"After You"

Here's my little happy to share with you today:

I walked out of house this morning with my hair pulled up, sweatpants on, a solid red Tshirt, and a pair of sneakers. It was one of those days! It's gross outside, it's cold, and I want to crawl back under the covers and sleep!! Today, on three different occasions, three different boys went out of their way and held a door open for me. Not just propping a door open with their hand as they walk in, actually opening a door and stepping aside. One even threw in an "after you." These weren't grown ups either! Three high school boys. Three high school boys that I don't know. Three strangers. See my point? On some days, I'm impressed if boys at my school say "excuse me" after they belch. I'm not saying girls are perfect members of society with impeccable mannerisms. I've seen girls who can belch the alphabet to the tune of  "Old MacDonalad." (Not really...that would be impressive though.) I'm just saying that stereotypically, high school boys just don't show off their manners like they show off how many noises their armpits make before the teacher comes back into the room.

Anyway, I know this seems like a small thing but on days like today when you feel thrown together and feel like things keep falling apart, those little things make a world of a difference. Ladies, chivalry and southern charm are not dead. ;)