The Good, The Bad, The Fuzzy.

There is a lot of bad news these days. I usually like to catch up on what is going on, attempt to be an informed adult, but it's getting hard not to be too depressed at the contents of the daily papers. Today it's the auto dealers that want to be bailed out and while I am miffed I'm not getting a bail out from any bad financial decisions, I do get that they employ a lot of people and no one wants to lose their job. I am also reading 58% of companies expect to cancel holiday parties this year (mine and my brothers included). And although the US news isn't by any means good, the World news is even worse with pillaging and raping of small villages by soldiers in the Congo. That is about as bad as it gets. In the midst of all this suckiness I've decided to compile a small list of lifes joys that have yet to be taken away from me:

The internet. Oh joy of joys when I am with actual free time to be able to waste it viewing all the friends and former classmates I never get to see on facebook or compiling lists of things for others to buy me Christmas on my JCrew and Forever21 Wish Lists. What would I do without you all day? What did people do at work before this invention? Forget sliced bread, give me internet.

Sleep. Even when life is sucking the most, I can always count on my 600 thread count sheets and piles of hypo-allergen pillows to take me to another world that makes no sense but I have complete control over and can fly and swim with killer whales upside down in pink surf.

Weekends. As long as I have a standard job requiring me to be somewhere else not getting anything I want to do -done, I will cherish my weekends where I can stay in bed longer, not get dressed until 2pm, hang out with my daughter all day long, and do all of the things I"m not allowed to do at work (like stand on the furniture and run in the halls and make cookies and stuff). The thought of saturday in my pj's in my warm house while it's cold and frigid outside right now brings a tear to my eye. Sniff.

My puppies. As long as I am fortunate enough to be employed and covering my mortgage so far, I have the ability to feed my puppies. Yes, they chew on things they shouldn't (or did when babies), yes they steal food when I'm not looking, yes they shed, yes I have to go outside and walk them in rain, sleet, and snow....but they are still cute and fuzzy and I love them. I believe it's scientifically proven that petting your furry loved ones creates happy endorphins and we could all use more of those...I never get them from the fish. They never fail to be the first ones at the door when I get home jumping with excitement over my mere prescense. Who else does that, right? Nobody.

And I know there are many other things I can be thankful for, but this is just a small list of joys I am taking comfort in having today. They say money doesn't buy happiness but you can pretty much buy all of that so maybe that's not entirely accurate. So if you are feeling down about the state of the world, I'm sure you can find something you are happy to have, maybe something sappy like friends and family or maybe it's just your beloved iphone. Whatever it is, it's yours, enjoy it!