Friday’s Joy

Hi friends!

I’m linking up with Erica and Andrea this week for Friday Favorites! I can’t wait to read your posts:

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Favorites at Lunch Birthday edition

Week in Review

This was a funny week.

The weekend was great. Saturday morning I spent a few hours at Starbucks working on WGJ and people watching. Sunday we went to an early dinner at Hanger 21 to celebrate my birthday! The food and service were SO good as usual! Monday was my birthday and I went  to the Chiropractor and then the gym (which I quickly realized why I like going at 4:30 AM- there is significantly less people there.) I got a sweet suprise when I scanned my key card at the front desk, instead of the computer saying “welcome!” it said “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” It truly stopped me in my tracks and made me smile. The attendants behind the desk heard that and all wished me a happy birthday.  Then in the afternoon, we went to Chick Fil A for lunch, the dollar tree to look around then Starbucks to pick up my free coffee. All in all it was a great long weekend. OH! It also snowed Monday afternoon into Tuesday morning. I love when the snow is freshly fallen and everything looks perfectly covered. Then after that, I think to myself, okay, it snowed, we can proceed to spring.  LOL

Tuesday I ended up taking a sick day due to a migraine and not sleeping the night before. I was proud that I didn’t feel bad taking a sick day. (do you ever feel bad taking a sick day even though you are given specific days off, to use for said sick day?) By Tuesday night, I was feeling much better. 

I was happy to go back to work after an extended long weekend, even though the temperature on my car said some obscene number (16 degrees!) I was ready for the cold. I got the sweetest surprise when I saw the officer at the metal detector, he said ‘good morning’ then ‘ how was your birthday?!’ Again, I was completely surprised he remembered. I love when people do that!

We’re supposed to get snow…again today. I would like to opt out of the snow package this year. Please and Thank You!

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This and That 

Red nails// 5 weeks strong. Usually Friday nights I take the polish off to give my nails a break for the weekend and then Sunday night I repaint them. I love having my nails done each week. It sure does always give me a boost of confidence AND I look slightly more put together. 

No sugar/caffeine after 5 pm.// I learned this the hard way on my birthday. Two birthday cupcakes and a large Americano after 5pm does not bode well for a night full of sleep. I couldn’t fall asleep until 2 AM and I awoke with a terrible headache. 

Modifying my gym schedule//I’ve been going to the gym for 430 AM since November between 3-5 times a week. This week I decided to give myself a break not to only sleep in BUT also to re-evaluate my gym schedule. I need something more sustainable; while I love my daily workouts, I need to change it up. I will ponder on this, this weekend. 

and lastly, isn’t this neat?! 

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Looking Ahead 

The last full week in January? How did that happen? 

Girl Dinner monthly dinner continue this week as well!

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Links

NJ National Guard deploys// A family friend is deploying with the NJ National Guard and we are praying for both his safety and all the other soldiers being deployed overseas. 

Stanley Cup Craze// This makes me laugh. I held off buying a Stanley Cup for SO long and when I finally did buy one, I didn’t buy the 40 oz one because it looks comically large. I wonder why sometimes why people buy multiple ones- you can only use one cup at a time AND furthermore where are you storing all of these cups?!

Menders at Broad Street Ministry // This story came out in December last year but it has popped up on my feed multiple times this week. I LOVE this idea of the “menders” fixing things while the customer gets out of the cold, eats a warm meal, finds some resources and then leaves with their clothing all fixed with love. 

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Posts 

Did you miss any of my posts from this week?

Find them below:

Happy Birthday to ME | A Year of Backgrounds | 2024 Word of the Year

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[[Grace upon Grace]]