Learning How to be Happy, and Healthy

Recently I read one of those inspirational meme's that made me think and even step back for a moment and re-evaluate Laura, the photographer, painter, gardener, cat lover and new and most important WIFE.

This meme is the one with the beautiful lonely girl walking on a beach, sunset in the background and sandals in hand.  It says "The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was and the present worse than it is" This is a quote by Marcel Pagnol a french director and writer and by golly he's on to something with this one!

Now I'm not saying the good ol' days are in the past where they belong, a good long reminisce is good for the soul, however I've known a person or two who just couldn't be happy because they thought the past was better than their future, and really struggled with that.

So I step back and take a good hard look at my life, the good, the bad and the ugly saturday mornings, I realize something, an epiphany as it were, I am happier than I have ever been. Now I know occasionally I'll blog and say the same thing but to be honest I was just telling myself that.  "I'm happy being single, I'm so blessed I made it to 30 finally!, it's a blessing I'm so chubby I don't have to deal with men hitting on me all day," or my favorite- "I'm happy not being social, and staying home watching the syfy channel all day."
Actually I am quite happy watching the syfy channel- but that's besides the point-

(also being chubby in Nashville is considered sexy, I have to make sure I wear my ring because I get hit on a lot. Men here like the junk in the trunk)

My drive to and from work is 45 minutes and that leaves time for thinking, I've been thinking of this quote a lot and realized that being here with my husband of only 5 months is tough on our relationship because he works from early morning till nighttime. We have dinner then head to bed and do it all again 6 days a week. and I miss Utah, our little apt and our sweet landlords, but I wouldn't want to be any where else, because I know the Lord wanted us here for whatever reason.
Selling here is hard on Andrew, people don't trust you and there is a lot of hoops to jump just to be able to walk around in neighborhoods. He hasn't made a ton of money yet but he's honestly trying to provide for us so we don't have to work during the school year, bless his sweet heart.

But really!? There isn't a time in my life where I can look back and find more happiness, guarantee, and surety than I do right now, which makes me very excited about the future.

I have bad days, really grumpy fit throwing days just like anybody else, I get terribly lost in the city and frustrated with one way streets and gps systems. I cry FOR NO REASON AT ALL I get mad at other drivers but always, overall I'm happy, and that makes me one lucky girl.