It was odd to choose where on a "ladder" from 0-10 I would place myself in terms of huge questions like, "How happy are you with your life?" Huh? A number from 0-10?
The next questions asked me to rate on the same rickety ladder how much of "yesterday" I spent stressed, happy, angry, etc. Well, yesterday was a Sunday. Now it was a Sunday I spent mostly working - but I did manage to get outside and plant blueberry and raspberry bushes with Rosie. And it was a Sunday filled with 60-degree sunshine and culminated with hamburgers and grilled onions from the BBQ. So, wouldn't my response to those "0-10" scale of happiness, anger or stress questions differ if I took the assessment tomorrow after I've mostly spent the day in my office?
Regardless of the methodology or the answers I gave, I thought...
I have a pretty darn good life. A rosy life.
Wait, didn't I used to have a blog by that title? I wonder if I could even crack the password after all this time.
And so I tried. Three Google security checks later and I'm back.
And since I cracked the code, I decided to throw a post out into the world and see if anyone is still there to read it.After all, I should document a few things since my last post 1,000 days ago...I added a Ph.D. behind my name, welcomed Haddie into the family, moved to a new city (in the SOUTH), started a new job, made a new home, went to my first SEC football game.
And because some things haven't changed. Jon and I are still living out these adventures together - and Rosie is still the girl of a million faces and words and I know what we should do, guys! ideas that bring joy and spunk to all who meet her.
And, also, because I lost my precious Grandma Rosie, her namesake, on January 23. And while that may have taken me down the ladder for a bit to deal with losing a loved one, my sweet Rosie is keeping her spirit alive. She lights up the world like nobody's business - accompanied by her sister-in-crime, the incredible Happy Haddie.
And, so universe, I'm getting back on the digital horse (again) and climbing up that 0-10 ladder of life with this message that it's a very rosy life. Hope yours is, too.
