Friday Five: These are a Few of My Favorite Things

It’s Friday, so I’m linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for the new Friday Five 2.0. The theme this week is workout related. I decided to go rogue and build off of my post from Sunday on Hygge. I mentioned that I was reminded of Hygge by Judith‘s Love List. There was an article about it in her list. It turns out that writing lists of favorite things is a way to practice Hygge, too. I’m doing both. Here are five of My Favorite Things that I experienced/saw/did/had this week.

1. Running in Central Park – #1 and #2 collide. I hit Central Park on Thursday bright and early with Marie and Nicole. Then met Kelly for a loop on Friday. I love, love, love running in Central Park and the love grows when I can chat the whole way around with my dear friends.

2. Seeing old friends and spending time with new friends, too– I got to NYC Wednesday and saw Marie and Andrea for dinner. Then I met Alicia for a drink at the Hyatt Centric rooftop. Thurs AM, I met Marie and Nicole to run. After work, I had a drink with Mahala and then headed to Kathy and David’s for a sleepover. Friday morning I met Kelly run a run.  If I add up the time that I’ve been friends with these folks, it’s over 100 years cumulatively! I love reconnecting with old friends. I feel like my worries just disappear. That’s hygge for sure! [I have a picture of Chicago here, too, because Abby got up early to run with me in Chicago so I could make my flight! Started the trip off right.]

3. The Today Show! – For work, I was asked to staff an event at the Today Show. Well, really it was at 30 Rock for the NBC News Team. I tweeted @AlRoker and @TodayShow to come see us. It didn’t happen but we enjoyed the lovely people we met at NBC and got a bunch of people signed up for our program!

4. Sleepover at Kathy and David’s – I decided to stay over after the event at Kathy and David’s. I had the opportunity to see them and their boys and spend more time than if we just went out to dinner. The boys didn’t know I was coming and I got huge hugs and lots of excitement. That was a bonus.

5. Working in NYC! – I love living in Chicago, but it was pretty fun to be in NYC for work! I enjoyed the hustle and bustle and some awesome food finds, too!

Making this list made me happy! I highly recommend it! What’s on your list of favorites? Please share in the comments!

Have a great weekend!

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