Day 3 of Happiness
- The weather!
- I don't know what the weather is like where you are today, but in Grand Rapids where I am it is absolutely gorgeous today! The sun is shining and the temperature has finally broken 40 degrees. I didn't even wear a coat to my math class this afternoon :) (granted the building it's in is about 100 meters away from the door of my dorm). Dripping was constantly heard across campus because the crazy amounts of snow are finally starting to melt. It's amazing how warm the 40s can feel after the frigid, snowy winter that we've had. I spotted at least one guy wearing shorts and a number of girls wearing skirts and spring-like clothes. We're all hoping it won't regress to being cold and snowy again, but knowing how unpredictable the weather in the Midwest is and that it's only the beginning of March, I'm sure this crazy winter isn't quite over yet. But still, it was great to enjoy the beautiful weather we had today and it definitely put a smile on my face.
- Going for a run
- Since the weather was so wonderful and since one of my changes that I want to make is exercising more, I decided that it would be a great day to go for a run outside. I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike inside first to warm up my legs and so that I knew I would hopefully get at least 30 minutes of exercise in total between biking and running. But man was it nice running outside. This is the first year that I'm not doing track for a long time, so I have to admit that I've missed running a bit. Not enough to make me join the team (there are other reasons, too), but it still felt great to run again and of course the sunny, warm weather made it even better. I had to do a lot of puddle hopping and dodging because all the snow is starting to melt and I didn't run very far or for very long, but it was still a very nice run.
The weather and my run have definitely put me in a better mood and I've already been super productive this afternoon and evening. I got my exercising done and I already finished my homework for Monday! Of course I have all my Spanish homework to do by Tuesday night and other homework to work on, but still, it's been a good Friday and my weekend has started off well.
Bible Reading: Luke 2:1-20
This passage is Luke's account of the story leading up to the birth of Jesus. It also includes the part where the angels come to the shepherds and tell them the "good news of great joy." It makes me wonder what it would be like to have been one of those shepherds that saw the angels and heard those message. Even though they did say "don't be afraid" I think I would have been pretty startled if an angel and then a bunch more appeared and started talking about a Messiah and singing. But I can understand that it would make the shepherds curious to go see the baby Savior they were talking about.
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