When Words Fail

So just like I planned I wore red and white to church today to Celebrate the Utes victory yesterday. I slept sooo good yesterday night, though I did wake up an hour earlier than I planned (6am) and I couldn't go back to sleep so I just listened to Pandora for an hour before my alarm went off and my day officially started.

I always wake up at 7am on Sundays so I have enough time to wash my hair, eat breakfast, put on a (little) bit of makeup, get dressed, and get my stuff together for church. This is how every Sunday usually goes in the morning for me. I'm actually pretty much ready by 8:30am. I use the rest of my free time in the morning to listen to music, read, or play games to wake myself up completely. I'm not much of a morning person and never have been. You can't imagine how hard it was for me to wake up in the mornings when I was in Junior high and High school as well.

I had a bit of hair trouble today. I have a fringe (bangs) again and I haven't quite perfected the art of styling them right. Today I had a lot of trouble with them, they wanted to stick out in the front for some reason, I seem to have this problem a lot when it comes to my fringe. I eventually got them to cooperate with the help of my blow dryer and brush after a while. I think they kind of looked like a mes today but I guess they were okay. 

Anyway, after I get ready and get my stuff together I usually find a ride to church. Today I went with my friend Erin. I usually end up going with Tiffany, Erin, or a few others that I can't remember right now. Erin came to pick me up sometime after 9am, I grabbed a few pieces of my peppermint gum, put them in my pocket and then went out the door.

I wore a white shirt with my red jacket, silver and red bracelets, my nails were painted red, I had a white butterfly clip in my hair and another red clip, I had my hair pulled back in a ponytail with 2 red hair bands, and my hair is also red so it worked out nicely.

Some time while I was in the car with Erin my peppermint bug fell out of my pocket, this was a real loss for me since I like to have the best breath at church that I can. Lucky for me Erin had some gum, and when we got to church and sat down in the chapel near the front she gave me a piece.

I didn't even bother to look for Darik and Dylan for some reason, I usually do this. Even when I don't go looking for them I can usually find them, this did not happen today though. Sacrament meeting was pretty good, I actually stayed awake during the whole thing today. I am not so good about that sometimes honestly.

After Sacrament meeting ended I went straight to class without even bothering to look around or talking to people. Honestly, I felt kind of disappointed at this point because I thought Darik and Dylan weren't there so it was just another week of me hoping they would be there when they ended up not showing up again. I don't know why I let my hopes up so many times the past few weeks, it was kind of dumb. I texted Dylan sometime before class and asked him if he wasn't going to come to the singles ward anymore. I was kind of fighting the urge to give into my disappointment at this point in time and just doing that helped. I really wanted to know.

Anyway, the lesson was pretty great, it had to do with the savior... I can't remember the details but it was a good lesson. My mind started to get a little noisy towards the end plus my mind started to wander a little and I started thinking about Darik and Dylan again. I started to feel a bit restless with all the stuff going through my head so I decided to leave the classroom and go walk around. It's strange, my mind has this mechanism that turns on when I start getting stressed or sad, or when my mind gets to noisy. I start thinking about someone that makes me really happy automatically. This time it was both Darik and Dylan obviously. Sometimes it's Sam, and sometimes it's someone else, but that switch just turns on automatically when I start getting stressed. It really comes in handy sometimes.

I walked around the church for a while trying to quiet my mind down. I eventually came to the foyer and sat on a couch, my mind was starting to quiet down. I pulled out my phone and saw I got a text from Dylan. apparently him and Darik had been at church the whole time today and I just didn't notice them. This made my mood a lot brighter instantly, it's funny how that happens a lot when I know they are around or when they talk to me. It's been like this for as long as I've known them.

My mind was still kind of busy at this point but I was in a better mood. Class had just ended when I started walking back. On my way back to the classroom I ran into Dylan who was talking to some other people. If you had seen me I probably wouldn't have looked as excited outwardly as I felt internally. I kind of was a bit anti- climactic to be honest. All I could manage was an uncharacteristically high pitched "hey", that I think sounded really lame, a "I'm glad your back", an "I missed you guys a lot", and a "how are you?'. **face palm**. I'm not to good with sugary, enthusiastic greetings when it comes to people I haven't seen for more than 4 months, It's kind of awkward for me to show that kind of emotion, especially when I really like the person, and when they are a guy it's extra awkward.

He commented on the colors I was wearing and asked me if it was for the Utah Utes game. I confirmed that I was wearing the color because we won the game yesterday and confirmed that I was a fan of the Utes. I was kind of laughing a little too while I said it. I thought that I might feel a little guilty if they ever found out I was a Utes fan, but I wasn't sorry at all. They are BYU fans.

I couldn't think up anything else to say, I just stood there listening to his conversation with someone else. I usually don't feel really weird doing this anymore, I do it all the time. We walked to the chapel, I didn't feel like leaving him, I was really glad to see him today so I just kind of followed him around sort of. It wasn't really like following him around actually, I was just waiting for him and Darik to pick a seat in the chapel. I didn't want to sit alone, that is why I usually do this most of the time.

Sometime before the 3rd part of church started, before they found their seats I finally got to see Darik. I can't even tell you how happy I was to see him. I don't think I expressed it very well, but he gave me a  hug and this made me really happy. I was really freaking out inside the whole time. I was speechless just like I was with Dylan, this actually kind of bothered me but it was okay. I wasn't expecting to see them today so I was kind of in shock a little.

Anyway, so I just kind pretended to be looking around for a seat, and then followed them when they went to sit down. I sat in a pew behind them. We did a combined meeting between relief Society and priesthood today for 3rd hour.  I didn't pay much attention to them during the 3rd hour, the lesson was pretty interesting. They were answering questions today that people wanted to know about the church. I glanced at them a few times, but nothing more than that. I was in a really good mood by now, and my mind had quieted down.

After church was over, I just kind of stuck around the church for a few minutes. Erin was doing something else too, so it worked out pretty good. I hung around Darik and Dylan for a while before they left. I couldn't think of anything to say to Darik, I had so many openings to talk to him today but I had one of my duh moments, actually more than one. We eventually said goodbye to each other and parted our ways. I went and found Erin after this and we left as well.

The rest of my day was pretty normal. I spent some time on Destiny Online, I played some tetris, I took a nap, and I watched an anime called "Pollyanna Girl of Love". I have been working on that anime since yesterday night.

We made home made bread, we seem to be doing that a lot lately. I love home made bread a lot so it's nice to have it more. My mom made home made chicken noodle soup as well, it was great. I ate 2 bowls of it. My dad picked a ton of grapes, he gave some to my brother to take home, we still have a lot of them to eat though. I can't wait until the purple ones ripen, they take a bit longer than the green and red ones. I love purple grapes the most, they are amazing.

Anyway, I guess that is all for today, this turned out to be a bit longer than I expected. I guess that is okay though, at least I had a lot to tell today. I hope this week is more interesting than the last one.

Crimson Pride

Crazy game tonight, absolutely amazing game tonight between the Utah Utes and BYU. I've actually never listened to or watched a football game all the way through before tonight. I think I picked the perfect night to do so for the first time.  The Utes beat down BYU with a score of 54 to 10. I had trouble staying in my chair through the whole game while I was at my computer. I just wanted to move around and dance the whole time and if I wasn't inside my house I probably would have been screaming and yelling as well. It's to bad I couldn't have been up in Salt Lake City with the other fans, that would have been a blast.

I have been a Utes fan for as long as I can remember. I have no idea how I became a Utes fan but I do know that I am very proud to be a Utes fan tonight. The rest of my family is BYU fans, for some reason I have never been able to get on that bandwagon it has never seemed appealing to me at all. My love for the red is strong and it has withstood the test of time. We scored something like 7 touchdowns, and a couple field goals I think. You can see more about the game at >>> THIS <<< article, it has more information about the game.

