Perspective

Whenever something big is happening that is going to affect your life everything seems to blow out of proportion. People become stressed and narrow minded. And at times they loose their sense of "measurement". The magnitude of a situation always depends on ones mindset, it is important to stay grounded and always look at things from a different viewpoint. When its actually the end of the world, everyone will know it.

I have been trying to prepare myself for the worst, when these 26 days pass and the news is not what I wanted what will I remember when I look back on that day? An opportunity that was lost? Will I be thinking "If I only worked a little harder", those "coulda", "woulda", "shoulda's" will always rack ones brain. However one must gain a different perspective. Perhaps is wasn't meant to be, I firmly believe there is a purpose to ones life and that in the end the opportunity's given and taken lead us to this purpose.

And so with this I say take the negative bitter sweet moments in life with a gran of salt and move on, because life is worth living, even at the worst of times.

Or at least this is what my mindset is while I wait this long, horrific, mind numbing  3 weeks (26 days)

4 Weeks

With 4 more weeks to go the days seem to get longer and longer.
These next two weeks should go fast, what with Thanksgiving break and all but its the following two that im concerned with.

I wish I could go back in time and make it so no one knew of the news I will be receiving, such as friends and family members. You see, getting bad news is always made worse when you have to tell 18 different people the same thing.

I still have hope, and faith but I am holding on with my bare hands and im getting tired. It turns out im not the only one counting these specific 28 days, there are a plethora of others.

I hope all is well in your little corner of the world and that you dont have nearly as much stress heading your way during these next 4 weeks.

Here is a picture of a puppy to make your day brighter! Doesnt it look like he has attitude? Hahaha Enjoy : )

Dawsons Creek

Today I spent half of the day relaxed on my bed watching old episodes of Dawsons Creek.
I must have thing for "small town" shows seeing how Gilmore Girls, Smallville and Everwood are just a few shows I thoroughly enjoy. I think I thrive off of the friendships that always seem so true and honest. The characters are always so witty, smart, and interesting. They all have some type of drive and ambition. For Rory it was Harvard (which turned into Yale), for Clark it was his destiny to become Superman, for Ephram it was his passion for piano and finally Dawson, whose dream was to become a movie director and he succeeds.

I wish I had an ambition to do something as strong as these characters do.
Lets play a game- whose town is whose?

Did you get them all?

31 dayyyss

The Movies

I am making plans to go to the movies this weekend with a friend and now I have buttery popcorn and candy on the mind!

With my family there is a difference between candies, candy for "game night" and candy for movie night. Ever since I started going to the movies with friends I noticed how everyone has their own traditional candy or food, for us its Milk Duds and Popcorn! Always, sometimes its one or the other but never something different. To be completley honest I actually never really noticed the variety of candy offered outside of the occasional Sour-Patch bag that my brother always asked for. 

I find it interesting how molded we are by our experiences with our families. Better yet, how our characteristic differences are only noticed when we are blended together and our "traditional" habits clash creating a noticeable difference. 

With this I realize that no matter what we do, we will always bring a part of our family with us no matter where we go. Maybe its only because my time with my family has begun to trickle to a close that I notice these events that occur in everyday life but these moments are spectacular if you look at them with a deeper eye.

I cant say that I have a favorite all time movie but here are a few that cross my mind:
The Notebook, Forest Gump, The Social Network, & Titanic, What are yours?

35 days
5 weeks

Snail Mail

Aren't postcards and letters in the mail such a thing of the past?

Well my cousin sent me a letter by mail the other day. I have not received a letter in the mail in a long time, normally people reach out to me on the internet. Now, having received a letter in the mail, I realize how impersonal it is to "chat" with someone on AIM, Facebook or email.

I sat down and responded to her on an adorable card with cream colors and pink flowers all over the front. It was really fun to write down a message for once and mail it off, I cant wait to do it again!

But first I must invest in some cute letters such as these, all pink and frilly, something that will make people smile when they open the less beautiful, plain, white envelope.

My cousin and I are making this "letters in the mail" a tradition now, we are becoming "pen-pals" in a sense. I encourage you to find someone to write to, its really thrilling! I plan on saving each letter I receive from her, I can't wait to watch the collection grow over time.
 
                                     

      38 days-all fingers crossed

Youtube

Today I watched a video on Youtube, I have fallen in love with Youtube recently and I realize its not Youtube that I love, its the people I follow.

Yes, if Youtube didn't exist than I would not have the ability to love these people and so in a sense I love Youtube, but recently people on Youtube have been talking about the "community" youtube really is and how once you join you are actually apart of a family.

I think it is truly amazing how people are friends with people from across the world and even across the country because of this new found community. It is because of youtube I know people in the UK, New Orleans, Boston and LA; people I would have never met, which would have been a shame because some of these people have amazing thoughts and should have a way of sharing these thoughts with the world...Youtube does this, it connects the world.

42 wonderful. glorious. days.
meaning of life.