Today

I worked the adult lap swim this morning from 6 am to 7 am, so last night I had to set my alarm for 5:30 (tragic huh). Now 5:30 is pretty freakin early to me, so I crawled into my bed at 10:30 (what a wild 4th of July), but I didn't actually set my phone down to try to fall asleep until midnight. "Damn millennials." I can just hear my dad saying that right now *insert laughing crying emoji*. Anyways, my mind does this SUPER AWESOME thing where it knows that I need to be awake early, so it literally does not shut up and I cannot sleep :) Last night all I could think about was the makeup that I want to buy and envisioned how I would apply it all, so super important stuff. This always happens the night before my first day of school, or first day of a job, or when I have to wake up super early. Basically it only happens at the most convenient times!!!! So it's already a rough night because I cannot fall asleep, but to add to it, I cannot stay asleep. I swear I looked at the clock every 15 to 30 minutes from midnight until 2 am. So running on very little sleep here!

But, it's actually already been a good day and it's only 9:22 am. So, I got up, went to work for an hour, ate some Special K fruit and yogurt cereal, took Jaxon for a walk and listened to a podcast (that's truly one of my favorite things to do ever), did a leg workout (I just look them up on Pinterest), cleaned my room, unloaded the dishwasher, vacuumed, and now here I am! So pat on the back to me *pat pat*. I really just did pat myself on the back. Pat yourself on the back too. You woke up today and you're reading so two amazing things happened and you deserve a pat on the back. Anyways, I work later today and then I'm coming home to shower real quick before heading out of town for a fun weekend with so many of my good high school friends ANNNNNDDDDDDDDDD my roomies from college *insert all the heart eyes and crying emojis*. I don't even know how my heart can handle all that joy, but I am so ready for it. So needless to say, today is not the day to be running on 4? Maybe 5 hours of sleep lol. I'm not a huge coffee drinker, but someone please pass me the coffee.

Today I am just feeling really peaceful and content. I hope you're feeling that today too.

Also, side note, I got this new app called Nichi to edit fun Instagram stories and it's just seriously so cute so if you're into insta and cute aesthetic things you should check it out :)

One more side note, the podcast that I listened to today is called Basically Basic and they have an amazing episode all about contentment (Episode 25 - Here's a Secret...). It's one of my favorite podcasts because it just feels like I'm listening to a conversation with my besties. They cover so many topics, but it's all centered around faith so it is super life giving and guiding. Also they say "side note" a lot so that's where I get it from hahaha.

With love,

Just Julia :)