Perfect cobalt forever.

Sometimes days come along that you look back on and they were absolutely perfect in all the important ways. Today was an instant of blue skies with poofball clouds, minimal wind and just a touch of brisk that makes me love this area of the world when I know back in Kansas everything is still brown.

It seems that most days I drive to work in the dark, get outside for a handful of minutes but most of the sun is blocked by medium-sized buildings, scurry home as quickly as possible and on good days get to enjoy the rest of the evening with hubby and dog, but on not as good days just have to hug that hubby and find amusement (or do work I brought home). So on a day where I'm teleworking, I took every opportunity to absorb as much outside as I could and still managed to work like a pro.

I know the beginning of the year is always more optimistic but I didn't feel anxious or stressed today, just calm. It helped that I didn't have to be downtown and got to reflect on the huge blessings of having a house out in the country, on working towards good health, and being a part of a fantastic relationship with me hubby. We don't take a lot of naps together but I had made him get up early and go get a physical. I knew he was going to be in great health but we had made a promise to his mom last year and needed to follow through. He had to work tonight but before he left we just had the best snugglenap in the world.

I think that's the key to today; I felt like the cosmos was snugglenapping me all day letting me know that no matter what, things would be ok.

I took the Foo dog for a little walk but there were workers outside one of the new houses and he got wigged out. I try to work with him when he gets freaked out like that, making him sit and get calm but it's a slow process. I had to explain to some girls who were walking by why we were just standing in the road. I think overall he likes to walk though because when we got back he headed upstairs and cashed out on his red blanky.

I had a lunch of minestrone soup that I added some chicken breast and pine nuts to so that I would get my meat and fat in for that meal. I'm treating this nutritionist food plan like a prescription. I may have mentioned that before, oh well. It helps to repeat it!

My right ankle has been twingy since last night but I went ahead and did a 3 mile walk on the Leslie Sansone Walk Club online. I played back the 5k live webcast they did in November. Overall a lot of fun and once I got warmed up I forgot about my ankle. If it's still wonky tomorrow I'll wrap it and take a walking break.

Sadly I'm going to have to ditch the shoes I got recently that are super cute sporty looking slip-ons but they are killing my feet. That is one thing I don't mess around with; shoes have to be comfortable. You will be standing (that's the plan anyway) on your feet the rest of your life so might as well stand strong!

So tomorrow I will tackle all the overtime work I brought home. I want to do as much overtime as possible while it's available at work to try and get caught up from the debt we built up in the last part of 2008. I went through it all today just checking everything and it's not as bad as I thought. Maybe the politicians will stop bleeding money to banks and financially stimulate us regular folks...

Monday is my birthday. I will celebrate it by dancing. Join me! It is time on sprockets when we dance! Touch the Foo dog! RAWR!