High Five For Friday

Hello again!  It's time for High Five For Friday, but I'm gonna be honest and let you know that I'm gonna have to search deep for these 5 this week. I seriously thought about posting a Low Five For Friday this week, but that's kind of depressing.  Plus I'm only a few weeks into this series... it cannot be going downhill that quickly.  The past few days have been a little crazy around here.  Jesse has been sick and it only got worse last night. (Hence the 9:00pm post.)  Long story short, he's now medicated, hydrated, resting and on the road to kicking this thing in the butt!  The dog also decided to be sick on the same night.

Now for positivity:

1.  This past weekend I helped one of my favorite people move into her [awesome] place in Birmingham.  We became friends at Auburn, and I'm SO glad she's now at UAB too!  (I like to think I had a little something to do with that. ;))

2.  Possibly the biggest highlight of the week was that my dear friend (and old coworker) Heather came to visit me!!!  Well, she had a meeting in B'ham to attend to first.  (But I like to think I had a little something to do with that, too!)  It was wonderful to catch up with her! I guess we were too busy talking to think about taking a picture, even though we talked about blogging.... oops.  I've only been gone from the office for a few months, but it seems like forever, and so much has been happening since I left.  I definitely miss knowing what's going on in their everyday lives.  I mean, you never know when someone is going to.... decide to raise goats or something! ;)

3.  I went thrift store shopping this week.  Which also means I finally found a great thrift store around here.  I love ones with lots of booths from different sellers.  Provides a lot of variety.  I scored an awesome deal on a scrapbook/crafting organizer that retails for over 100 bucks (who pays 100 bucks for a scrapbooking organizer?)  It's something I had been on the lookout for for a while now as my crafting has grown over the summer and a rather unorganized pile had accumulated in the guest room.  It's huge and has tons of pockets and storage.  I was able to fit [nearly] everything inside.   Oh, the picture:  this golden armadillo was nearly a foot long.  The same booth also had another smaller armadillo figurine.  I laughed out loud when I saw them. You never know what you'll come across while thrifting!

...digging deeper now...

4.  More organization occurred this week.  In preparation for starting school, I decided that my study place needed to be a happy place.  So my cork board got a makeover with cute fabric, decorative tacks, and a little paint around the edges.  A calendar was installed.  And some [anticipated] much needed inspiration hung.  Also, pens, pencils, and markers were tested and organized.  And that strange wooden leaf-carved thing to the left of the lamp is a Glade Diffuser that I got for 98cents (after $5off coupon) this week.  It smells like pineapple.... my little tropical paradise. Okay, that's enough of that. :)

5.  I'm just thankful that I am not sick and have the energy to take care of my husband.  We rarely catch anything around here, especially Jesse.  It stinks feeling bad, and I think it's worse when you're not used to feeling that way.  Hopefully I won't be round two for this thing.  For now, I'll just be grateful for my health and glad that we have each other!

Hope you all have a great weekend!