Cliche Reasons to Smile Post.

Somedays I think we just need that reminder that we need to smile. So today I decided to share what made me smile:

• Waking up in a panic thinking I had slept in, and realizing I still had 2 hours to sleep.
• Dreaming about high school, and remember how glad I am that I'm in college now.
• It's finally March 1st. The countdown to finding out if I'm going to Sydney continues to come closer.
• A good morning text from Scott.
• Curling my hair and having it look good.
• Sneezing while curling my hair and banging my knee against the counter and burning my hand.
• Eating a Toaster Strudel and having it be much more satisfying than expected.
• Walking into my roommates room and having her tell me I looked pretty.
• Smelling my perfume and realizing I made a good choice.
• Not having to wait for the bus as it pulled up when I got to the curb.
• Fantastic oldies music playing on the bus.
• Talking to Aubrey Easton about life on the way to class.
• Getting to class on time.
• Having a homework check in class and actually having my homework completed.
• Getting sassy with Matt Porter.
• Having the boy behind me in class mention the graph on the board looking like the stairway to heaven.
• Doing the Scotsman in accounting. Oh I love Utah State.
• Finding someone's number on my desk in Business Law.
• Proceeding to text the number the whole class.
• Cookies and Cream Drops. Little candies from heaven.
• Having my professor continue to amaze me with how many red suspenders he has.
• Buying a hot dog for $1 outside the business building.
• Missing the bus by about 30 seconds, but laughing about it.
• Sitting on the bench with Trev and talking about watches for a solid 5 minutes.
• Watching everyone check the mail to see if their missionaries wrote them.
• Walking by the mail not even bother checking because I have embraced the fact I don't get letters.
• Having the dorm room open so I didn't have to get out my key.
• Attempting to write a guitar song in 30 minutes.
• Having my roommate Allie take me to guitar so I didn't have to walk.
• Having Allie take the longest route possible to turn around.
• Telling my guitar instructor it was JB's birthday.
• Continuing to make Beiber jokes all lesson.
• Having Leon (my guitar instructor) flatter me with me "song writing skills".
• Learning how to dead strum.
• Walking to the bus with Leon.
• Pronouncing to total strangers that Leon loves JB.
• Watching my friend Jose run to catch another bus.
• Having Jose come back when he missed the bus.
• The bus finally coming.
• Squishing uncomfortably close to random people on the bus.
• Pretending my name is Franchesca and having people ask me about it.
• Somehow determining that the term Beiber now means "Someone just checked out your butt".
• Talking about spring break and realizing it is 3 days away.
• Rushing to change and go to Tae Kwon Do.
• Testing for a green belt in Tae Kwon Do.
• Completely forgetting how to do a back 180 kick and having the boys behind me laugh.
• Leaving class early to go study for a midterm.
• After 5 attempts, finally memorizing where all 52 grammatical and spelling errors are in the practice test.
• Finding out there are practice quiz problems in my book.
• Watching American Idol with the roommates while eating mac and cheese.
• Having a brown boy sing Bruno Mars.
• Having the reminder how obsessed I am with all brown boys, especially Bruno Mars.
• Falling in love with Paul McDonald and his teeth.
• Having Kim think that Scotty should sing Michael Buble and having me laugh and the absurdness of the suggestion.
• Having Idol finish and actually getting homework done.
• iTunes shuffle proving to be effective for once.
• Attempting to learn We're So Far Away on guitar.
• Playing my song I wrote for my roommate and having her compliment me.
• Blog stalking and finding an uplifting video.
• The exact 1 minute goodnight call from Scott.
• Listening to You and I by Ingrid Michaelson and really listening to the lyrics.
• Receiving another text from Scott even though I thought he was going to sleep.
• Finally yawning and deciding it is time for bed.
• Seeing this picture and remember I get to see this boy in 3 short days! (:

Remember everyone, even in the worst of situations, you can find a reason to smile.

-Tay