Spring Cleaning.

2006 - clearly missed my calling.

Another week has gone by and only one day out of those 7 days was warm(ish) and sunny. One. Day. Ugh. I get that I talk about the weather more than I talk about anything else on this blog and it is probably getting tired and highly unoriginal but THAT IS HOW BAD IT IS. I am praying this weekend is the start of Spring instead of yet another tease - I don't want a Spring snack. I am starving and I want the whole buffet. And I want it now. My closet is full of clothes I prematurely switched out two weeks ago and they are lonely. But good news - this weekend is supposed to be beautiful and warm and I absolutely cannot wait after the days of rain and cold we have had. Listen - I realize I have a charmed and blessed life. And knowing this made me wonder why the first hour of every day typically makes me feel like I want to crawl in a hole and quit life. I am certain it is because the only people in Nashville who are truly happy right now are the weather people who are celebrating the ease of their profession - all they have to do is predict rain and 99% of the time they appear brilliantly accurate. Dear precipitation. We are not friends. Stop trying to hang out with me. 

I am currently sitting down on the couch watching the Elton John episode of American Idol which has been very entertaining - One girl is belting out "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me." I can relate. And Randy - stop with the "pitch" comments. It is like he has nothing else to say. Dawg. MIX IT UP. Get a thesaurus and find a new way to cover up the fact that you don't actually have anything intelligent to say. He just threw out the word "modulation." Pretty certain he doesn't know what that means. He really should just let JLO talk for him. Jenny's rock.

I also happen to be whitening my teeth with these blue trays I bought from CVS. Yes, I put my trust in a generic brand to save ten bucks and now I look like a smurf peed in my mouth. It is funny how I am frugal with a pharmacy purchase but I will drop ten bucks like it's a hot potato (or FOR a hot potato) when I am ordering at a restaurant. Food trumps all in my life. As for the whitening - we'll see how this goes over. Already it has been a big hit - my roommate came home to an alien mouth and was slightly startled. I mumbled that in an effort to find brightness in my rainy life, I am whitening my teeth. This is the kick start of Spring cleaning for the self. I have been considering doing a body cleanse to help with my "must-have-something-sweet-after-every-meal" sugar addiction, and my caffeine overload from the three cups of coffee I have a day, and I figure I might start with something slightly less radical. Sitting on a couch with blue trays, not nearly as hard as getting my nutrients solely from liquid for seven days. Baby. Steps.

I also plan on getting some sun this weekend to give my skin a slightly less translucent hue and remind my cells what not being vitamin D deficient feels like. I am also very excited to mix up my workouts when it does get warmer and I am not trapped prancing in a war zone of elliptical and cardio machines at 6am regretting downing half a tub of cool whip the night before without thought. Don't judge. It's fat free.

Spring's little light, Everley.

Now that I have spent the last few paragraphs being embarrassingly self-absorbed, I want to leave you with an update on sweet Everley Burton - the miracle baby! Last Tuesday I shared the amazing results from Everley's surgery and yesterday the Burton family got the results from her pathology report - the surgeons completely removed the tumor and the chances of it returning are very small (this means it is time to call up Anne Hathaway to play me in the movie). They don't anticipate she will need any treatment. This news is another reminder of how good God is and how incredibly small the little woes in life are. The rain, a difficult client, a tired morning, a cool whip overdose - nothing can trump or shade this blessing. 

She has been the true light of my Spring season, and perhaps all of the rain is God's way of illuminating her just that much more.