Please, Have Your Happy
There's not much in life that's free, but letting other people have their Happy is. It really is! When I'm over here setting up 20+ Christmas trees, I'm all of the Happy. I might have to pay a price for that privilege (So much work! And trees aren't free!), but you don't! You get to sit there and watch me be Happy and it doesn't cost you a single thing!
It's pretty amazing.
And, really, I get as much Happy from seeing other people be Happy as I do from my own Happy, so it's a pretty Happy thing.
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"I think I might start putting up Halloween decorations," I said.
"UGH. Can't you just let it be September?" Alexis replied.
"Listen here, Miss Pumpkin Spice. It's time for some goblins," I retorted.
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"Miss Pumpkin Spice" is an understatement. Alexis has fully immersed herself in Basic White Girl Happy. She currently has two boxes of pumpkin spice cereal in the pantry. There are pumpkin spice bagels, pumpkin spice bread, pumpkin spice yogurt, and pumpkin spice donuts in the house. She has also flipped her order at Starbucks because IT IS PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON, BY GOLLY.
Don't bother trying to tell her otherwise. A cashier at a grocery store tried to complain about "too early" and Alexis was all "IT MAKES ME HAPPY SO WHATEVER."
Seriously. She stretched herself out all tall and proudly declared her Happy for pumpkin spice.
That was when I realized it costs nothing to let people have their Happy. I mean, I have to buy all of the pumpkin stuff, but I was going to buy cereal and snacks and such anyway. Buying the seasonal flavor, despite the calendar saying it's September, just earns me bonus points with the kid. She hands out bonus points and then I get to see her Happy.
That's such a win.
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So I'm going to focus on letting people have their Happy. Whether it's going to a convention I don't understand, driving a car I wouldn't pick, listening to music that makes my ears cry, or whatever. Have your Happy. It doesn't cost me a single thing to let you have it.
(Except you, Mila. You're going to have to stop finding your Happy in yelling "Stop!" and "Go!" in the car. It may be free, but it's going to cause me to have a very expensive wreck.)
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Reader Comments (3)
Love, love, love, this. It makes me happy!
As a bonus, your happy makes me happy! I LOVE seeing pictures of your Christmas trees every year! Last year I convinced my husband to put up 2 trees...this year I might get a third since the baby needs one!! 😊
As with many of your posts, I am happier after reading this.