Happy Friday!
Glorious day! Friday is one of my favorite "f" words, right behind food and family. If you haven't treated yourself yet today, go do it now...or when you can, but definitely today. Why? You survived the week's challenges and you deserve it. We can get caught up and forget celebrate the little things.
It's been a long week, even if we had a snow day. I had three tests, and I did fairly well on all of them. I do have a little bit of breathing room until next Thursday and Friday, and then next weekend I can relax by going to visit my sister, seeing my parents, and hopefully going to see "Annie" with Courtney (an amazing human who lets me rant and vent).
My latest Odyssey article links: In Remembrance of Lost Panthers and 14 Signs You Might Be A Hopeless Romantic.
Coming back from working out, Courtney and I started talking about Valentine's Day and I know how excited she gets about that "holiday". She, bless her heart, said that it's a little sad that she doesn't have a valentine to share it with. She'll probably kill me for saying that, but what I said after should make up for it (fingers-crossed!). First thing I said, "You're not alone in that not having a valentine." But the second thing I said is what is important: "enjoy the day for yourself, or be your own valentine".
Many people, myself included, get caught up in the commercialistic aspect of the holiday and end up feeling sad or get the pity looks from your friends in relationships. It's hard not to get caught up in the mess. Our society puts so much emphasis on having a boyfriend or girlfriend or just have someone to spend the day with. And on the of chance, if you don't have someone, society has this way of "trying" to make you feel better about it. I recently realized that, single or in a relationship, you should at least be your own valentine. Instead of wallowing, spend the day doing something you love to do or with people who make you happy/ make you feel comfortable about yourself.
On Parks and Recreation, the girl characters all get together the day before (February 13th) and have brunch and give each other presents. It's Galentine's Day. A day to best with your best girl-friends. Still to this day, it's one of my absolute favorite episodes because of that fact. Not worrying about having a date or getting a significant other or feeling sad you don't have anybody to spend the day with, instead they are spending it together, whether or not you're in a relationship, and enjoying the company.
Until next week,
Thought of the day
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