TMFH: Naps

I'm in favor.

I taught my students today about the siesta in Spain and in South America. We nearly unanimously agreed together that this is a cultural practice we'd like to begin here in the US... or rather continue from kindergarten up. Either a siesta block in the middle of the day, or I vote that school begin at 10:00 am. Your thoughts?

TMFH: The Art of Happiness

It's a lovely thing to find oneself in a continual state of happiness. For me this is not always the case. In fact the past two years of my life have been filled with much sadness and pain. However, from it I have learned that life will not always present you with everything you want it to. So, why not just choose to be happy despite your circumstances? Why not choose to be happy despite everything?

The reason I am happy is simple: I choose to be.

Try it out sometime. You'll be amazed how contagious it becomes to yourself and to those you associate with.

TMFH: Laughter

I love to laugh. If you can't make me laugh, I will be entirely turned-off by you. And you've also got to appreciate my humor. I'm kind of a silly crack-up of a girl.

TMFH: Repeat Repeat!

Some people find this incredibly annoying. But, I am the kind of person who when she finds a song that resonates with her, she listens to it on repeat for an entire week. No worries, I am aware of the great blessing it is to have earbuds for such moments of insanity.

Current repeat song: "To Build A Home" by: The Cinematic Orchestra

TMFH: Bathroom Stalls

Yes, this is my 100th blog post, and it is about bathrooms.

So, I have recently taken notice of a rare idiosyncracy of mine.

When I use a public restroom, I nearly always use the same exact stall each time I revisit. At first I wondered if I did this because of some need for ownership, but then I discovered that the stall I generally use usually meets certain criteria making it the optimal stall in each bathroom I visit. It needs to be:

1. The closest stall to the bathroom entry.
2. The cleanest stall.
3. One with toilet paper.

If the stall consistently meets these three requirements, I will always use it. However, I realized I don't necessarily discriminate according to the size of the stall. (I sometimes find myself crammed into that tiny stall where you hardly have room to enter AND shut the door.) And once one of these three criteria is no longer being met, I easily move on to the next stall. In which case, size might play a role in my choice, but cleanliness always takes priority.

TMFH: Sore Muscles

Massages go a long way. The more frequent, the better. Just sayin... :)

TMFH: Hope

What kind of life would this be without hope? I look forward with faith that everything I've always wanted will eventually happen.

TMFH: God

As much as I love you, God comes first. If I have truly fallen for you, one main reason will be that you put him before me as well.