Friday Night Comforts

So here I am on a Friday night, sitting in my snuggly bed, comforter all wrinkled and bunched up and gloriously puffy.  All day I have been reading a book about discovery and adventure and, of course, taking wonderful naps.  I have a nice cold glass of water with ice cubes marinating inside.  As soon as they're soft and ready I will enjoy chewing on some really awesome crunchy ice.  No one else is home yet; everything is rather peaceful.  I'll probably paint my nails grey.  Soon I'll join some of my very favorite people for some delicious, warm food.  And then I'll come home to the still, dark quiet and put on my pajamas and turn on Dexter.  Donald and I will cuddle and watch our favorite serial killer do his thing ("How do you think he's going to get out of this one!?").  And yeah...that's about how it will go.

I really, really love days like this.  There's no better way to close a long week (especially one like this week, seriously) than wrapping myself up in every comfort in the world and enjoying them to their fullest.  (By the way, t

he ice is getting really wonderful at this point.  Mm.  Ice.)

I like the average college weekend as much as the next person, but sometimes it's just really nice to get away from parties and people, people, people, and just enjoy the really simple things that make you happy.

This morning I woke up and it was just one of those mornings where everything seems like the perfect combination of elements to produce a just-right day.  First of all, it was a jacket-less day which in itself is a thing of wonder.  I'm so not ready for cold yet.  And as I walked to the TRAX station, there was a warm wind blowing thousands of leaves all over earth.  Not only leaves, the Fall Kind of Leaves:  huge, crunchy, perfectly orange and gold.  It was pretty much wonderful.  I'm not sure what it is, but lately I've been realizing how great the simple things are, and how much happier they make me than anything else.  I guess it's just a nice feeling to be content with your life in the moment, and have no need for anything extra.

Happy Friday.  Hope yours is filled with every comfort :)

P.S., How amazing would it be to sleep here??

Love, Jennifer