I was on the edge of my seat the whole time listening to it on ESPN700, the U of U radio station. I don't have cable, so I couldn't watch it on TV. I would have if I had had the channel though. I intend to watch stuff from the game first chance I get. I was smiling through the whole game, it made me super happy to be a Crimson fan tonight and I was following along with other fans as well on facebook and Twitter.  I made a few facebook statuses during the game, mainly every time we scord a Touchdown in the game. I will post those here at the end of this entry.

I was really hyped for the game through the whole day. Nothing really that interesting happened today besides me playing Tetris, so my whole attention was focused on the game tonight. I am going to be wearing as much red and white tomorrow to church as possible to celebrate the amazing win.

My sister made this strawberry kettle corn stuff during the game, it was perfect for the game, strawberry is an appropriate flavor for a Utes game. the popcorn was really good, and I loved eating it during the Utes game.

My brother goes to the U of U, and I hope I can go there too when I go to graduate school in a few years. I think I would love to get my Phd in psychology at the U, that would be great. 

Anyway, I can tell I'm going to sleep well tonight, I haven't been this relaxed in a while. It's going to be a great night tonight I can tell that already. I think I better end this now, it's getting pretty late and I need my sleep because I have church tomorrow.

Here are the facebook statuses from tonight.

It's game time!!! UTES!!! ★✩★✩★✩

7:23pm TOUCHDOWN!!!

8:53pm TOUCHDOWN UTAH!!! ★✩★✩★✩

Touchdown UTAH!!! Go UTES!!! ★✩★✩★✩

Red and white forever. :)
14 - 10 Utah

9:31pm Utah TOUCHDOWN!!! 20 - 10 Utah! ★✩★✩★✩

3rd Quarter GO UTES!!!

9:48pm TOUCHDOWN!!! Utes!!! ★✩★✩★✩

This is turning out to be a GREAT game for the crimson!!! I'm proud to be a U fan tonight! :)

Come on UTES! Keep those crimson fires going! :) ★✩★✩★✩

33 - 10 UTAH
4th quarter

Wooooaaaaaa!!! AWESOME TOUCHDOWN!!! 10:28pm. Freaking amazing play, over 60 yards! UTAH!!! ★✩★✩★✩

40 - 10 UTAH!!! ♥
4TH QUARTER

Wahahahaha! Crazy another TD! UTAH!!! 10:37pm.
I'm sure the crimson fans are just as happy as I am right now. ★✩★✩★✩

47 - 10 UTAH!
4th Quarter

Those crimson fires are burning! TOUCHDOWN! 10:53PM!
It was a close call, they had to review the play to make sure they got that one. They got it though. :):):) ★✩★✩★✩

54 - 10 UTAH! ♥♥♥♥♥

IT'S FINAL! UTES WIN 54 to 10! GO UTES!!! ★✩★✩★✩

Amazing game, more than I expected. It was fun listening all the way through and following along. This game made me REALLY happy it was great. :) ♥

Moving to Blogger

I will still be on Xanga, but I am not going to be updating again until I get things all set up over there. I'm in for hours of blog post moving since Xanga has no import / export tool. Sorry for my laziness the past few weeks. It seems stuff constantly comes up when I mean to come back and update.  I've been feeling kind of tired and stuff lately. I'm dealing with a lot of stuff lately. I feel really good about this move though, I think it's what i need. I don't like sharing my Xanga with family and close friends for some reason. Blogging on a second site again will bring my spark back and enable my family and friends to read my blog as well. When I am done I will add all the stuff I didn't add on here from the past month. I have already started doing that on my blogger since I am going to be working backwards where post moving is concerned. Newest to oldest is the way I am doing it. 

Anyway there isn't much on my blogger yet, but follow me if you want. I will have all the stuff up pretty soon. I will have the stuff I haven't posted on here on there first since I am working backwards from newest to oldest, so check often.

Here is the link

Starry Skies

Moving Stuff

I will be working pretty hard to move everything here from my Xanga blog. I have been posting on Xanga since 2008, I have quite a few entries on there. I used to also post on Tumblr a while back but quit because they had no adult content filter and I got tired of running into trash. I am not quitting Xanga or anything like that, but moving all my stuff here will enable me to be a little more flexible. Like for example if I ever wanted to start blogging on Wordpress it's really easy to move posts from blogger to Wordpress. You can't do that with Xanga, they have no import tool at all. I am going to have to move my blog posts from there to here 1 at a time. I think it is totally worth the time however though.

I wonder how long it will take, probably 2 days or something like that. Oh well, I guess time is irrelevant when it comes to this issue.

I Wish it Would Never End

So it's been a few days since I started reading a manga called "Glass Mask". From the very first day I started reading it I fell in love with the story line. Glass Mask is about a girl that loves acting, the whole manga is absolutely brilliant in every way, very creative, inspiring and the plays it portrays leave you on the edge of your seat. Today I reached the latest chapter, that is I am caught up in the manga to the most current chapter.

There are 2 things I hate when I am reading a manga. First when one ends, especially when I really liked reading it. The other thing I hate though is waiting for the next chapter to come out. Most of you know the experience of wanting to know what happens next in a book, or TV, it's the same thing here. Lucky for me and other people that read manga that there are a lot of different manga so when I am waiting for the next chapter to come out I can just go read another one.

My sister made chocolate chip cookies today, it's been a while since she did that. She is allergic to gluten, so for a while we didn't do that. I don't know anything about making gluten free cookies, but the ones she made tonight were good. I think I must have eaten like 4 or 5 of them (haha). While in the process of eating the cookies tonight we also dwindled our milk supply down the 0% sadly. I guess I won't be eating chocolate cereal tomorrow for breakfast after all. I guess I'll have to improvise.

Today's sunset brought an impressive display of pink and orange clouds. It was very pretty and yes I did get a picture of course.

Speaking of clouds it did rain a little bit today as well. Some time in the midst of the rain or after it rained Darik snapped a picture of a rainbow on his phone and uploaded it to Instagram. It's a really pretty picture. Here is a link to the picture.

Rainbow Picture

Anyway, the rain made the air smell heavenly, i was outside for about 20 minutes I think taking pictures and smelling the fresh air it was amazing. Sadly I did not see the rainbow that happened for myself, though I wish I had seen it. I think I was inside trying to finish the last few episodes of the "Glass Mask" anime. "Glass Mask" is also an anime by the way.  I did end up finishing it by the way, and it was a really great anime, even though they never did finish it completely.

I know I've been a little absent on Xanga lately. I have trouble with procrastinating a little bit. I seem to be doing that a lot lately, i should really stop. I suppose me starting to blog on blogger as well will open an opportunity to catch up and fill in the blanks on both of my blogs. It wasn't to too long ago actually a few hours ago I started setting up my blog on blogger. I'm really looking forward to having my blog in 2 places at once again. Some of you know I used to blog on Tumblr, but quit because they have no adult content filter and I was tired of running into stuff I did not want to see.

I was thinking of going to Harmon's for fun a few hours ago to get some stuff to eat, I changed my mind though.I was going to get some chicken and potatoes and macaroni and cheese, but I decided to just stick with what I had at home. I think that was healthier than going to Harmon's anyway. I don't think I have been eating healthy today anyway so that was smart.

Anyway, I'm going to go play Tetris for a while before I go to bed. I usually always do that, it helps me sleep better.

I guess that is all for now. Nothing else has really happened today. If I forgot anything I will just mention it in a future post.

Oh, and if you see posts appear that are of an earlier date that means I have begun moving my blog posts from Xanga to here. Pretty soon it will look like I have been blogging on here for the last 3 years. You won't even be able to notice I just made this blog today. :)

Stake BBQ

It's one of those nights... You know when you've had a busy and / or fun day and you get home and it's night and you are totally exhausted? I feel really worn out now.

