I love this song!  It makes my day better every time I listen to it.  Thank you, Naomi, for introducing me to Eric Hutchinson!!  I normally include the lyrics...but to be honest I don't know most of them...it's the music that I love.

Okay, so this might be getting a little personal...but it is odd and therefore falls under the "freaky friday" category.

I believe I both sweat and cry more than the average person.  What I have noticed in these many times of sweating and crying is that one side of my body seems to produce more...water (?!)...than the other.  My right side, to be precise.

The sweating part is kind of gross, but sadly true.
Please don't try to look and see for yourself next time we're around each other.  I would know exactly what you're doing and it would make me uncomfortable and incredibly self-conscious!  :)

If I am just sort of crying, I might have tears in both eyes, but at least 5 tears will fall from my right eye for every 1 from my left eye.  Sometimes no tears will fall at all from my left eye.  Isn't that strange?!  Of course they will fall equally if I am really boo-hooing. 

Well, I think I've divulged more than enough about myself for today.

today i am thankful for:
- snow!  i got to run around in it a bit and throw a couple snowballs before i ran back into my warm house.
- music.  i have listened to a lot of music lately and it always makes my life better.
- my friends in grad school.  i am already getting sad about the next wave of friends who will be leaving between now and may.  the last 2 1/2 years of my life have been tough in many ways, but i have been so blessed by my friends from school.  okay...enough of that...i can't start crying about it yet!
- Tazo Awake tea.  i think i'm an addict.
- Jaeden.  she knows how to welcome a person home!  her "circle wag" makes me smile every time.
- words of encouragement and blessing.  i really value hearing such words and i believe they have a transforming power in my life.  i hope i can bless others in the same way with my words.
- my pink coat.  which makes me think of Dr. Thompson.  which makes me think of my mentor group.  Dr. Thompson, Keith, Jason, Nick, Heather, and Naomi...oh, how I miss our time together.  again...no tears today!
- white chocolate covered cranberries.  delicious.  and very holidayish in my opinion.
- my students.  i am happy for the semester to be over, but am kind of sad about not seeing them every week!
- inside jokes.  i hate that they can potentially exclude some people...but i love them.  they make me feel very happy.  that sounds cheesy...but oh well.  i think it just makes me enjoy the special friendship i have with that person/those people.
- The Big Bang Theory.  great show!  it makes me laugh really hard sometimes.
- the Advent service tonight.  i am really looking forward to it!  and we will sing "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" which is one of my favorite Christmas songs...perhaps even my absolute favorite...i'll have to think about that a little more before i completely commit.  :)