Spring is stressful. With the looming AP exams, plentiful projects and tests, and end-of-year finals; it is necessary now more than ever to take some time to breathe and enjoy some of life’s little things. Here are some of the things to be happy about this time of year:

1. Sweet iced tea
2. Puppies
3. Lemonade (you know, like the homemade, Pinteresty kind in cute mason jars with slices of lemon on the side)
4. Hammocking
5. Baseball
6. Green leaves and grass
7. Bluebonnets
8. Dandelions and those cute little purpley wildflowers popping up in your yard
9. Birds chirping in the morning, especially the reemergence of cardinals
10. Pretty sunrises and sunsets
11. Wearing shorts in the warmer weather
12. Listening to music outside
13. Reading outside
14. Heck, even doing homework outside
15. Iced coffee
16. Going on adventures through creeks and open fields (just be careful you don’t trespass, as the USA believes it it okay to let something as beautiful as creeks be owned privately)
17. Buying fresh, local fruit
18. Cookies
19. Going on picnics
20. Drawing pictures with sidewalk chalk
21. Blowing bubbles
22. The sound of rain on the roof
23. Binge-watching Netflix
24. Chick-Fil-A
25. School being out in 7 weeks