This evening we had our first Young Single Adult Stake BBQ. All the wards in the stake got together and planned a BBQ this evening. It started around 6pm. I got a ride from Bethany, a person in my ward. We picked up another one of my friends, her name is Amber, Amber and I have been friends since probably the 9th grade. We drove to the Stake center, one of the church buildings near UVU, and found a parking place. The BBQ had just started and everyone was conversing with each other. People were handing out questionnaires and everyone was going around asking each other questions. There was stuff like "find someone that is wearing the same color as you", "find someone hat has seen the same movie as you". Stuff like that was written out on the piece of paper and people went around finding a person that matched. Bethany, Amber, and I did it together. We just went around finding people, and conversing along the way.

It wasn't all that hot, as expected in November. The weather was pretty nice, it wasn't hot or cold, but somewhere in the middle.

I kind of wish I had washed my hair today, I didn't feel like wearing one of my bandanas to the BBQ but my hair is / was a mess so I decided to keep it on. 

People started eating about 20 minutes after we got there. There were hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, brownies, and cookies. We grabbed one of each and found a spot at one of the tables at the pavilion. The food was pretty great, I didn't eat a hot dog, but I did eat a hamburger. I prefer to eat hamburgers usually when given a choice like that. I did get everything else like I said.

I didn't talk much with anyone after I ate. I just mostly spent the rest of my time walking around observing people. There was a few things going on, like karaoke, slip n slide, some people were recruiting for Institute of Religion, and some other stuff was going on but I didn't go look.

I took a few pictures of the event with my Instagram iPhone app on my phone.

I grabbed some papers from the Institute recruiting table. I figured it would be a good idea to take a few classes there since I have too much free time on my hands. I then proceeded to call my mom and I asked her about taking the classes there. We haven't really gotten a chance to talk about it yet, but I am pretty sure I will soon. If I can I will take a class with Sam as well if it's possible, it depends on what time his classes are though.

I just walked around observing more after I did this. I went into the pavilion and listened to some of my ward members talk to each other. I just snacked on brownies and cookies and did this for a while. Around 9pm people started cleaning up I was going to grab some cookies and stuff but changed my mind and decided I had had enough sweets.

We headed home at about half past 9. We brought Amber home first. Bethany and I live across the street from each other so I was brought home after that.

It's super nice being off of the HCG diet after a month of being on it. I missed being able to eat chocolate and other stuff. 

Nothing much has been happening since I got back. I've been working on the Glass Mask manga, and I also have been playing tetris on Tetris Friends. Other than that nothing has happened. I guess I'll end here since I'm kind of tired and I don't think anything else will happen tonight.

Oh and before I forget, here are today's Instagram photos. My Instragram username is empathic_heart. If you have an iPhone you should get the app and follow me. :)

This first one is from July when we did our ward summer activity in Cash Valley.

Picture I took a few months ago when the sun was setting. I edited it with photo studio, one of my iPhone apps and uploaded it to Instagram today.

 

This is actually a picture I took 3 years ago almost. I edited it with Instagram and uploaded it there. 

Seeing People

So I had ward FHE (Family Home Evening) tonight. We usually do some kind of activity or have a lesson and have refreshments afterwards. Tonight we went around in groups visiting inactive people that haven't been to church or haven't been to our ward in a while that are supposed to. We got together in groups and picked people to visit. I was in a group with 2 other people from my ward, Elisa and Richie.

I have to admit I felt a little uncomfortable at the prospect of confronting people about not being in church. I had never done it before tonight so it was an interesting experience for me. I almost backed out a few times but I am glad I went now. It wasn't as weird as I thought it would be. We joked a little how it was a little bit like we were Jehovah's Witnesses since there were 2 girls and a guy. That part of the conversation was pretty funny.

We visited 2 people, one was named Paul, and the other one I don't remember what his name was but he was pretty interesting. The one with the name I can't remember was the one we visited first. Apparently Richie and Elisa were really familiar with the family and they were able to just walk right into the house. The guy we visited liked guns a lot, and he is going to gun smith school pretty soon. It was a pretty interesting visit, the guy really likes gun a lot, we don't think he will be coming to the ward, he seemed a little preoccupied with his future plans. The family was pretty nice, it was a good experience.

We visited this guy named Paul next. We were going to visit him first but he was busy with something else so we came back after we saw the other guy. He never really gave us a clear answer as to if he was going to come to our ward again, but he seemed promising. At least we got a better response than we did from the other guy. We talked about what we are doing for school and for jobs, and what we are planning for the future. We talked about foreign languages, and a few other things. We were offered home made donuts, I took one it was a chocolate one and was very good. It was a really interesting visit, and I really enjoyed listening to the conversation. I didn't talk at all when we visited the other guy but they managed to get a whole sentence out of me for this visit. I just mentioned something about how my brother knows a few languages. I left most of the talking to other people.  Paul was taking this school year off and he was just working. I don't know if we will see him, but I guess we will see.

After we got done visiting these two people we went to Harmon's. We were in charge of refreshments, this is why we went there. We got some pumpkin cookies and Oreo's. We then drove back to the church, to the pavilion where we met at first and ate the refreshments. It was pretty dark by the time we got finished with visiting so i turned on my iPhone flashlight so we could see.

I went home not to long after we ate the refreshments. I spent the rest of the night up until now just reading manga, watching anime and doing stuff on facebook. Nothing much has happened today, other than what we did for FHE.

Darik did join Instagram though. It is a photography iPhone app. Dylan has been on it for a wile but until today Darik wasn't. He has already put up some pretty good photos. I am excited to see what he adds in the future. I also became active on Instagram today again as well. Here are a few photos I added today.

Going to bed soon so I guess I will stop here.

I Remember the Day

I still remember it like it was yesterday...

I remember waking up to the news that a plane had hit the twin towers. I was only 12 years old at the time and in 7th grade. I was pretty innocent at the time and don't understand the magnitude of what had happened. If I had I probably would have been nervous. Because of my innocence however and because I have always liked action and I was a curious person I felt excitement instead. I had no clue what was going on, all I knew was that i was interesting, that something had happened and everyone was talking about it. I remember I got ready for school as fast as I could that day and returned to the TV as soon as I could. I watched that TV for as long as I could before I had to go to school. That was a truly interesting morning and it had brought something to me that was completely brand new.

I had my full attention on the events of that day while they were happening. Every school in the TV was on in the school that day pretty much. I remember wherever I went I could watch what was happening, or even when I couldn't see a TV people were talking about what was happening. I was really interested and intrigued by what was happening on that day. I had no fear, just curiosity. I felt like I was watching a movie unfold through the day, it felt kind of unreal to me at the time. Every time something new happened I went looking for more information, I listened o the conversations around me, took in every detail I could.

I spent most of that day watching TV, watching the scenes unfold over and over. Al my attention was focused on what was happening, I was wondering what would happen next, and what was happening in the places I couldn't see. I had heard of bombs, wars, and stuff like that but I had never been through anything like September 11th before.

If I wasn't at a TV I could hear a  radio. People in and out of my family were talking about the events. I took as much info as I could as fast as I could. I wanted to know every detail, see pictures, and video, etc. I, never even once felt even a slight tinge of fear that day it was strange. It probably had to do with my age like I said before.

Anyway, a year later I could kind of understand the magnitude of what happened better than I could when it actually happened.  It took me years to finally fully understand however just how bad it was and how much of an impact it was on the country. I can't really say I am scared of such things happening, I really don't worry about that kind of thing honestly, but I understand that they are serious.

Anyway, these are my comments about the 10th anniversary of September 11th.

I just wet to church today as usual, nothing much has happened today. I have been playing tetris and reading manga for most of the day and just being lazy. I was really hoping Darik and Dylan would show up at the ward today. I have been waiting for them to show up for a couple of weeks. I don't really go just to see them but it is nice when they come. I really miss them a lot, they were gone for the past 4 months doing work related stuff for Vivint. those two make me really happy, they are amazing people. I have known them for 11 years and they have had a huge impact on my life in ways people can't even imagine.

