Oh Happy Day!

Today I woke up and just KNEW it was going to be an awesome day. Any motivational speaker will tell you that happiness is a decision that you have to make when you wake up in the morning... well, today, I made it. I woke up on time... put on a dress, did my make up, and left my house at 7:15 (a good 30 minutes earlier than normal). This enabled me to stop by Starbucks where my favorite barista cooked up my favorite drink. Then I hopped in my car without a care in the world... knowing that even if the worlds worst traffic jam magically appeared before me that there would be no way I could be late. Yes, it was a good morning. As I cruised through traffic I turned to number 5 on my preset station (which I never listen to) and "More Than a Feeling" came on. Yesssssssss... this made me bop my head... this made me think of an episode of Scrubs, life is good. (Just watched that YouTube 3 times... wow. Do yourself a favor and click the link... smiling is inevitable!) Then what happened next was just too good to be true: I flipped over to 96.1 and Sara Bareilles' Love Song was on! Oh the joy of a great morning!!

Positive thinking... positive results! Right? BAHHHHHHHH! Wrong! Motivational speakers (operating without the banner of Christ) don't have a CLUE! So I cruised into work... 20 minutes early, content to be in on my day off. (Update: my work went to a 4-day work week and Mondays are usually my day off... but since we had Friday off I have to work a 5 day week this week... at least, that is what boss-man told me before he left for vacation.) Well, I get to work and the door is locked... weird. Whatever. I go up to my desk and start checking my e-mails... and then it hit me. My FAAAAAAAAAAVORITE Barista did not make me a Grande Soy Cinnamon Dolce Latte. She made me a Grande Cinnamon Dolce Latte... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So I got sick. Awesome. Then my accountant passes by my office and stops when she sees me. "What the heck are you doing here today?? Isn't it your day off?" Me: Yeah, but we aren't supposed to let the new schedule ever give us a 4-day weekend... so I have to work the full week this week. "Oh... well Sheree & Suzi (the two other women who share my day off) aren't coming in today."

Awesome. So what she's telling me is that I've been sick this morning AND I could have gotten away with not coming in. FABULOUS! My boss' assistant just got here... she looked just as confused as my accountant. Apparently I'm the only one in the company who was made aware of this rule. IGNORANCE IS BLISS!!

So here I am. I made my decision to have a fantabulous day and all of this happens before 9 am. What to do! Well, here again, I have a two options... I can sit and "sulk" (in words of the entire Murphy side of my family) or I can make another decision. To delight in what God has given me. I choose the latter! God gave me an awesome sunrise this morning... God gave me a job to come to 5 days this week... and God kept my Starbucks alive in the wake of closing 600 stores!

All this to say that happiness is much more than a decision you make once a day. It is a commitment to God and acknowledging/being thankful for all of his blessings. So while Satan tries to throw poo all over my awesome day, I will simply let it keep flying by. Life is too short and filled with too many tiny blessings to worry about the mishaps!

Good to be back guys. A special shout-out to Anna in Colorado, hope you are having a great time sweetie!!