, mostly dress shirts, but I'll be shopping for dress pants as well soon. This shouldn't excite me but it does.
Wearing: shorts, tanks, and dresses, and enjoying it while I still can. Today's high is in the low 80's and I'm not mad. Sure I enjoy pulling out my boots, sweaters, and scarves during fall but I've said it before and I'll say it again, before we know it the weather is going to be all blizzard like and freezing in Chicago so I will enjoy my last limited days of 80 degree weather and sunshine while I still can.
Learning: that even though things aren't always quite how you want them to be, you can't control everything. Patience really is a virtue and if you keep reminding yourself of that, good things will happen. The power of prayer is overwhelming. Life isn't always easy but if you prayer and have patience, it will get easier.
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Thinking: about how blessed I am. I am the most dramatic, emotional, and sometimes crazy person you will probably ever meet but so much has happened lately that has shown me how blessed I am. And for that, I am grateful.
Bothered by: there's truly not a lot that can bother me or bring me down right now. I am on cloud 9, and that probably bothers some people since I am being annoyingly positive right now.
Oh ok, but I am bothered by the red-light cameras and the speed trap cameras that are all over Chicago. Sometimes you're just running late for work and you see that light has been yellow for a little too long but you look around and don't see any cops so you turn right without stopping just as it's turning red. And then a few days later you realize you have a $100 ticket for running a red-light and oh, there's video footage so you can't even contest it. Touche Chicago, touche.
Eating: pumpkin spice crap. Yep, I'm one of those people who obsessively buy the pumpkin spice crap as soon as it starts hitting the shelves. FYI pumpkin spice m&ms are NOT GOOD. They're just not. Stick with the peanut butter m&ms. I also just made butternut squash ravioli a couple of nights ago and it truly was a nice little fall treat. Yum.
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Drinking: pumpkin beer (no surprise there). Pumpkin beer is always the number one thing I'm excited for during fall. I like darker beers so I am looking forward to all the summer beers starting to fade away and all of the darker, seasonal stuff replacing it.
Wasting time on: honestly, nothing. I don't have a lot of time to waste. Ok that's a slight lie. I have one day off every week - Sunday. That day is spend wasting time for the most part. That is the day that I waste time sitting on the couch, in my pj's, with Marley, watching real housewives and every other show that Vinnie hates. But other than that, I have not been wasting time although I would like to waste more time outside in the beautiful weather.
Loving: that it's October (clearly, I've said it 60 times), that I get to see my family so soon, and that there soon will be lots of reasons to celebrate! Bring on the champagne and the hangovers!
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Praying for: continued patience, the health of myself, my friends, and my family, and for Marley to live forever (that last one might be a little far fetched, pun intended).
Working on: calming my nerves. I've been getting super anxious lately and it's hard for me to calm myself down. I am also working on my temper, as always, not that I have an anger management problem but I get a little too upset a little too quickly when I should just take a deep breathe and try thinking clearly.
Looking forward too: the future, near and far. This month really is going to be a great one. I get to spend a lot more time with my family and with Vinnie while we celebrate birthdays and go to a wedding at the end of the month. My future is looking bright.
I hope you are all feeling as positive as I am right now!
Happy Best Month of the Year!
XO. Tarah
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