Anyway, I really hope I see them soon, that would be nice. I guess that is all for today. I don't think anything else is going to happen.

Saturday Fun

I don't get out often, so when it happens it is really nice. It's been about 5 years I think since I actually hung out with someone. I am not that close with anyone at this point in time so I usually just end up spending my time alone. I am not really that sad about this, but sometimes it gets boring. I have a pretty bad fear of stray dogs, and slight agoraphobia as well so most of the time I will not go out on a walk unless if I really feel confined and absolutely need to get out. Before today I had never walked to the local store, I decided to do that because I really needed to get out very badly. Even though I was nervous I decided I would brave it at least once and walk the block to the store. You probably don't think walking 1 or 2 blocks is a big deal, but for me it makes me pretty nervous. I am working on this problem, but it will probably take time. I had thought about walking to the store on numerous occasions but chickened out, this time however I did not.

I got my shoes on and grabbed my purse, I thought about bringing my cane but decided I did not need to. I made sure I got everything, went upstairs and went out the door. My anxiety wasn't as bad as it is sometimes, I wasn't as nervous this time. I made sure I was aware of my surroundings, all of them. I guess that happens when you are a little nervous and have no clue if something is going to happen. I made it to the store unscathed, but the whole way there I was sending my thoughts up to God, praying nothing would happen to me. It looks like he delivered in the end. I got a little more nervous half way there, but I was able to make it.

I made no plans today, I had no idea what I was going to do when I got to the store, all I new is that I wanted to go and I went.

I looked at all the store's that were next to Harmon's. Harmon's is the main store but there are little places next to it. There is a restaurant, a frozen yogurt place, a hair salon, a place to do nails, and 2 others I don't remember. I knew I was going to go to the frozen Yogurt place sometime while I was there, but I decided to wait. The frozen yogurt place there is called "the Golden Spoon". they just opened last year, their frozen yogurt is awesome.

I decided to go into Harmon's and look around in there first. I knew that there would probably be a few things I would want to buy before going to "the Golden Spoon" for frozen yogurt.

I ended up walking around the store for nearly an hour and a half, it was a lot of fun. It is a lot better going to the store alone I tell you. I have never just walked around the store on my own. It is a lot different when no one is there to give you a time limit. You notice so many more things when you have a lot of free time and nothing holding you back. I pretty much looked at everything pretty much. I looked at some things more than others, but I did get around to visiting every place in the store. I spent a good amount of time in the makeup isle to be quite honest. I probably spent most of my time in the makeup isle and the hair isle, I picked up my first items in these isles. I picked up some Garnier Fructis Color Shield shampoo, cover stick, nail polish, eye shadow (white, purple and pink), a pretty hair clip, nail polish remover, mascara, eye liner, and 2 different shades of lipstick.

When I was done in those isles after looking at the various hair dyes, hair products and everything else I went looking in the cereal isle. I picked up some cinnamon flavored Check and chocolate Chex as well, but I ended up putting them back before I did the check out. I figured I should probably wait to get them another day later in the month. I went to the bakery and sampled some of the organic fresh bread they have there. I ended up getting a loaf of White Chocolate Pecan" bread, it tasted amazing. I also tried this other one called Fall Harvest, they had just started making it. I'm not exactly sure what was in it but it was sweet and tasted very good. I think next time I am at Harmon's in a few weeks I will get that one.

I looked at the cakes and cookies and other stuff around the bakery, I was going to get a thing of White Chocolate Macadamia nut cookies but they didn't have any there today. I was kind of disappointed about this, those are my favorite cookies.

I looked through the magazine isle and tried looking for Psychology Today, I couldn't find it though. I am going to look again next time I go to the store because I love that magazine. I also looked through the organic food section, but didn't really see anything I was interested in. 

I went to the place in the store where they had candy looking for gumdrops, but I couldn't find any. I am still craving those gumdrops...

Anyway, after looking through the beverage isle, and a few more isles I decided it was time to go buy my stuff.

The check out didn't take much time and while I was going through it I grabbed some Tropical flavored Orbit gum. I then promptly left the store after this and headed for "the Golden Spoon".

I was going to get some mint flavored frozen yogurt but they didn't have any today so I got the mango flavored one in a regular size. I left the Golden Spoon after this and started to walk home.

Over all it was a really great experience, I wasn't as nervous walking back home. I felt more free today than I have in a long time. I am glad I decided to take that first step to independence today. When I got home I felt confident, motivated, and just plain great. I've been in a really great mood for the whole day. The Mango frozen yogurt was really great, it tasted amazing and it make my room smell like mango's for hours. The cool thing is that my gum smells and tastes just like it. I think part of the reason why my room smelled so strongly of mango was because of the gum.

Anyway, it was starting to look like it was going to rain by the time I got home, it really did rain later in the day. I have been in a mood for rain the past few weeks so this just made the day even better.

Nothing really amazing has happened for the rest of the day. I spent a good couple of hours playing Tetris after I got home. I watched some anime, and read some manga as well. I'm still working on the "Glass Mask" manga that I started 2 days ago. I don't think there is anything else worth mentioning about today, it has been a great day and I am worn out.

Really hoping I see Darik and Dylan tomorrow at church. I'm looking forward to church in general, It's a good place to get away from the world. 

Best quote from today. This is something I put on my facebook wall today.

"Beware the tiny spark, for that is how a blazing inferno starts. Big things are created from lots of little things. If you ignore this reality, you will find yourself overtaken by the very thing you looked down on."

Rainbow Blur

Nothing much happened today. We had tacos for dinner. I went to church earlier, I actually stayed awake this time. Darik and Dylan aren't back in the ward yet, I think I will see them next week though. It's been a really nice day today. I've been playing Tetris all afternoon.

here is something I made today.

Guess that is all for now.

If you have an alternative title for the art work instead of "Rainbow blur", I want to hear it.

A Day Late

I know I'm a day later than I thought I would be. I am still preparing everything so I can post the stuff. I'll get most of it up today, it will probably be later though. I was a little worn out yesterday because I went to sleep late the night before. I probably slept more than I should have in the day yesterday ha ha.

Nothing much happened yesterday or the day before. In fact nothing much happened on Tuesday also besides me starting my diet again though. I'll post about those things later though and put them in their proper places. Monday was fun but I won't spoil it, I'm going to put the pictures and video up later.

I'll update this post as the day goes when I add new stuff. :)

EDIT: Posted the actual entry that I meant to post on Monday. It's below the post where I said I would be coming back yesterday. I still have to add pictures and the video. I fell asleep again earlier today so I didn't get as much done as I meant to. I will add things one day at a time, I decided this earlier. I think if I try to do everything in one day I'll just get lazy again ha ha. I'll get things updated soon, but in the meantime I'll just be posting regularly like I was before. If I add anything I'll make sure to tell you in that post. I still have a few things I haven't posted, I'll stop trying to rush myself though. I still have a problem with procrastination haha. When I rush it just get's worse.

Anyway, today was nice, the weather has been great. I started playing this game on facebook caled "Feevo". it's made by the people that made Tetris, I think it's super cute and fun.

Got my SSI check in the mail yesterday, I'm not longer completely broke yay! Planning on doing my hair again tomorrow, getting my bangs again, dying it and stuff. I miss having them, it's been about 4 or 5 months since I last cut my hair. It's been about two months since I dyed my hair, it has really faded.

Anyway that is all for now. :)

 

Good News!

Yeah, good news. I will be back on the first of the month and I will be adding all the stuff I haven't posted. Quite a few things have been happening since I decided to takea  brak and I have been thinking about what I want to write about.  I am looking forward to a new month! Sorry this is so short. I'll tell you about everything you have been missing when I get back. For now thought I will just leave it like this. :)

Twister Fun

So nothing much happened today. I am on my 5th day of being off my diet again because of *girl stuff*. I'm going on my diet again tomorrow. My dad made Texas Beef Skillet earlier this evening. My day has been pretty normal, except for the evening, it was pretty fun. My ward has an activity every monday, in my church every monday is FHE, or Family Home Evening. We either have a lession or do an activity with our families, or those of us that are in the singles ward can just go to our ward FHE. We do all kinds of fun stuff in ward FHE. Tonight we played Twister on a giant Twister mat. I won the first round it was really fun. I mad it half way through the second round, and 3/ 4ths through the 3rd round. There was a 4th round but I stayed out of that one.

