The Glad Game

I've been a little (or a lot, depending on who you talk to) grumpy lately, and, after having cleaned my kitchen, I am too wound up to go to bed.  So I'm going to play the Glad Game.  Remember the movie Pollyanna, when Hailey Mills goes around the town and cheers up all the town crabs?  She's an orphan, has ill-fitting clothing, has never owned a doll, and has had a pretty dreary life.  So, how does she stay cheerful?  She starts naming things that make her Glad.  Kind of like Counting Your Many Blessings.  So here goes:

1.  I'm Glad my iPod just shuffled to Thriller, because I was thinking about Michael Jackson and how much I like his older stuff.  And it's a great song, and it makes me want to dance, even though I don't really know the dance they do in the video.

2.  I'm Glad I'm wearing fleece pajama pants, because I'm cold a lot of the time, but these make me feel like I'm walking around swaddled in a snuggly fleece blanket, and I don't have to worry about tripping.  Plus, they have Tinkerbell on them.

3.  I'm Glad we had 11am church today.  I didn't have to get the kids ready by myself, and they actually got a bath.  I even blew my hair dry, and if you've seen me at all in the last 2 years, you know that's epic.

4.  I'm Glad I got myself an iTunes gift card for Christmas, because I keep thinking of songs I wish I could listen to when I'm working out (eek, I need to work out tomorrow), and now I can.  Have you heard Uprising by Muse?  Because it is a great song.  I'm going to buy it tomorrow before I hop on the elliptical.

5.  I'm Glad I invested in cute glasses when Jacob snapped my other ones in two, because now I can have days without my contacts and not feel like frumpgirl.  Rachel K. (see sidebar for link to her fab blogs) got me on a magic glasses kick, and inspired me to really search for glasses that made me feel pretty.  Thanks. 

6.  I'm Glad it's 2010.  I was getting kind of tired of saying "Two thousand and..." every time I said the year.  I guess I could have said "Oh-5" or "Aught 8", but I felt weird saying both of those.  Now I can say "Twenty-ten".  I'm so excited about the new year that I haven't accidently written 2009 on any of the stuff that has required the date.  And that's good for a scatterbrained girl like me.

7.  I'm Glad that places like Wendy's exist, because thanks to them, I won't be making dinner tomorrow.  On that same subject, I'm Glad for paper plates, because I also won't be doing any dishes tomorrow. 

8.  I'm Glad it's almost time for more new Lost!!!  I had to add the exclamation points, because I am super duper excited for this.  It's the final season, and Tim and I have been watching earlier seasons to remind ourselves of all the unexplained mysteries, plus because they're awesome.  I can't wait to see how they wrap it all up.  Will it really all be in Hurley's mind?  What's the deal with the "incident" in the hatch?  Oh man, I can't wait.  I just hope it ends well.  I plan on buying the whole series, but if I hate the ending, I just may not invest in it.  There's always Netflix streaming. 

9.  I'm Glad my kitchen is clean.  I hate doing the dishes, but I'm Glad I did them tonight instead of waking up to a messy kitchen in the morning.  It's not a good feeling to come down at the beginning of the day to dirty dishes and a counter that is completely unusable because nothing got put away last night.  I can go to sleep with the knowledge that my counter is clutter free and the dishes are snug in the dishwasher. 

10.  I'm Glad today is over.  I'm ready for bed.