I have a (short) paper due tomorrow, and I’m working on it right now. I’ve spent some time and specifically seven hours (straight) today working on a project with a terrible client. Not only that I had a case of food poisoning and consumed more Gatorade today than I have in my life. I didn’t get to attend my workout class because I tried to capture what little sleep I could. Plus my headache won’t go away. Yet somehow I’m still chugging along.

And you know what? I’m happy. I’m sitting here calm, peaceful (granted I have my outbursts of crazy) just trying to figure out what I want to say in this paper.

This past weekend I got to spend time with my friend Stephen, who patiently chauffeured me around for my errands and group meetings. He did this happily, no complaints because it didn’t matter to him what we did, as long as the quality relationship was there. It got me thinking of how content he was at the present, however it molded to be. And I thought, why can’t I be this calm and stress-free? While Stephen doesn’t have impending deadlines and emotions to manage and I’m always going to live with the adrenaline in my work, I should try to maintain some of that peace. So I’m keeping positive because we all could use a little positive.

Check in at 2 a.m. if I’m still working on this paper and happy!