Here is a video of us playing. I should have had someone else take the video so I could be in it haha. I'm not in it of course.

(inserting video here soon)

Things have been pretty quiet the past week, I've just been doing the usual like doing stuff on facebook, yahoo answers, reading manga, watching youtube videos, reading stuff on Psychology Today, surfing Xanga, playing tetris, watching anime, writing new poetry and songs, and a few other things I will mention later.

I'm just going to leave it like this for now. But before I end this here are pictures of tonight's sunlit clouds before the sun set.

(putting pictures here soon just have to upload them from my phone)

Need Some Time

So I was going to post a few days earlier but I need some time to re-charge. I get this way sometimes. I will catch you guys up in a couple days. Sorry for suddenly becoming inactive again over the past 8 days. I wasn't going to do this, but my mind needs some time to re-organize and stuff. I'm sure you will understand. I won't be gone for too long. :)

Nothing that spectacular has happened this week, and I am still taking my time writing about the events of last week. I should have that up really soon. :)

Strawberry Cake

So today was my niece's birthday. We just ate dinner, it was chicken, salad, and potatoes. My sister made a Strawberry cake with strawberry frosting. I just let myself go off my diet for this one meal today, it usually doesn't effect me unless if I do it too much.  We put sparkler candles on her cake, it was funny watching her blow them out. My niece turned 10 today, it's really weird because I still remember the first day she came home from the hospital. She had Jaundice and we had to put her under this special light to help it go away. I was 12 years old, and I was totally new to the situation of having a niece or nephew. I thought it was really cool, I remember I always wanted to hold her whenever I could.

We went out to lunch today at this resteraunt named "Los Hermanos". it's a Mexican Resteraunt, a really great one. I was still following my diet at this part of the day so I had to be careful what I ate though. I got a fajita and just ate the chicken, onions, tomatoes, and beef that was in it. It tasted amazing, I kind of wish I had been able to eat normally though. If I had known earlier in the day before we left that we were going there I would have not took my HCG drops at all today so I could eat normally. I didn't take them before dinner which is why I could eat normally. If you take them and eat normally and it's something that is not something you can eat it makes you gain weight.

My niece ate this really big enchilada meal, we didn't think she would eat the whole thing but she did. Both me and my sister were surprised. We also got her a specialty drink, some kind of raspberry smoothie like drink with whipped cream on it. At some point some of the waiters came and sang happy birthday to her. Usually when it's your birthday you get fried ice cream. I LOVE fried ice cream, it hurt a little to see her eat it without me ha ha.

After we ate we headed over to Kohl's to go shopping. When we got there my niece and my sister went to go look for a watch, I just went off on my own to look around. I went all over the store and looked at purses, clothes, jewelry, and a few other things like bedding. I was thinking of buying this rainbow bedding set I really liked, but I changed my mind because it was kind of expensive.  I ended up getting this stretch ring that is silver, and has all these colorful stones on it, it's really pretty. I did't buy anything but this. I am kind of low on money right now so I have to be careful how much I spend. Sometimes I get carried away and spend too much at the beginning of the month.  I think I was looking around the store for about an hour. I saw my sister a few times, but I didn't go over to her until she bought my nieces stuff. She got a cute stuffed kitty, some jeans, and a watch. We probably would have done more shopping, but my brother had to go to the doctor for an appointment so this was the only store we went to today. My sister was relieved that my niece is still into kids toys haha.

We just went home after that, nothing much happened until dinner.

Anyway, I guess this is all. I am pretty tired so I won't say more than this right now. I have other stuff on my mind but it can wait.

Guys With Motorcycles are Hot

So Darik got a motorcycle a few days ago, and he posted a picture to facebook almost 2 days ago, it was Saturday night I think. I know he is going to look epic riding it, I just hope he doesn't get too many girls falling for him, he is already too cool to comprehend already. I didn't say anything about it on my previous blog posts because I completely forgot to mention it. Just thinking of him riding that thing makes my heart pound. As you can guess all the girls want rides now, I don't blame them, I want one too just like everyone else. haha.  One of his friends named the motorcycle Betty White, which I find totally hilarious. The bike is totally gorgeous. Apparently his friends have one too, they are so lucky.

Pretty normal day today. I was going to go to the store with my sister and take my niece shopping but we decided to wait until her birthday tomorrow to do stuff like that. I spent a lot of time on psychologytoday.com again, colourlovers,  Xanga, and youtube today. I use the Stumble Upon add on to surf through youtube, it comes up with really amazing videos. I also joined a social anxiety forum / website under the name Starya. I am not really afraid to talk to people but I am afraid of interacting / hanging out with people. I thought it would be fun to get to know some people with social problems. I have met a lot of people on there with worse social problems than mine. I have it pretty good. 

I watched She-ra on netfix today. I got up to episode 6. I love that show a lot, and He-man as well.

There was a crazy Thunderstorm yesterday night. It went on for most of the night and in the morning everyone was talking about it. If I can find pictures or video I will show you. It was pretty loud, I somehow managed to sleep through it for the most part by some miracle.

I think I am going to start posting in the mornings. i tend to get some of my deeper, more crative thoughts around morning, or early afternoon. I've noticed over the past few days as I post at night I haven't really written anything that profound, which is really out of character for me. Plus, I tend to be a lot less lazy about putting pictures in my posts in the earlier part of the day. Maybe I just might get around to inserting all the pictures into various posts I have been meaning to put them in.

Anyway, I wish my day was more exciting, I guess we all have uneventful days. The next three days are going to be interesting though with all the stuff that is going to happen. :)

Nothing Much

Today was my mom's birthday. We didn't really do anything but we had hotdogs, and this chocolate dessert, I think it was pudding, not sure though. I didn't eat that stuff, but everyone else did. I'm not breaking my diet until Thursday when I go to the amusement park.

Pretty unventful day today, I have just been reading stuff on Psychology Today's website, and watching anime. I went to church today too as well.

My sister in law came over again with my niece, I am always glad to see her. :)

I really have nothing to say today, Sunday's are sometimes like that for me. I am sure I will have more to tell tomorrow. haha. I didn't want to not post, I guess I could have but I would have felt weird.

I have some thoughts I want to write down, but not tonight. I'll save them for another day.

The Answer

So I finally got Sam's answer finally (read the last two posts before this one). He told me he thought of me as a friend, but not really a close friend. I wont lie, I was kind of hoping for more detail but I know his personality better than that. I knew he would probably choose to be short and precise like that. He also told me he has trouble with affection. I can kind of understand him better now just by knowing that. I am the exact opposite in that area, showing and feeling emotion and affection is like second nature to me. A good thing that came out of it is that ever since I learned this detail about him 12 hours ago I have suddenly gained a new appreciation for my emotion, and my emotional control. I sometimes forget that some people have a harder time with emotion and affection more than I do. Some people just have trouble showing it outwardly, and some inward and outward. I however, usually have an easy time with both of those, probably because I am so well practiced in the art of emotion, and controlling it. I am a very emotional person and I feel a lot after all. I'm going to make sure I put my ability to feel and empathize with people to better use in the future, I've kind of been wasting it. I just realized that today. I have a habit of sometimes taking some things for granted. I was a little disappointed that he doesn't see me as a close friend, but I'm fine with just being friends. I've always been really careful about not pressuring him when it comes to my feelings. I am happy to say I am at peace now.

I slept a lot better last night than I did the night before. It was really nice to get some sleep after how I had been feeling for a couple of days. I did sleep a little during the day again though as well.

