"Heavy Boots"

I recently finished reading a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer in which his main character frequently mentions having "heavy boots." Things like seeing homeless people or hearing that someone has died, makes eight year old Oskar's heart feel heavy and depressed in other words.

These past few days I have had a lingering case of "heavy boots."

Today a few things helped my boots to feel a bit lighter.

• Surviving a brief subbing stint in sixth grade, some of those kids are scary!
• Making homemade Orange Julius. I did this with friends last month. I probably od on it but at least it wasn't candy right?
  
• Driving with the windows down, listening to some excellent music courtesy of Coldplay. They made available a live cd from their current tour as a free download last week, I've had it in my car ever since.
  
• An aweseome/effective workout. I experienced a mysterious burst of energy, my shoes literally felt light on that treadmill tonight.
• I've been following this season of Dancing With The Stars, shocker I know. American Idol type show + dancing would usually = a negative in my book, but not this one thanks to Kendra. Tonight's season finale providing some welcomed entertainment while I was working on cards. I was really happy when these guys, my favorites all along, were announced as the season champs. They were such good competitors!