{"id":318,"date":"2015-01-16T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/16\/feeling-good"},"modified":"2015-01-16T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T17:28:00","slug":"feeling-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2015\/01\/16\/feeling-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was washing up in the kitchen, dancing to some tunes, and it dawned on me that I was happy.\u00a0 Perfectly happy and content.\u00a0 Whilst shaking my booty and scrubbing a pot I thought about why that is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My family is loving and adorable and fun<\/li>\n<li>My home is safe and big and clean and pretty<\/li>\n<li>I get to stay home with my kids AND keep working<\/li>\n<li>I get to teach fun high schoolers to dance<\/li>\n<li>Naps and bedtimes are mostly reliable <\/li>\n<li>Exercise and diet are back on after a holiday break; my body is thanking me for it<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m playing with clothes and hair and make-up more than I used to and it makes me smile when I look in the mirror<\/li>\n<li>Ben and I are going out on dates regularly<\/li>\n<li>Ben and I get alone time together every night<\/li>\n<li>We are going on a getaway trip to NYC; the planning is exciting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0And lots of other small things that add up to little smiles: fresh flowers in the home, Friday Jimmy John lunches, new furniture in the living room, a new phone on the way, comfy slippers and robe, playing with FitBit, I&#8217;m reading a good fantasy book (Mistborn), and on and on and on.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I only write when things are wrong or crazy.\u00a0 This is just to say that things are really really right.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/16292564291\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7548\/16292564291_f83880ee07_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/16106819208\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7470\/16106819208_dab5c6ce3d_z.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/16294352285\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8664\/16294352285_7a78052ce1_z.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15674487633\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7542\/15674487633_b6582b1cfc_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was washing up in the kitchen, dancing to some tunes, and it dawned on me that I was happy.\u00a0 Perfectly happy and content.\u00a0 Whilst shaking my booty and scrubbing a pot I thought about why that is. 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