Today I spent quite a lot of time on the Psychology Today website, I think my motivation to learn more about psychology has been boosted by the events of today. I suddenly have an even bigger desire to learn how minds work than I did before. I am planning on getting a degree in Psychology when I go back to school after Christmas. I am planning on going into Cognitive Psychology. I have always found the area very alluring.

I went shopping again today with my dad and my sister. We have 2 TVs in our house, but only one of them has a converter box, we have been sharing the converter box between the two TVs. I was going to look for another converter box, but then we realized we probably need an antenna more than another converter box. Our current antenna does not work very well downstairs. We decided to go to Best Buy and look for another antenna. My sister also wanted to go to Kohl's to look at possible presents for my niece as well.

We dropped my sister off at Kohl's and headed over to best buy. When we got there we went straight to the isle that had the antennas. This helper guy that worked at the store showed us which ones were probably the best to use. There was a digital antenna for $70 and then another one with less features that was $30. I decided to wait until the end of the month to get one however because of the price. I am a little limited on cash right now so I had to be careful about how much I spend on what. After this I looked around the store for a little bit for fun. I have been wanting to get a new camcorder for a while, so I went and looked at them. They are really expensive, sometimes I forget how expensive things are.  We ended up not buying anything at Best Buy, but I think I will be back.

We headed over to Kohl's where my sister was. She had decided to wait until after the weekend to get my niece birthday presents because she wanted her to pick out what she wanted instead. She was looking around for stuff for herself though. We were in there for a while. I didn't buy anything there either, but I did find a new bed set that I want to buy next month. My dad went out to the car after a while and me and my sister just went about our business looking at clothes and stuff. I actually wandered around the store for a while and looked at everything they had. I found some pretty cute purses, jewelry, clothes, and some other stuff it was a lot of fun. I will be back there for sure because I want to buy that bed set that I liked.My sister bought some clothes and a purse while we were there.

We went to Harmon's grocery store after this to buy some BBQ sauce. My sister bought some other stuff, I didn't get a good look at what she bought though. I actually ended up looking through the store for a while and ended up buying a new garbage can, one of those little plastic drawer sets that you can put jewelry and stuff in, another plastic container with only 1 drawer that was a little bigger, and a normal plastic container that had a lid, and no drawers.  I also bought some paper and a notebook while I was there. We went home after I bought my stuff.

When I got home we unloaded all the groceries and I cleaned up my room a bit, and switched my old garbage can to my new one. I cleaned up all the paper and stuff off of my floor and put my reciepts in my reciept container with all the others. I put my bracelets, hair stuf, and nail polish in the little set of drawers I bought at the store. I had been keeping them in little plastic Ziploc bags before. I put my art supplies in the bigger container that had one drawer. They had been just lying around all over the place wherever they would fit. 

Anyway, so I have just been walking around the house and listening to music on the computer ever since. I don't think anything else is going to happen tonight. I am glad something happened today, I was a little worried about not having anything good to write about. 

Oh, and I think another thunderstorm is coming our way, yay!.

 

The Anxiety

So yesterday night about an hour and a half after I finished writing my last post I discovered that Sam had texted me. He told me that he would answer my question if I answered his. He asked me how well I really knew him. This question really puzzled me at first, and I didn't know how to answer it for a while. Actually, I came up with multiple possible answers, I didn't know which one to give. It was past midnight at this time, and so I didn't want to text him back just in case he was asleep or something. This made things really hard because I knew I would not get the answer until I answered his question first. I really wanted that answer really badly and this made me really anxious. I was strung up all night and my heart was pounding, I couldn't sleep until probably 5:30am. All I could think of all night was how I was going to answer the question and when I was going to answer it.  Nothing seemed to be able to calm me down, I felt irritated, kind of scared, anxious, hyper, and really curious at the same time.  On top of this I felt a little guilty and frusterated for not noticing his text earlier.

I finally got 3 hours of sleep after a long, hard night. I sent my reply as soon as I woke up. I have been waiting for his reply all day. I really hope I get it soon because not knowing the answer to my question is causing me a lot of edginess and anxiety. Normally I can be a little more patient, but something like this (( read my post from yesterday)) is something I have to know for a lot of reasons. I hate not knowing how people really feel about me it's unsettling. I am not feeling as nervous or anxious now, but I still want the answer really badly. I hope I can sleep better tonight. Sometimes I wonder if I was being a little selfish by asking him such a bold question. I don't know when he will answer, but I hope it's not too long. I hope I didn't make him feel rushed... I kind of come off like that sometimes.

I went on a walk 3 times around our local track in the morning right after I sent him the text, it helped a little. I usually only do it in the night, but I really felt like it right then. I had to get out of the house, I felt to on the edge.

I spent most of my day trying to keep calm by listening to music, watching anime, and doing stuff on facebook and Destiny Online. It did help a little, enough for me not to feel like I was going crazy from anxiety anymore.

I fell asleep again around 11am. I slept for another good 2 or 2 and a half hours. I woke up to my dad asking i I wanted to go to the store. I said yeah, and then fell back asleep for about another 20 minutes. I found him in the back yard and him, me and my sister went to the store not to long after that.

I just bought a few things like chicken and oranges, stuff like that. I was going to buy a movie at Costco as well but decided to wait until the end of the month for that kind of thing. When we were getting the roasted chicken I usually get we decided to wait 10 minutes until the next batch came in. While we were waiting for the new chickens to be done roasting we ran into one of my friends and her mom. This particular friend also has some disabilities. We somehow got into a discussion about getting jobs, like how we were going about looking for jobs and the obstacles that were in our way. My dad actually did most of the talking. We talked about my vision and my Vocational Rehab thing, and about how I'm trying to get a job and how I am doing it. The conversation lasted for a good 10 minutes or so. When it was over we said our goodbyes and went back to what we were doing.

We went back to where the roasted chickens were, they were just putting the new ones out. We picked one and then went along with our business. We got milk and my sister got a few things like chips and cat litter.

After I got all the stuff I was going to get, I of course went straight for the books.  I looked through them for a little bit and found this book about various sciences that had a lot of good pictures and I got it. I was going to get two but decided to wait just like I did with the movie (which actually happened after this).

We separated my stuff and my sisters stuff into two different karts and we bought separately. I got done first and had to wait a few minutes for her to go through the line.

We left after this, but we had to also go to Harmon's to pick up my sister's prescription. My dad went inside as well looking for floor shine for the kitchen floor. I just walked to the isle with all the arts and crafts stuff and looked around for a minute. I didn't find anything I needed though. My dad and my ister were pretty much done by this time anyway. We left after this and went home. I was really hungry and ate some of the chicken right when I got home.

I just went back to what I had been doing before I feel asleep and before I went to the store, nothing really exciting. I did end up sleeping even more, for another 2 or so hours. I was wiped out. One thing that really surprised me is that I actually dreamed about getting the answer from Sam. I thought that was a bit surprising, but I guess I shouldn't have. I couldn't stop thinking about it all day, even now I can't get it off my mind it's really important to me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised about having a dream where he answered me. I know it's a bit insane, but this is just how my brain works when I really, truly want something. 

Nothing really exciting happened after this. I did go back to the track right before I started posting this, and walked another 3 laps around it. I had my iPhone with me this time and I listened to music while I walked and thought about stuff. I also almost went back to Harmons for fun but decided not to. I was actually going to do this instead of walk around the track. I think I needed the walk though.

I guess this is all. I don't think anything else is going to happen, it would be cool if it did though. :)

Anyway, going back to watching anime now.

Friends and headaches

EDIT: About an hour after I posted this I found out I didn't see the text Sam sent me.  Oops? He sent me one about 2 hours before I posted this and I didn't see it because my phone was charging.  I'm hoping everything tuns out good. I will update you later. I have no idea what is going to happen yet. He had me answer a question first before he would give me his reply, I just sent that answer to that question. Still waiting for his answer. :)

So today was a little weird. For some reason I felt so cut off from everyone today. I felt ignored, and like everyone was ignoring how I felt. I think it might have something to do with what happened yesterday. For those of you that saw my pulse earlier today, you know this.

