All the small things

(points if you started humming Blink 182)

There are a few small things that make me really happy. For one, when I'm getting cravings for lots of sweet and fatty food, a smoothie and pretzel from Jamba Juice always hit the spot (and without all the guilt) since the smoothie is sweet and cold and the pretzel is warm and savory. Mmmmm.

Even though it takes a lot of willpower to get up and going, I really like how I feel after I've gone for a jog in the morning. Afterward I feel awake and productive, and love how it feels to go just a little farther than last time. Plus it's nice to have some time to myself to zone out and think.

I really enjoy being laid on by my sister's cat. She's come to be pretty attached to me, and while it can be annoying that she always likes hopping on my lap when I'm trying to do something else, but she's fluffy and soft and great to cuddle with.

And finally, and I'm sorry to be mushy here, it always makes me really happy and warm inside to see the look on my boyfriend's face when one of us comes to visit each other. :)

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So just a quick update on the Nerdfighter gathering this week. I was disappointed with how our positive pranking/nerdfighter notes portion of the night went. The Barnes and Noble staff asked us to remove the wrapped candy we'd put in some books, which we were fine with since it made sense that they might damage the books. But then staff continued to come up and rudely tell us to remove them, though we'd already immediately complied.

One of the girls had been planning on buying books, but after how we'd been treated she went to put them back, which caused even more staff to come and tell us to have our friends in the other sections stop as well (which was just the one girl putting books back). We realized that even if we just put notes in the books, if any people working there saw us put something in a book we'd probably get chewed out again so we gave up and left.

The rest of the night went well though, it was fun to get to hang out in a group of people with common interests and vernacular (i.e. getting to reference memes without being looked at strangely) and I may have found a new Dungeons and Dragons group, which I'd been hoping to find.

All and all, despite the unfortunate incident with B&N, it was a good evening and I think I've made some friends.