It's a great day to be alive.

1. I'm jammin' out to "Crazy for this Girl"

2. And smiling

3. Got $15 back from TJMaxx

4. Robbie picked me up and drove me there

5. He got me to work on time yesterday

6. We went for an awesome run yesterday

7. It was a nice change of scenery as well

8. Jumped in Lake Mendota afterwards

9. The water felt amazing

10. Found my house key when we went back to the dock

11. Robbie owes me ice cream :)

12. Forever Yogurt just opened up on State Street

13. $1 PBRs and Coors Lights on Tuesdays at Wando's

14. Awesome girls I danced with there

15. Hypnotiq dance team

16. Breakdancers

17. America's Best Dance Crew

18. Seeing a few crews dance live in Milwaukee

19. Guys who dance in public

20. Silk

21. Having lots of different colors on nail polish

22. I support gay marriage

23. Michael's sister is getting married this weekend

24. He is in Wisconsin

25. I got done with nannying early today

26. And I'm off all next week from nannying

27. Free food from Ashly's work

28. I'm not a college dropout

29. I shouldn't have to worry as much about money this year as I have in the past

30. Laughing at other people's immaturity rather than getting mad about it

31. My hair feels so much healthier after my haircut

32. Aveda's services are reasonably priced

33. Dancing by myself in public

34. Texts that make me smile :)

35. Nicky is going home this weekend

36. Chai tea

37. Comfortable chairs

38. Chairs that have a back on them

39. When Drew cracks my back for me

40. Cracking my sister's back

41. Love laughing with my sister

42. Getting the urge to dance when music comes on

43. I have that urge right now as I'm typing this and listening to rap

44. Sleeping without a bra on

45. I went to school with people who were on America's Got Talent

46. Designated drivers

47. Being able to apply what I've learned in child psychology to nannying

48. Learning useful/applicable things in classes

49. I never had to take chemistry or physics in college

50. Walking around in just bra and underwear around your roommates

Despite some negative things...

1. I can still find a million reasons to smile

2. My grandpa's 80th birthday party was actually a surprise party

3. And boy, was he surprised!

4. I really cherish my grandparents

5. I realize that getting old is just a part of life and it shouldn't be viewed as a negative/scary thing

6. My grandma took a quick glance at my sister and called her "Jessica", too funny

7. I got lots of pictures with family members this weekend

8. Greta has her license now

9. She came to pick me up from my apartment in Madison, so I could go to my grandpa's party

10. I told my grandparents how much I loved them

11. There were tears in our eyes, but good ones :)

12. Seeing a lot of family that I haven't seen in a while

13. Free Miller Lite at the party

14. Lori and Tom stayed with us this weekend

15. Tom made me laugh so hard when I was taking pictures

16. My family mentioning how typical it is for me to laugh all the time/at nothing

17. My sister is spending a week at her best friend's house in Milwaukee

18. The heroic police officer who killed the gunman in Oak Creek

19. Reminiscing with my cousins about the days when we were little

20. And about my younger sister when she was little

21. My sister was the cutest little girl in the entire world

22. I don't care if I've already posted that as one of my positive things because it's so true

23. Went paddleboating today with Sophia

24. Lake Wingra has boat/kayak/canoe/paddleboat rentals

25. She brought a swimsuit, so she could go in the water to cool off

26. She impressively changed into her swimsuit while we were on the paddleboat

27. Arby's curly fries
28. Lettuce
30. Spinach
31. Snickerdoodle cookies
32. The awesome chicken that Ashly brought home yesterday
33. I've been having some fantastic night runs lately
34. When you feel like you could run forever
35. When other passing runners smile at you
36. Friends who listen to problems that I'm going through
37. It's amazing how much better I feel after just talking to someone
38. Cries can actually be good
39. Sometimes all I need is just a good cry
40. It's also amazing how much better I feel after an hour long run
41. Chocolate milk after a workout
42. Focusing on stretching well after working out
43. New wedges I bought
44. My dad did all my laundry when I came home
45. How clean and soft my bedding feels now
46. Nicky reminding me of how much I like Britt Nicole
47. Discovering other songs by her
48. Waterslides
49. Lazy rivers are the best
50. There's a YES+ workshop near the end of August before school starts

**I'm sticking to 50 now :)