So out of the blue yesterday I decided to ask Sam how he felt about me. Or in other words I told him I wasn't sure just how he felt about me and I wasn't sure what exactly I was to him. I honestly don't really know. I mean we are friends and all but I've never really asked him that. I don't even know if he likes me half as much as I like him. Having this hang over my head is not my favorite thing in the world to deal with. I am so open with how I feel about people, I can't help but expect some of that clarity to be given back. Anyway, he never really answered back which has kind of left me in an awkward position. I feel so left in the dark now. Maybe he doesn't know how to answer, maybe he doesn't want to answer. I have NO clue what he is thinking.

As if not knowing how Darik and Dylan feel about me clearly wasn't enough now I have to worry about this. Well, at least I have GOOD ENOUGH idea of how those two feel about me, enough to feel secure, but I don't feel like I have that with Sam right now. I just hope I didn't make Sam feel weird by asking the question, I did not intend that at all. I wish he would answer though.  I became overwhelmed wit the feeling that I was alone earlier today, like I had no one to turn to, no one to talk to and I buckled under the pressure and nearly started to talk to Dylan again. I didn't end up talking to him in the end though, but I did end up talking to Darik. I could tell, and feel that I am not quite ready to talk to Dylan yet again. I still have some things I need to work out before I talk to Dylan again. Anyway, so I told Darik how I was feeling and why I was talking to him again. You wouldn't believe the difference in how I felt after I felt like I had someone to talk to. After I told him how I was feeling I felt so much better. I wasn't really expecting him to reply, and he didn't but that wasn't the point. I know how busy he is so I am not so worried anymore when he doesn't reply to me. I am glad I started talking to Darik again, really glad.

I don't know what is going to happen in the future so far as all my problems are concerned, but I feel like it will be okay. I know it will be hard to overcome the problems I have with Dylan, and with some other people, but I know I can make it if I try my best. Sometimes I don't feel like this, sometimes I feel really depressed and hopeless, but I always come out of it. It's funny how much one person can change your mood in one instant, or even a few seconds. I have obviously chosen my friends wisely.

Anyway, I still have stuff I am worried about, but I don't feel like it is weighing me down. I don't know what is going to happen with Sam either, but I will have good friends like Darik, Dylan, and some of my other friends on and off Xanga to keep me from falling. Not to mention my family and God as well.  I am feeling a whole lot better than I was earlier.

So today I started reading a new manga. I'm reading a manga called "Stardust Wink". It's really great. I am only a few chapters into it and I am already loving it.

Nothing much happened today besides this stuff, just sorting out feelings and stuff. I played tetris, and looked for some new music, stuff like that. Other than that it was a pretty uneventful day. On, and I joined these Christian forums yesterday night, just for fun, and because I felt like I could get a little help at them in some areas. So far the people are very supportive and kind.

My weight loss is going great. I will wait to tell you how much I lost until the end of the month though.

I guess this is enough now. :)

I hope tomorrow will be more exciting.

The Little Things I Love

When you are really depressed and then that one person you really like comes along and you suddenly can't stop smiling.

One rainbow is nice, 2 rainbows is awesome, 3 rainbows is fantastic.

That place in the store that has all those colorful suckers and other candy.

When the flowers bloom in the spring after the cold bitter winter.

When you are in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night and all you can see is glittery stars.

That first bite of food when you are hungry.

that really great place in a book that makes your adrenaline rush.

The smell of pure nature when you go hiking in the mountains.

Long drives where you have no destination, you just go wherever your heart leads.

When that one person you really love walks through the door and you heart skips a beat.

Getting soaked in the rain after being really hot.

Finding cute, random Nicknacs in the store.

When you think you are alone and finally realize there are more people that care than you thought.

When you are afraid and that wind of courage envelops you at last.

freshly picked fruit of all seasons

Roasting stuff over a camp fire with your friends and / or family.

Playing video games or watching TV or a movie and yelling at the TV with your buddies.

The rainbow colored clouds right before the sun sets.

When in the midst of all the bad news good news finally comes.

Seeing that person you love after being separated for so long.

That magical moment right before your first kiss.

When you are putting the last piece of a very big puzzle down.

Watching the kids play silly games out in the yard with their friends.

That wave of inspiration you get out of nowhere when you need it, or even when you don't need it.

Going through various stores, not really looking for anything just looking at everything because you can.

Ice cream on a hot summers day.

Those really fun moments after you had a boring day.

Those silly photos you take with your friends.

When you are walking on the beach, looking off into the distance and it looks like the ocean touches the sky.

When you finally find that one person that just seems perfect for you.

Walking in the Sunset

You have probably heard me mention my local track on occasion. You have also probably heard me mention that I like to go jog or walk on it pretty often. I don't mean that I talk about it often, because I don't on here, but I do go walking and / or jogging on it quite often. More often than not it's just walking more than jogging. The best times to go to the track are usually before sunrise, or right after the sun sets. In the summer the temperature goes down at about that time and more people feel like going to the track. I notice that people tend to stick around the track a few hours (like 1 or 2) before sunset as well. We have periodical soccer games here, some times they have at least 1 soccer game every week, sometimes they have them twice a week or more over here at our local track. Those are probably the only times when the track becomes busier than it does at sunset or before sunrise.

Another thing that attracts people to the track is that it is pretty big and has a great open view of the mountains here and all the scenery. The air is also clear and fresh. It is really pretty. This in turn makes it a great place for running and walking, or just playing games on the big open field in the middle of the track. The track has been here for a long time, I think I was probably 7 or 8 or something like that when they made it. Maybe it was before, I don't quite remember. I do remember that when they were still planting the grass and stuff, before it was done it got really muddy and me and a few of my childhood friends used to get in trouble periodically for playing in the mud. We were kids though so what more could you expect? ha ha.

I don't even know what the track was before it was a track, I don't know if it was anything. Maybe it was just a bunch of empty weedy space before they made it over. I do however remember that across the street from the track there used to be a field of horses. I remember this because me and my friends used to go and feed them carrots on occasion. There is a neighborhood where that field was now though. It's sad those horses had to be moved. It would have been fun to have them around now. I hope they were moved to a better place at least.

Anyway, so today has been a pretty uneventful day. I fell asleep for about 4 hours around noon. I have just been doing stuff on Xanga, listening to music, doing stuff outside, going on facebook and visiting my friends profiles, watching youtube videos, movies, and hanging around with my family. I also played on my DS a little today, mostly Mario kart and stuff. I guess I did enough today for it to actually qualify doing something.

My nieces came into my room today and gave me these cute little things made out of beads. I kind of assume both of them are coasters. One of them is shaped like an 8 pointed star and the other one is just a circle. They might not be anything, they might just be decorations. Either way, they both gave me one and told me to take care of it. I will have to take pictures, maybe someone here can tell me exactly what they are.  All I know for now is that I like them.

We had BBQ chicken for dinner. I am on day 9 of my diet. I only have to do it until the end of the month. Everything is going smoothly. I bought a new bottle of HCG from the store yesterday. The one I was using prior to yesterday was the left over HCG from my failed attempt in June. All those parties and celebrations kind of messed it up. Everything is working out perfectly this month though.

Yesterday when I was texting Sam I asked him what he was doing, he told me he was playing games. I in turn asked him what kind of games he was playing and he said Online games. I told him I had been trying a few online games myself but I hadn't found anything. I didn't bother to tell him about the fact I have been playing Destiny Online for almost 3 years now. It didn't seem like a relevant thing to do because the game itself is horrible. I only go on it because while I WAS playing it I made a lot of friends. I just mostly sit around the city and go AFK a lot now. The game is usually on in the background on my computer 24 / 7. I never really bother to log off. My computer has a sufficient amount of RAM to handle it.

