September 15

Dear Sunday, you woke me up slowly with daydreams of Border Collies and camping in plaid shirts. Lying in bed for twenty minutes and just thinking about life made a world of difference in my day. You make me think I should aim for the same plan on work days. Maybe that extra quiet time would ease me into my mornings and remind me how much I have to be grateful for.

Dear friend, I'm so glad we got to go to lunch. Your perspective on life fascinates me and I hope one day I'm able to view my trials and tribulations with as much of a desire to learn and grow as you do. It inspires me. It also means the world to me that you're willing to cancel plans that could overlap on plans we made for next week. It may seem like a small thing, but it speaks to my top love language: quality time. I respect you for respecting that.

Dear best friend, we got to FaceTime tonight! And we spent the majority of the time online together looking at the features of the different Prius cars, in lieu of my hopes to buy one next year. You're basically the best friend ever and even though it was a really short conversation (considering our last one was a good two hours), it made me happy to see your face! I seriously can't stand that we're so far apart, but I love that our friendship hasn't wavered because of distance. You are the bomb and I can't wait to see your new life unfold when you get married in less than a month! 

Dear Mexican food, I've consumed you twice today. And I really don't have a lot of regrets about that. You do, however, fuel my drive to run, which will hopefully be able to become a normal thing again once I get back from my work trip. 

Dear budget, you really aren't as bad as I said. I actually kind of like knowing where all my money goes, but I don't like telling myself no. That's the real heart of the matter - I'm spoiled and like doing what I want. Once again, it all comes full circle when I realize that I'm a steward of God's money, not the owner of my own earnings. I don't want to be irresponsible and I want to be able to relax in twenty years and buy a yacht and an Alaskan cabin - or something to that effect. Gotta start saving now, right?