minus & plus

-

I may or may not have brought to work the lifesaver mints

that Jared put in my stocking at Christmas & ate, ummmm THEENTIREBAG in one day.

is wint-o-mint addiction a real thing?  BETTER QUESTION - is wint-o-mint overdose a real thing?

+

there are worse things to nom on, I guess. things that don't make you

breathe minty freshness. like combos. or garlic.

-

we started a financial class at our church two weeks ago, & I feel a

little bit like all I can think about is BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET!!!

+

but that's totally not a bad thing.

in fact, after a year of marriage without any financial plan except to tithe & save-here-and-there,

it's a little bit of a GREAT thing. as much as our budget is consuming our thoughts right now, 

I know it's laying the foundation for the rest of our money makin' lives, & there is much peace in that. 

plus, talking about money almost always results in talking about future babies... 

& I just LOVE talking about future babies. they'll be little, & soft, & smell goody & little...

-

found out this week that some very precious family members are moving out of state. 

*sniff* I'm not really even processing what that means just yet.

+

but change is good, & in their case, it is great. 

we're really, truly happy for them & we'll just be adding another city to our dropping-in-to-visit list. 

consider yourselves warned, you roaming bethunes, you.

-

running out of shredded cheddar cheese.

+

replacing said cheddar cheese with crumbled feta to create what may

just be mashed heavenly clouds of potato wonder.

-

taking out my contacts.

placing contacts in medicine cabinet.

sleeping.

waking up.

tip toe-ing to bathroom so as not to wake jared.

opening medicine cabinet.

apparently opening the medicine cabinet too quickly...

contact case, sucked out by physics & gravity, 

coming FLYING TOWARDS MY FACE only to crash onto our tile floor 

& making a sound closer to what I would imagine 

the entire medicine cabinet would sound like if it had fallen.

nearly pass out from fear/trying not to scream.

get angry that something dared to make such a loud noise in my face when I'm barely awake & definitely not functioning.

lid is knocked off.

contact is missing.

curse contacts.

scratch that, curse my eyes for needing contacts.

+

my glasses are cute.

-

having people over for a movie & not having any sweets on hand. 

besides some girl scout cookies.

& when I say some I mean the six that I hadn't already eaten.

mama would be ashamed.

+

still having a grand ol' time, even if it felt like there was a vacant

space at the table without cupcakes to eat. LESSON LEARNED.

-

having to pick glitter off your friend's face because they did something ridiculous 

like walk into your apartment, which is a sort of glittery aftermath STILL.

+

glitter.

-

acting like I had my life together this morning when I stumbled out of bed & decided to make myself lunch... 

then proceeding to forget my breakfast AND my cell phone.

+

boss walking in with panera & guessing the right kind of bagel because YOU GUESSED IT, 

she couldn't get ahold of me on the phone that I left at home. 

she is all sorts of wonderful to me.

happy leap day!

I hope yours was full of pluses... es...'s.

xo, kelsey