10 Things Keeping Me Sane This Month

This has been a stressful month for some reason. Money issues, family issues, work issues, not to mention it being so friggin cold! Rather than harp on the negative, here are the ten things keeping me sane this month:

10. Sweaters
Yeah, it's really cold and that really blows when I'm walking from the bed to the shower, but at least I can pull out the sweaters! I have way too many of them. I think every year I buy a bunch on sale at the end of winter and then forget about them until the next year. Then I realize how many I have. I do this ever single year.

9. Looking forward to Courtney's Flotilla party. Good food, good drinks, good people, and of course, sweaters! Really, I'll take any holiday party, except Verizon Wireless's "Winter Celebration."

8. Cinnamon. I'm obsessed at the moment with cinnamon anything. Cinnamon muffins. Cinnamon lattes. Cinnamon buns. I'm such a spice dude, and what spice is better in the winter than cinnamon?

7. Anberlin. I've been listening to their entire catalog pretty consistently this month. They get better ever time I listen to them. Their best song by far is Fin. It's amazing. We need more boys' choirs in rock.

6. Back to the gym. I'm finally going to the gym consistently again. It took way too long, but better late than never.

5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Less than 50 days until opening weekend. I'm not one of those movie dudes who goes to a whole bunch of movies and get all excited for any crappy film, but I will be in a seat the weekend that it opens? Why? It was directed by David Fincher and that's all I need to know.

4. My small group. Really they help me get through plenty of months, but I feel like we're starting to make some serious progress and starting to look outside of our group to spread hope and good will. If you would have told me 18 months ago that I would be typing that sentence, I would have laughed in your face.

3. Pela - American Graffiti. Too bad it was released last year, or it'd be really high on my best of 2008 list. It's the best album I've heard in months, maybe even all year. Thanks Dave!

2. Winter holidays. I can't wait to spend Thanksgiving with just Kristen and I, shopping at ridiculous hours on Black Friday, and going home for Christmas. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.

1. Kristen's breakfast sandwiches. Really, it's just Kristen in general. She's the greatest wife in the world and the sandwiches are just one of the many, many things she does to prove her love for me every day. She gets me through every day. Don't get me wrong, the sandwiches are great, but she's even better!