A day to myself...

I realized lately that I was in a hole. I haven’t felt happy, looked happy, or acted happy. I have my reasons...but I was starting to notice that I was getting a bit depressed. I couldn’t relax anymore. I couldn’t sleep because I had so much on my mind.

“Alright Lord...what’s going on?” I tried to figure it out, and failed. I kept thinking “I need to get out of this valley! I need to breath a little bit. Relax.”

The next day, I found out I had an orthodontist appointment by myself in Jackson at 9am. I reluctantly calculated the gas and the fact that I would have nothing to do all day. I always hated being by myself. I wondered if I could hang out in a coffee shop or something in Jackson, but I didn't feel like sitting by myself doing nothing. Then a friend sent me this text:

‘You take a ‘Melanie day’ tomorrow. Go do something fun and stupid and different. :) Go make a day of it.”

It sounded so adventurous, and so...on a spur of the moment decision, I decided to take his advice. I have never been happier...it was exactly what I needed! The Lord new all I needed was a little break to be myself again. My ‘day to myself’ was filled with adventures. Here they are...:

I drank water from a waterfall

I explored roads I’d never been on

I read in the middle of a forest perched atop a huge rock

I prayed

I ignored school and just relaxed

I got my hair trimmed (so girly!)

I wrote an entire chapter in my novel

I took pictures of whatever I wanted wherever I wanted

I did a cartwheel in a stream

I enjoyed

I imagined

I explored.

And then....when I was driving back home, this song came on the second I sat down in my car (KLove!). I love this song! 

The day ended with my favorite drink (Huckleberry White Hot Cocoa), a crackling fire, snuggling up in a blanket, and watching the recorded Presidential Debate (and discovering I am getting sick. Maybe next time I won't drink waterfall water ;) )
 Remember to make the most of your day, every day. After all...this is the first day of the rest of your life! <3