Operation Beautiful

Have you ever seen the site Operationbeautiful.com?  It is amazing. This woman started leaving sticky notes telling random people they were perfect the way they are, they are beautiful and other such niceties. I love it. I love reading the site & if I ever see a sticky note like that in person I am pretty sure I will cry. Which means that I should start leaving them around town myself so that maybe other people will start to as well. Perhaps that should be a goal for this week.

*You have no hold on my mood, my day, or my life* (posted over a scales in a gym)

I am more than just a number, I am beautiful just as I am (posted over a scaled in a gym)

You are beautiful in every single way.

This mirror does not define you.

Annoyances

I was annoyed by a number of things this weekend and it almost annoyed me most that the things were annoying me at all.  In an effort to make me stop thinking about them I am going to try list them here and LEAVE THEM HERE. I need to stop being annoyed by these things.

Inconsiderateness
Being left
Rudeness
my own OCD tendencies
Worrying (when I really just shouldn't)
Non-communication
Feeling neglected


And now, since that list is depressing me, I am going to list things that do NOT annoy me!

Random phone calls from my favorite people
Communication of any kind!
my Kitty Kats
Sleep
Coffee!
My house
Parents
Getting things done
Accomplishments
Buying new things
Cooking
Compliments
Being told nice things
Telling others nice things
Encouragement


That list makes me much happier. Today- I am going to focus on THAT list. Not the first list.

FML & LFMF

My favorite pass time right now ..... Fmylife.com & learnfrommyfail.failblog.org

These make me feel so much better about my life. haha

For example:   When your brother accidentally seriously injures you in a scuffle, don’t attempt to make him faint by opening your wound to show him the bones and tendons. You may both pass out, you for loss of blood, him for being a little girl. #LFMF

Things I like -- right now....

-- the fact it rained last night & looks like it might rain again soon
-- Regina Spektor
-- the thought of getting a haircut
-- my house getting closer & closer to completion
-- COFFEE
-- Jessye dates (Ice Burg for lunch & Eat, Love, Pray after work!)
-- appreciation
-- being able to hang up on grumpy people
-- lists, i like lists.
-- arm hairs.  they are fun to play with
-- weenus- also fun to play with
-- Kitty Kats
-- games
-- saying random things (*wheels!!* - think "Squirrel" from Up)
-- friends. i miss my Carley.

Snips & snails & puppy dog tails

So today I found out that my best friend, who is preggo, is having a little boy! This is her first child and she lives 7 hours away from me. Way too far. I don't like it. But I am super, duper excited about the baby! And I get to throw a baby shower! I threw her bachelorette party as well.... can't wait!

Also today I got to babysit these lovely boys that I have babysat for about 6 years now! They do not need me too often anymore but their parents are now going through a divorce and I am needed every now and then when one or the other parent is not available. It tears me up inside that this is happening to such an amazing family/couple but mistakes were made and, whether I like it or not, there are consequences when there are mistakes. I took the boys to Dominos, out for gelato, we played games (Speed, Egyptian Rat Screw, Chinese Checkers, & Stratego), and then it was off to bed. Immediately after putting them down the youngest shows up downstairs with his sad goog-ley eyes and stares at me. I stare back, planning on being un-relenting in the "I'm not tired" argument and making him go back to bed. But then instead of uttering the typical mantra he states "I miss my dad." Well that just about undoes me and he is allowed to snuggle with me for a bit and then I take him back upstairs and read him a chapter from a book. Spoiled little bugger. He probably said that on purpose! I miss those snuggles though ... he was 2 when I started babysitting for the family and he is now 8 soon to be 9 I believe.  Crazy!
It is now 11:28pm and I am sitting in a dorm lobby semi-tutoring someone for the writing prompt of their MCAT test. They will be taking the test in just over a week and writing within a time limit is a real struggle for them. It is a struggle for me to help them as well because writing is 'simple' for me.  Not that I am always good at it or that I stay on topic but I always have something to say! Even if it is not important or meaningful.
Right now they are taking a timed writing sample.  Pretty sure they are overtime right now but they would not allow me to do the actual timing- makes them too nervous. It is a hard writing assignment though. You have to do things like:

Revolutions often destroy more than they create.
Write a unified essay in which you perform the following tasks. Explain what you think the above statement means. Describe a specific situation in which a revolution might create more than it destroyed. Discuss what you think determines whether revolutions will be destructive or creative.

I tried to do some--- it is not fun. Doable but not fun. Practice should be helping a lot though. And discussing. At least I hope so cuz there is not much else I can do. They know how to write-- they just panic at the thought of the time-test.

I must take leave of you now.

Numero Uno

I think almost every single one of my friends but maybe 3 have a blog site. I have always thought about having a blog site but never took the time to actually do anything about it.  What pushed me to do it now, you ask.... well one of my best friends is moving to FL for a while and with the time difference and her starting a new job I figure this might be just another 'good connection'. I know we will still call, text, write, etc but this is just another way for us to 'yell' at each other if we start losing touch.  :)  That is my theory anyway. 

Random things --- I named my blog Exuding Endorphins because I am constantly accused of exuding endorphins. It is not my fault I am a happy person but apparently I am happy at inappropriate times (according to some people;  I don't really believe there are inappropriate times to be happy. Even at a funeral.) And those "inappropriate times" usually only coincide with a persons own bad mood and my endorphins usually seem to run over into said person in a matter of moments.

That is all for now. I have to get some work done!