"Sunshine, lollipops, rainbows and lemon drops."

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-- think about such things."

Know what?  I got the sadness out of my system for now.  I'm back to thinking about the things I'm looking forward to.  I'm gonna share those things so I don't get bogged down in the sad stuff.  Life's too short to always be thinking about sad things. 

If I ever read this when I am sad, I will want to punch myself in the face.  Sorry future self.

I'm excited about being in Evansville for the fall.  

I'm excited about the leaves changing.

I'm excited about it actually being truly cold for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I'm excited about sweaters and jackets.

I'm excited about big, open skies. 

I'm excited about the clear air that makes everything look brighter.

I'm excited about living in the apartment for a while.

I'm excited about living near Janet, Mark, Christopher and Casey.

I'm excited about Walmart.  (The Walmart is super clean.  ...It's the little things)

I'm excited about Turoni's pizza.

I'm excited about Donut Bank.  

I'm excited about Target Supercenter.

I'm excited about looking for a house.  

I'm excited about blowing up Pinterest with all my plans for our new house.

I'm excited about going to Trees and Trends with Janet.

I'm excited about getting involved at church as a family.

I'm excited about the (hopefully not so intense) summer's.

I'm excited about snow.

I'm excited about singing "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" and knowing it could happen.  It could happen, dangit!

I'm excited about weekend road trips.

I'm excited about coming home for Christmas.

I'm excited about meeting everybody in Disney for family vacations.

Most of all, I'm excited that Carey won't have to travel anymore.  

I'm excited that we'll be able to go to church... as a family... on a Wednesday night.

I'm excited that he'll get up and go to work in the morning and then ::GASP:: come home in the afternoon.

I'm excited that he'll get to play with Piper while I cook supper.

I'm excited about sitting down to eat, every night, as a family.

I'm excited to watch TV together every night.

I'm excited about nightly walks or bike rides.

I'm excited about renting a movie, ordering pizza and having a movie date night... on a Tuesday night.

I'm excited that he'll need me to iron his work clothes for him.

I'm excited to hang his clothes in the closet.

I'm excited that Piper will wake up calling Dah and he'll be there to answer her. 

I'm excited about being together.