Looking forward to the weekend!

It’s Friday!

It’s amazing how listening to good music can pass the time and effectively prevent outbreaks of road rage. Josh Groban, thank you for keeping me sane during my 15.75 mile, 90-minute drive home tonight.

I always feel guilty when I am tempted to grumble about a traffic pile-up like the one we experienced this afternoon. Truly bad traffic normally happens when there’s a fatality, critical injury, or some other tragic accident and police officers must close off a section of the road. I remind myself that although I am inconvenienced by the sluggish drive home, at least I’m going to make it home safely. Someone out there wasn’t quite so lucky. That puts everything in perspective.

With this in mind, despite the horrendous traffic, I managed to keep my blood pressure in check. In addition to an attitude alignment and some Josh-therapy, I believe my state of calm was attributed to the wonderful realization that it’s Friday and I didn’t have anything specific planned for the evening. It’s a rare occasion to be in the midst of the summer and not have a bon dance that I felt compelled to attend. I had nowhere to rush off to — and no work tomorrow. How glorious!

I picked up Waldo’s vegetarian pizza and salads along the way home and spent the evening watching DVR recorded episodes of “What Not To Wear” with Hubby. It doesn’t get much better than that. Sometimes it’s the most simple of pleasures that I am most thankful for. What are you thankful for tonight?