monday, monday

i have a new favorite listening pleasure this week: the soundtrack to the beautiful movie 500 days of summer.  it's emotional.  frustrating.  exhausting.  and so so real.  during the movie (watched with clear-play editing for my own conscience), i noticed the music was moving, but i didn't understand quite how much i would fall in love with the soundtrack until i gave it a full listenthrough.  my ears say YUM.

sidenote: this week is supposed to be full of tremendous thunderstorms here in southern utah.  tonight, in a theater with my family, we heard the first huge bursts.  it was pretty sunny going into the movie.  coming out, everything was thoroughly drenched, but still over one-hundred degrees.  the rain here is magical.  the desert comes alive with pungent sagebrush filling your nose and the thunder echoes through the canyons.

the moody weather has me in a strange state of being, at the moment.  i'm a little antsy, slightly agitated.  i'd like to read my book for a while (i'm almost finished), but i don't know if i have the attention span tonight.  maybe the thunder just has me a little anxious.  i'm craving new things, again.  this weekend's road trip will definitely be a satisfying one.  just to drive through some beautiful country and see some beautiful people.  normally, i'm not a live for the weekend kind of person.  i like to live for the weekdays, enjoy my everyday.  but every once in a while, it's okay to take a deep breath and simply say, "here's to the weekend. i'll make it there with a smile on my face!"

so.  tonight, i'm saying that.  "here's to the weekend!"  tomorrow, is another matter.  tomorrow, i'm going to wake up, run my heart out, do a little yoga, eat some overnight oats with banana soft serve (and maybe a green smoothie, too), workworkwork, sew a little, read my book, and most of all, smile-breath-be.

happy monday!