Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Floating Leaf
As I was walking to class today I was so happy to see the beautiful leaves falling from the trees. Then I noticed that one small, yellow leaf was suspended midair and was just spinning in the breeze. The piece of random web that this leaf had gotten stuck on was invisible but from a certain angle and so this leaf seemed to be stuck midair trying to follow the laws of gravity but unable to do so. That's kind of how I have felt lately and because of that I realize that there are some things that I need to change. I have been so serious and so driven that I have not taken the time to find any joy in my life right now. I'm not happy and it's my own fault. So I've decided to change some things and do away with others...at least for a little while. :) I've decided that I need to not be so serious and so stressed out. I think when I walked into my midterm and forgot everything because I was so stressed is a sign that I need to chill out a bit. By chilling out I mean that I'm going to take any unnecessary stressors from my life for a little while. I'm going to try to stop eating food that I'm allergic to and make me feel like crap, like chocolate, wheat and milk. I'm not going to date for a little while. I've been to stressed about this and it is absolutely ridiculous to be honest. I just need to have fun for a little while with nothing serious in any shape or form. I also am going to try to not do homework after 5pm unless absolutely necessary. I'm also going to make time to exercise more because it makes me feel good. Making time for this is the problem that I'm going to fix. I need to start going to the temple again at least every other week. The most important though is that I need to stop being so serious and negative by learning more about why God loves me and why that should entice me to accept and love myself. Does this all seem pretty overwhelming? Yes but I need to make some changes and this will help. So there you go.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Good Night Nurse it's been awhile.
There has been so many things going on since I last wrote that I don't know what to write! As much sense as that doesn't make here is a small list of things that have happened. Good grief.
1. Jon got his mission call to Peru....and has now been in Peru for about a month.
- Dropping Jon off at the MTC was the neatest thing and made me realize how important his mission is. I am so incredibly proud of him. Before he left we went on our last brother/sister date and it was super fun. Here are a few of the pics of that and him at the MTC. Oh and the picture of him flexing his muscles in the wetsuit needs some explanation. We went swimming for the last time in 2 years and he forgot his suit. Luckily :) I had my wetsuit in the back of my car. So that is what he wore...the end. Basically it was the funniest thing of all time.
2. My family moved about 11 blocks away from my apartment. While at first this was pretty tough to swallow the fact that my grocery bill for last month was $14.54 was pretty nice. I think this situation has the makings of a good deal.
3. I finished my Independent Study courses so my credit load for this semester went from 20 to 17. I find that after having the load of 20 credits for the first few weeks of school 17 is quite nice.
4. This one is important. I am really debating whether or not I should change the emphasis for my masters to Egyptian archaeology as opposed to Mayan archaeology. I have been debating that for quite sometime now. I like digging in the sand as opposed to the mosquito rainforest and my professor doesn't put me to sleep. I think I need to go on a dig in Guatemala to be sure but that is how it is looking for the moment...we shall see.
5. Today I am sicker than a dog...that has to make a list because I usually get sick from utter exhaustion and lack of sleep but today it is due to a head cold that I picked up at work. Basically at the moment I hate my life. At least the part of it where my head is full of cotton and snot and the pressure makes it hard to function. That is all.
So basically there is a list of 5 things that have happened since I last wrote. There have been so many more but without time to write I seem to have forgotten them. Oh well. :)
1. Jon got his mission call to Peru....and has now been in Peru for about a month.
- Dropping Jon off at the MTC was the neatest thing and made me realize how important his mission is. I am so incredibly proud of him. Before he left we went on our last brother/sister date and it was super fun. Here are a few of the pics of that and him at the MTC. Oh and the picture of him flexing his muscles in the wetsuit needs some explanation. We went swimming for the last time in 2 years and he forgot his suit. Luckily :) I had my wetsuit in the back of my car. So that is what he wore...the end. Basically it was the funniest thing of all time.
2. My family moved about 11 blocks away from my apartment. While at first this was pretty tough to swallow the fact that my grocery bill for last month was $14.54 was pretty nice. I think this situation has the makings of a good deal.
3. I finished my Independent Study courses so my credit load for this semester went from 20 to 17. I find that after having the load of 20 credits for the first few weeks of school 17 is quite nice.
4. This one is important. I am really debating whether or not I should change the emphasis for my masters to Egyptian archaeology as opposed to Mayan archaeology. I have been debating that for quite sometime now. I like digging in the sand as opposed to the mosquito rainforest and my professor doesn't put me to sleep. I think I need to go on a dig in Guatemala to be sure but that is how it is looking for the moment...we shall see.
5. Today I am sicker than a dog...that has to make a list because I usually get sick from utter exhaustion and lack of sleep but today it is due to a head cold that I picked up at work. Basically at the moment I hate my life. At least the part of it where my head is full of cotton and snot and the pressure makes it hard to function. That is all.
So basically there is a list of 5 things that have happened since I last wrote. There have been so many more but without time to write I seem to have forgotten them. Oh well. :)
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