Sweets And Peeps

Well another day is under the belt and another day is upon us all. Today is Thursday and its looking to be another busy one for me. Yesterday was in theory supposed to be a fairly mellow day for me at the office and I was going to be productive and get a lot of work done on my game. Unfortunately that was not the case until much later in the day. I did manage to get everything done that I wanted to, but I did have to stay fairly late once again.

To no fault of my own, one thing just let to another and my calendar filled up quickly. I did manage to get in my first meeting with my team, well 70% showed up to the meeting anyway. More than half, so I consider that a successful first meeting. Mostly it was due to the fact that I had to change the meeting to Wednesday from Friday so I could be 100% certain that I could go to the baby doctor appointment with Cicely.

So far I have not missed any of them and may have to miss one eventually, the very last one of all things because I will be in school that day - figures huh? I have this weird feeling that baby will be here before then though so maybe it will all work out. I do have a lot of classes on the coming weeks so my fear is that baby will come on one of the days that I have class and that would be tough. What do I do? Do I support my wife and baby and miss school? That is the no-brainer, or do I get the quick class day out of the way and then focus on family? It's a 50/50 situation that will weigh heavy on my heart and mind if it happens. Not to mention the judgement of others assuming that I made the wrong decision one way or the other.

No matter I will own in and hold it as my decision and go from there. I am not one to sit and stew in the mucky waters of doubt. I would rather deal with the situation at hand and move forward. Life it much too short to be mucky.

Spring Peepin'

So last night on the way home from work we remembered that we needed to stop by CVS drug store to pick up a few things. While there the candy isle ALWAYS draws us in. Whether its the smell or the colors it is well placed and well designed - kudos to the staff!

Anyway, last night was no different, so walking toward the back of the store we immediately had our attention grabbed by this pastel colorful wall of Peeps as well as many other Easter candies. There were still several variations of Valentines candy on the end caps as well that helped to draw the eye back to the Peeps brilliant pastels.

We made a hard left and walked down the isle as Cicely was star struck by the colors and smells of Easter candy that filled that particular section of the store. I have to admit it was almost more fun watching her "geek out" on it that the display itself. Really it was not some fancy big city display either, just a wonderfully placed group of product.

Cicely ohhhed and ahhhed for a few and I snapped a photo while she decided what color she wanted to take home to enjoy later this week. In the end she actually went a little out of the norm and could not resist the temptation of a new Peep, well new to us, that was chocolate covered. In the end that was her choice and we headed out of the row and continued on to find the items we were actually there to get in the first place.

It is so awesome when something so seemingly small like that happens. It can change the mood of an entire day for the better. Or make a great day even greater. I know, I know, it's nothing more than a candy isle right? But the way it shoots you back to Easter baskets full of pastels and hollow bunnies or the thoughts of coloring eggs one day with our daughter it really was nice for many reasons.

I guess the point is that we all take so much for granted in our day-to-days that we need to stop and smell the roses as they say - or the Peeps for that matter. Had we just hastily walked into the store, head pointing down on a direct path to the items we needed we would have missed the entire display and what fun would that be? Look around once in a while and enjoy all the things around. Somethings will be great and some things you wish you never would have seen and cant be "UN-seen", but you have to take it all in.

Appreciate it all and you will enjoy more. A great thing that I try my hardest to remember when I am pissed-off on windy or generally crummy days is this:

Every day is not going to be sunny and warm. Sometimes you just have to accept the clouds and rain to be able to enjoy the rainbows.

Photo: Wall of Peeps that I could not resist taking a picture of when we stopped by the CVS drug store last night on the way home from the studio. What a great display of spring colors.