just smile about it.

Some days, you wake up and the world feels like a bigenormousgiant weight on your shoulders.  Then some days, you wake up feeling like this:

I had just walked across the stage at Orpheum Theater in Phoenix, Arizona to accept my masters degree.  Now, with that degree I earned a nice chunk of student loan debt; however, this day was this huge, monster sized accomplishment I kicked my own ass to get.  I wore a cap that flattened my bangs (ain't nobody gonna hold me down), my lei began to wilt in the summer heat the second my husband lei'd me (ain't nobody gonna hold me down) and my Program Chair almost forgot my name (ain't nobody got time for her!).  But this day stood for so much more than flat hair and some lady I'll probably never see again.  (and don't compliment her shoes - she can see right through flattery.)

And now, less than two years later, I'm in the place of my dreams (the state, not this apartment) with the man that I love, four furbabies slowly learning how to scratch at the door when they have to go potty, and an opportunity to change the state of Hawaii and how they approach mental health.  Really, how much more can one person handle?

We'll just have to wait and see, hmm?  I'm off to run.  Go out and do something about it!