Happy Hour Friday

• I am so SO happy for my friend the Optimisitic Pessimist. Last Sunday, she made her dream of running a marathon (and not just any marathon, the NEW YORK CITY MARATHON!) come true. It was so fun to follow along with her race on Google. I was cheering for her all the way, as were a bunch of our bloggy friends! Good job, OP!

There she is, mid race, getting a banana from her running partner. :)

Hope you don't mind me borrowing your picture, OP. :)

• I am happy that I got to go out to lunch with some of my friends from work yesterday. It's nice to get away from work and have real life conversations. Not only that, but we went to a diner that serves all-day breakfast, and my veggie omelet (did I spell that correctly?) with home fries and toast was A-mazing.
• I'm happy that the Colts and the Saints are still undefeated! It makes me happy when teams that I like do well! (Especially when one team is based in Indiana and the other team has a QB from my alma mater!) :)
• I am so excited that college basketball is starting up again, and even happier that I currently get the BIG TEN NETWORK for free on my cable in CANADA. That excites me so much, you don't even know.....am I a geek or what? I'm also happy that my Boilermakers are actually ranked this year. :)
• I'm really stoked about getting to listen to the first album by the Glee cast, which was released this week! I am hoping to crank it up tonight on our way to Michigan, but I don't know how the Grouper will feel about that.....
• I'm happy that I've finally started the baby blanket for my new niece or nephew (due in February). It looks awesome! It's going slowly, but I think it's going to look great!
• I'm really excited for one of my best friends, J, who has found a new guy. She has been through a lot of drama with her ex and she deserves to be happy....I think this new guy just may be the solution! I can't wait to meet him!
• I am happy that the sun is shining this morning. Much better than the snow we had yesterday!
• I AM BEYOND HAPPY that Tassels is coming to Toronto in ONE WEEK! I haven't seen her since March (that's the longest we've gone without seeing each other since we've been friends) and she will be my first visitor who is not a family member in the two years that I've been here. We are going to have so much fun!
• I have some other things I'm happy about, but I don't want to get too excited just yet because nothing's for sure, so I'll save those for another Friday!

Go visit Bambi and Otin for more Happy Hour fun!