fantastic music and a little soul cleansing

Music always gets me. I'll be watching one of my favorite shows and a song will start playing that so beautiful that I instantly go download the song to put on repeat. I'll be on my way home from work, and my favorite song of the moment will come on and I can't help but sing it at the top of my lungs because it's more than I'll ever be able to say and it's exactly how I feel at the same time.

I slightly mentioned in my post last night that I went through totes and totes and totes on Saturday afternoon. I never realized how much I needed to go through all of my stuff to just kind of clean everything out. I'm getting rid of a bunch of things that I would have been super upset over throwing away years ago. It was refreshing to be able to rid myself of things that I haven't even thought about in 5+ years.

Getting rid of possessions is making me want to clean up the other parts of my life. I yearn so desperately to get back into the habit of jogging/running on an almost daily basis. It kills me to know that this time last year, I was in the last month of preparation before my big race, an now I don't even think I could run a 5K.

I've got to start somewhere, I just don't know where, how, or when. But a change is coming soon.

excited doesn't even begin to describe.

Readers, I can't even use the word "excited" to begin to tell you how I feel right now. I woke up 17 minutes ago and Hopped straight out of bed to finish packing. What is all this excitement from? I GET TO BE IN MY HOMETOWN TODAY!! I know I just saw my family at Thanksgiving, but I didn't see my house that weekend. And yes, I was there the weekend before that, but honestly, there's just no place like home. I've just got to finish packing and then I have a lunch date with Soul Twin before we both head out of town. AHHH! I'm so excited!

So last night while I was waiting for laundry to dry, I decided that it was about time that I actually write down my bucket list. I've always had an ongoing list in my head, but never anything concrete. So last night I started it. I think I'll work on it some more and maybe post it here New Year's Day, if I can find time (don't forget that's the day of the Fiesta Bowl). Even though I'm not that big on New Year's Resolutions, I figure there probably isn't a better day to write life goals than on New Year's Day. So get excited for that coming up! Until then, I'll give you a little teaser:

• Two words: Las. Vegas.

There are some others that are semi-serious too, but today I'm in such a great mood that I wanted a semi-silly one :)

Thank you all for reading!