I don’t know what to call this post

Friday!!!! I woke up at WAIT FOR IT…… 4:30 this morning!!! Why you ask? well because I love my husband very much and I needed to make up some hours at work because I left early because the husband got his wisdom teeth pulled and he needed me to pick him up from the dentist. Poor baby, I already got all 4 pulled a few years back, my dentist is such a beast, I love him, his hands are seriously the softest hands I have ever felt inside my mouth, actually I usually don’t feel his hands because they are that soft!!!!

DISCLAIMER: there’s no real point to this post (as if the title was not enough indication of the direction of this post) other than I am running on a few hours of sleep and I am excited to be getting out of work early and some crazy clouds became famous today on instagram. I am aware I should have put the disclaimer on top of the last paragraph but you’ll survive.

So the day started off just right, thank heavens there was a Starbucks open! I got to work and it felt so creepy because for the next 3 hours I would be the only one in the massive building. I was scared the alarm code would not work and the alarm was going to go crazy and the police and the fire fighters would get there and there was no one I could call that early in the morning that would rescue me, but I am happy to report that the code did work and I was able to enter the building without causing a commotion in the neighborhood I was able to get a lot done which is good but I am now exhausted! The earliest I wake up is 6 am to be able to go to the gym before work, but I doubt I’ll be waking up @4:30 again any time soon.

Any who the day started pretty bright, the sun was coming out and it looked like it was going to be another HOT and sunny day, yesterday it was 102, sunny and extremely humid I’m surprised I didn’t collapse. Today sometime between 10-11 am everything flipped the sun was covered by some dark clouds and the street lights turned on. I posted this picture on instagram with the hashtag clouds (this is photo does not have instagram effect to see that go to my instagram @advnturesspirit)

and OMG everyone and their mother was posting pictures of the same cloud or crazier looking clouds from all around the states, not just my small town Chicago.

yup that’s Jesus on the corner of that building, if you live in Chicago you now pretty much know where I work, please no stalkers!

 The cloud was massive and everyone with a camera on their phones pretty much posted it on instagram, here are pictures of some clouds I like, please let your focus be on the clouds on top and not the random puppy (how cute is he(r)?!) or totally random baby. The first 7 pictures were of the clouds in Chicago!

I am just glad people love clouds as much as I do I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, stay cool if you’re in Chicago you know we are expecting 90 degree weather for the next 5 days. Go out have fun, have all the fun I won’t have, I’ll be home attending the needs of my wonderful, loving and super hot hubster okay maybe I will have tons of fun (wink wink)

-A

little things that make me happy

I try to surround myself with pretty things, my office is filled with random little things that make me feel comfortable and inspire me to work, even when the tasks at hand is the least bit exciting. I take pleasure in the little things in life and I encourage to do the same.

Here are the things that are making me happy:

1. Capri Blue Candle-In-A-Jar $25 2. Apothecary Ceramic Candle $28 3.  Voluspa Cut Glass Jar $26

Candles, I have one called Lemon Verbena in my office, I burn it daily its a nice way of bringing summery smells indoors.

1. Looking Back, Looking Forward Planner $18  2. Vintage Map $16 3. Sweet Briar Notebook $12.95 4. Travel Journal $24

Cute notebooks. My collection is always growing, the hubster thinks I have way too many notebooks but I disagree. I like having them around my desk, I carry one with me wherever I go, I have always prefer to write things down rather than type them on my phone, I remember things better when I write them down.

Surround yourself with things that make you happy or remind you of someone special…

-A

Carpe Diem

Yesterday was a very difficult day for me.

I started writing the second part of Pieces of Me (read Pieces of Me (part I: Background) and I had to take a break,  it was too much for me. I cried myself to sleep. Stirring a sea of memories will do that to you, I felt like I had open Pandora’s box, you see not all my memories are pleasant. I have fought hard to keep them all locked away and I had succeed, until yesterday.

I’ll be posting part II next week and although to you it might read as another regular post, I assure you it has cost more than what I was willing to give. Of course what you will read is a refined copy of my past, I have written only what I am willing to share openly, other memories have been safely returned to their storage space and they shall remain untouched for another 10+ years or until I am ready.

Carpe Diem. If I learned anything from yesterday it was that, seize the day! You must, life is too short and far too precious. Tell the people you love how much you love them, now while they are still with you. Remember tomorrow can be too late. I know this is not something we like to think about, but we have to.

LOVE without reservations. GIVE it your all every day.

-A