5 hours until

Thanksgiving.

I am home in my apartment, and it’s freezing outside. Walking home became so painful that I started to run, granted the way I ran does not say anything about what type of person I am, but if it did, I would be judged immediately and would be assigned to the special Olympics.

It’s too cold for anyone human outside right now.

I am living off of the worst diet, honey nut cheerios and quesadillas. Yeah, I’m not really a fan either. I am thinking about some resolutions I can start participating in sooner than later, but, that will involve some serious commitment. All I know is that I’m getting tired of the same ‘ol same ‘ol. I could really go for some Thanksgiving dinner right now. Beam me up, Scotty only works on t.v. When will fantasy become reality?

It is not the same spending the holidays anywhere but home, but, it’s not too shabby at the same time. I am in love with the idea of Christmas. I love the smell of it, the songs, the time of year, and the celebration. It’s all for a good cause, and if it brings the world together, subconsciously or not to come unto Christ, then let’s do it.

Yes, that’s right, Thanksgiving comes first. I am grateful for Christmas. ;)

More grateful

I was wondering what the point of my blog was. It is not exactly a journal entry nor will it ever become one. o.O What would be worth looking @ and reading? Something that came into my mind was to write down as often as I remember what I am grateful for each day...so.... Staring...now...

November 15, 2010

Blessings:

-The song "Creere" by Tercer Cielo

(rock out to it, you won't regret it)

-a friend who randomly invited me to lunch today.

 I feel the <3

-a ride to work (as i was walking there and thinking..."oh snap, I'm gonna be late again"---AWESOME? right?

-My computer really isn't broken!

-I have people to look up to
-I got a package from my Madre today :)

-I got some extra shifts to cover @ work during  Thanksgiving break=yay

-the creamery on 9th

-i found my BYU ID after a month of wondering where i had abandoned it.
-I could offer wanted advise/counsel today

-I talked with my brother today
- a long and needed nap

-the ability to change my mind!

-crunchy leaves to walk on

-Chipotle hot sauce in my cheese tortilla--it makes all  the difference!
-I feel like Heavenly Father listened to my prayers and is answering them little by little each day...

a Quote

Being on facebook you come across many different statuses, some not so needful to know, some give you a chuckle, a repulsed response, apathy, and then there are some astounding and insightful quotes that get your mind thinking. Mine for the day is:

"Don't make someone your priority while allowing yourself to simply be their option"

AMEN!

ENT

If I learned ANYTHING from my Mom is what ENT means. She's my source of medical information. Ear-Nose-Throat. My ears, my nose, and my throat feel like they have been probed. Speaking with a clogged nose and caughing to create awkward moments is not my ideal situation. ENT...how i long for normality in that department.

Life is extremely busy these days. I feel like peanut butter, and all that I need to accomplish is a big piece of bread I need to be scrapped on. I am learning how to balance my schedule. I'd love to learn to be more organized but, man, am I stubborn...that takes time and discipline!!

Changing the subject...

I have officially decided to stop liking boys. DO NOT BE ALARMED. Yes, I am interested in men. No, I am NOT interested in women. It is more like, I find that there is no real point in liking a guy or even being remotely interested. Where has it gotten me? Let me give you the answer: Absolutely no where. Solution? I have no idea. I just figure, if it is right...it shouldn't be that hard or complicated. I guess the timing is off. Man, I need to go to get my watch checked, especially if my timing is off, wouldn't you say?

I need to go read my scriptures and get some shut eye, although I wish i could keep writing. Good night to the poor soul who is reading this. 'Til the next entry.

Jumbled Thoughts

I have been meaning to write in my blog so much sooner than this, and of course, I am writing at almost one in the morning when my brain does not work as well nor as quickly, nevertheless, I have the ganas the desire/drive/ambition??? to write today. (Ganas is a hard word to translate for me).

In my pocketsize notebook that goes everywhere with me, i started to write about an experience I had @ BYU Laundry with a customer. I started this short story and never finished, but, I have the title:

"If You're Nice--You'll Be Taken Care of "

An Illens Dort, from the Department of Translation, came to the counter here @ BYU Luandry, where I co-exist with everyone else's dirty clothes but my own. His pleasant demeanor awaited me and as I approached the counter he calmly waited for me  with his eight shirts anxious to be tagged and cleaned. I asked him if he'd been here within the last month because if not, we'ld have to re-put his information into our system. Giving me his last name I typed away and with relief clicked on his previously registered information. Happily, I informed Illens that the stystem recognized him, that we had him in the system, with which he slyly replied "I'm still alive." A smile took over the bottom half of my face to which the responisiblity of this action goes towards this tall, middle-aged African American man's humor. Again he spoke..."You have a beautiful smile." That comment, along with his charm and humor made me want to make sure his order was very well taken care of. If you're nice, you'll be taken care of, not just @ the laundromat.

Besides that story that happened over a week ago, so much happens that I forget about it. A lot of really great things have been happening in my life...i just lack one thing, but, we can't win them all.


I'll write again with more time and energy in the near future.

PAZ FUERA

What I found in my Spanish Scriptures

I am reading my scriptures in castellano and I had put in an article that I read in the Church News while I was serving in Miraflores, Peru (near Piura). I liked it so much that i taped it in like it was part of my scriptures, and it actually is, since it is from our living prophet Thomas S. Monson. Here's what it says. Read it. Absorb it. Live it. I will try to do it too.

"President Monson quoted from a national magazine article by Arthur Gordon, who wrote that on the day his father had promised to take him and his younger brother to the circus his father received a phone call about some urgent business that required his attention downtown. They boys, prepared to be disapopinted, heard their father say, "No, I won't be down. It'll have to wait." They boys' mother said, "The circus keeps coming back, you know." To this, the father said, "I know, but childhood doesn't."

President Monson said, "If you do something that turns out not quite as you had planned, you can almost always put it right, get over it, learn from it. But once you've missed out on something, it's gone...

"Send that note to the friend you've been neglecting; give your chld a compliment and a hug; say, 'I love you' more; always express your thanks. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Friends move away, children grow up, loved ones pass on. It's so easy to take others for granted, until that day when they're gone from our lives adn we are left with feelings of 'what if' and 'if only'...Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey and share our love with friends and family. One day, each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us not put off what is most important."

:) Dang, is he SO right!

Rocky

I feel like Rocky Balboa right now, more like @ the beginning of the movie where he is just fighting for his dreams and the good in life, but hasn't been given the greatest of circumstances to work with. A guy just looking for an opportunity...but opportunity doesn't exactly knock on his door. Balboa...Tartaglia...they are both Italian names. We are more similar than I suspected...