To balance out all the whining and the belly-aching I've done about my oh-so-dramatic Hell Week, I present to you a list of things that haven't sucked so much. In fact, these things just downright made me smile. Or laugh. Sometimes both!

Things That Made Me Happy This Week:

• Dean Martin's rendition of "That's Amore."
• Jazz in general.
• Getting to chill with my boys at WingStop.
• Capturing proof of my faceplant on film for all of the internet to enjoy.
• The prospect of getting my hair cut soon.
• Cereal.
• Day-dreaming about Chicago.
• Watching What Not to Wear with my mom over the phone.
• Deciding with my mother that we need to practice being mean more often.
• Six pounds of chocolate, consumed over six days.
• Thunder and lightning.
• Having clean clothes to wear.
• Christmas music and Christmas lights in April.
• Fuzzy blankets.