Things that have made my week.

1. Blueberry frozen yogurt... tastes better than ice cream and better for you, unless you add crumbled up oatmeal cookie chunks like i do... mmm.
2. Talking to strangers... it's surprisingly easy to make people smile... for example:
-->Recommending the best brownie mix in the grocery store. I'm the unofficial spokeswoman for Ghiradelli's triple chocolate brownies.
-->Making your postman laugh. My postman is missing so many teeth that he looks like a jack-o-lantern when he laughs, which makes me laugh, so it's even more worth it.
-->I made a sandwich for a homeless guy who frequently walks down my street. He was so excited that he gave me a hug and told me not to let the rain get my red suede loafers wet... those shoes- he said- were praising the Lord. As i was walking back inside, he said "you are my Cinderella!"
3. Southwest Airlines... Saved me a bundle on my Nashville-Chicago-Birmingham-Houston-Nashville flight. Know what would make me even more happy? If gas prices keep dropping (for the Memphis-Indy-Cincy-Lexington (to visit Callie)-Smoky Mtns (thanksgiving at the cabin)-Nashville-Memphis driving adventure. Know what would make me incredibly overjoyed? If someone decided to come along with me on my adventures. Traveling the country sounds fun in theory, but it's going to take some LONG books-on-tape to keep me entertained.
4. Scenic tour of Memphis neighborhoods, on foot... thanks to Anna and Sarah, Sunday morning's long run effort was a success. We ran through Binghamton, Evergreen district, Uptown, Downtown, Southbluffs, Beale St (smells awful on a Sunday morning), the Medical district, Central Gardens (where we had stealthfully buried Gatorades in someone's garden!), Cooper-Young, Overton Park, the midtown Greenline, Hein Park, and back to Binghamton. Next week we'll tour the East Memphis neighborhoods, beginning in Highpoint Terrace.