Cheers to the Simple

Here's to the simple times. Here's to the times in between getting from point A to point B, to the times spent planning for vacations before you actually take them, to the free mornings you find in between work and kids and errands. Here's to the nights spent staying in, ordering takeout, and catching up on your DVR with your best friend. Here's to the lazy days you think you waste at the beach, only to realize later that you feel more refreshed, energetic, and warmly happy than before you went. Here's to afternoons in your twenties spent painting your toenails and listening to Britney Spears before you get dressed up to go out on the town. Here's to the nights you go out on the town and forget the night, but create memories with the people you are with.

Here's to the mornings you look in the mirror and take your time brushing your teeth and flossing, just because your mother always told you it was good to floss. She'll probably never know that you even remember her telling you that, but even though it was a simple moment (or maybe because of that), you will always remember it. Here's to the time your boyfriend feels like you're wasting getting dressed for an hour, but forgets about when you come down the stairs all dolled up. Here's to conversations over McDonald's cheeseburgers in parking lots at 3 am, conversations that you don't fully remember, but have an impact on you anyway, bringing you back to a specific moment in time.

Here's to drinking coffee on the porch in a swing set reading a book. Here's to partying all night and staying up through the next day. Here's to wasting time on Facebook, reconnecting with people who you almost forgot, until they found you and friended you and you remembered a simple time when you two used to talk for hours. Here's to wasting time having leisurely conversations with people who find you on Facebook-and making friends from it. Here's to getting up early to watch the sunrise and sitting on the beach until 5 am around a bonfire. Here's to the time between responsibilities, the times you don't always think about, but that you should always cherish.

Here's to the simple.