happy 4th of july weekend!

It's one of those days where I just feel really content and just...happy.

Since today was a short workday, my boss let me work from home so I wouldn't have to spent 4+ hours commuting for 5 hours of work. I woke up at my usual 5:30am, so I got right to work at 6am. I put on MTV and listened to music videos as I parsed through some notes, wrote a story, returned some emails, scheduled an interview for next week. I had parked Trey (my work laptop) on my dining room table (okay, so it's more like a small kitchen table, whatever), which is right next to the window, and just really enjoyed the weather, which was just absolutely perfect: sunny, 80 degrees, tons of cool breezes.

Also, the maintenance ppl weren't running whatever machine that is under the building that generates suffocating amounts of heat to make my apartment feel like a steam bath, so my apartment really did feel cool and comfortable. So I guess you can say that I feel really happy and content today because I hate my apartment less than usual. I want to say that I completely love it today, except I still haven't gotten my July issues of Marie Claire and InStyle. Even though I've complained to the receptionist twice about the mail system (unfortunately, yes, this is the receptionist that I suspect is reading my subscriptions), nothing has been done, which makes me incredibly annoyed.

But nevermind, can't let that ruin the perfect mood of today. After work, I went to the library and then met up with Tyler for lunch. Then I came back to my apartment and changed into my super comfortable cover-up that I got on sale from a recent Gap trip with my friend Monica. Turned on the Food Network and started reading Shadow of the Hegemon, which I've read before so now it's just like catching up with an old friend. Ate a yogurt. Super chill afternoon.

Mmm, the breezes are carrying in the yummy cooking smells from someone's grill! Oh, it definitely feels like summer now!

Hope everyone is having a good 4th of July weekend!