He told me to go to nexon.net after I told him that I had been searching for games. I asked him which ones he was playing. He said that he was trying out Vindictus, Dragon Nest, and Dungeon Fighters Online. I decided to download Dragon Nest first because I have friends from Destiny Online that are playing it as well now. I still have to download and try the other two. I was pretty excited at the prospect of maybe actually being able to DO something with Sam. I still hope we will run into each other in a game sometime, it would be a lot of fun. I still have to figure out how to play the games though. I'm still getting the hang of Dragon Nest, it's a little different than some other games I have played control wise.  I was actually kind of relieved to find out that Sam and I were in different starter areas, because I would have made a complete fool of myself. I can be really clueless sometimes when I am getting to know how a game works. I can usually laugh about it though, it really is funny, but it's also embarrassing when someone I know is involved. I have to admit it kind of made me nervous for a little bit. I am sure it is going to work out fine though.

I have only seen Sam 2 times since the end of high school 4 years ago. It's pretty crazy really. I won't lie, I do really want to see him but I am not one to force things like that so I haven't even said anything to him. It is pretty much up to him and God weather it goes anywhere. I have done everything I am supposed to do, well nearly everything in this area anyway.  I am always careful I don't say too much, even on here because I never know when he is going to read something on my blog here. Some things should just be kept to myself where Sam is concerned.

I am writing a post about how I met him, so far it is 3 pages long in Google Docs. It is going to tell everything from the day I first met him to the present. Sounds pretty long but I don't think it will be too long. I am taking my time typing it though, I'm in no hurry at all. I am all the way up to half way through my senior year of high school when I first started talking to him. I still have a ways to go. I have been meaning to write about him for the longest time now. It doesn't have anything that would give away our location. Like I don't really name the schools names or anything, and I leave out the names of some people and stuff. I know how concerned some people are about privacy so with posts like the one I am typing I am always careful. I'm sure it will give you a clearer picture of just who he is to me and stuff like that. I have been kind of vague without even really meaning to on my blog about him. You guys see me talk about some of my other guy friends but I don't really talk about him that much. Which is pretty weird for me since I usually talk about people I really like a lot on my blog.

Anyway, I don't think anything else is going to happen tonight, and I think this is long enough so I guess I will stop here. Plus, we are going to call my sister and say happy birthday to my nephew Jax. he is turning 1 today! Such a cute little guy!

Day 22

So it has been 22 days since I talked to Dylan. It has been 21 days since I have talked to Darik. So far things are going smoothly. The only thing I am worried about is that I have started dreaming about Dylan more which is really abnormal. I usually never dream about Dylan, it's usually about Darik. It's a little hard distancing myself from them, and I think it's going to be even harder when they start coming to my ward in church again in a few weeks. I wan't to see them, but right now I am not sure if I should talk to them or not when they come. So far the withdrawal hasn't been too bad, I don't feel like I'm suffering or anything by not talking to them. I don't know what is going to happen, but I sure hope it doesn't get harder. right now I'm not sure when I am going to end up talking to them again, I'm kind of taking it one day at a time. I'm really in no hurry, I seriously doubt I'm that important to them honestly. It's not like we ever talk a lot.

For those of you that aren't familiar with the situation, I quit talking to Dylan because I felt like we both needed some space from each  other. I made a lot of mistakes in my friendship with Dylan, stuff that I can't fix now. It's been causing me to feel a large amount of regret and guilt. I tried talking to him about how I feel, but I don't think he wants to deal with it. I don't blame him but it kind of put me at a dead end. I decided after a while that I should probably distance myself from Dylan because I was starting to think about it a little too much. It began to get to me and I was getting really sad and irritated. I think I got on his nerves a little too because I was always sending him really long messages in his facebook inbox. I decided eventually with all the drama that is and was going on between us, and the fact that I was seriously over thinking things, that we needed a break from each other. I think I needed a break more than he needed a break from me but that is okay.

I don't even think he has noticed I have stopped talking to him, I don't think I'm quite that important. I think I made a good choice by deciding to distance myself for a while. I knew that if I was going to do this, I couldn't talk to Darik either, that would have just made things worse. I have no problems with Darik, I sorted those out about a year ago, so WE are fine. Darik always has been a little better at listening to how I feel, I've always liked that about him. He has been one of the only reasons why this whole mess I have created hasn't driven me crazy yet. I made so many mistakes with both of them, but with Dylan, from my point of view I think I was a bit more reckless. I began to over think and be self conscious about my flaws around him and I wasn't being myself. I created this illusion in my head that we were closer than we actually were. When I fixed things with Darik almost a year ago I started noticing all the stuff I felt for Dylan, all this stuff I was and still am insecure about. I neglected to look for and fix the issues in our friendship and now it has become a mess. Issues like I don't feel like I can talk to him like I can talk to Darik. I also have some trust issues, and I sometimes doubt that he would accept me if he found out all my flaws. It's kind of a hard thing to explain. I really shouldn't care, and really if he found out and gave me the expected reaction I could probably just walk away without worrying about anything, but still for some reason I get scared. Probably because I know he is still important to me. Something like that.

In a way the fact that I know and have always known that I like them both a lot more than they like me has made it kind of harder. We haven't really gotten a chance to talk to each other a decent amount for a long time. This makes it so I have to deal with what I feel on my own and that isn't easy. One of the other reasons why I stopped talking to them is because I honestly kind of feel like my friendship is partly 1 sided. I don't feel like we have a very equal friendship. I am always putting in all this effort to try and get them to talk to me, I always have been this way. they have never really tried as hard as me, they have been busy, and they have lots of friends and stuff but I wish they would have tried a little harder. I am not that demanding really. I don't think I have ever really been that important to either of them. If you are wondering why I even bother, you would have to meet them for yourselves. They are both really cool, have a lot of friends, are really smart, and most of the time they are really sweet guys. This is the reason, even though I knew it was probably futile, that I tried so hard to get them to talk to me more.  Eventually it just began to burn me out, and 22 days ago, I decided I had enough and I made the decision finally to distance myself.  I have my limits after all.

Anyway with both of them it has been tough. I used to have a serious obsession with both of them. I had a crush on both of them for a while back when I was in school. You might think it still sounds like I have an obsession, but I just talk about them a lot because I really like them, and because over the past 11 years so many thoughts have been building up in my head I just need to get them all out. If I don't talk about what I am feeling, and what bothers me, after a while it begins to torture me, and / or it becomes an obsession. Talking about them a lot is my way of dealing with things. It's my way of AVOIDING obsession. When I keep things inside they start to torture me and it just makes things worse, so I need to talk about them, to vent my thoughts so they don't drive me crazy. This helps me keep my distance from them as well, and makes me a lot happier.

Anyway, like I said, I am just taking this one day at a time. I don't know what will happen I the future but I know I will be okay.

I will do another post later, I just needed to mind dump / vent again.

You Are (poem)

first off, if you didn't get to read yesterday's post here it is HERE

Anyway, so yesterday at about 1:30am I was inspired again. It happens at the most random times! ha ha.

I hope you guys like it. I will do the audio version later. .

 

You are like the sunrise after the night

You are like a candle in the darkness

You are like the stars that light up the night sky

You are like the rainbow after the rain

 

You are the spring after the winter

You are the laughter after the tears

You are the dream that cures my nightmares

You are the heat when I am cold

 

You are my wings when I am falling

You are my charm when I am cursed

You are my air when I am drowning

You are my first thought when I'm waking

 

You are a diamond that sparkles

You are a prince from a story book

You are a reason why my heart beats loud

You are a silver song that echoes through the walls

Mode of Transportation

I have been looking for alternative modes of transportation. I am legally blind so I can't drive. For the past hour or so I have been looking at scooters, bikes, Rollerblades, etc. The one thing I notice almost right away is everything is EXPENSIVE! Every time I find something I like I always find it's at least $100 or more.  I was thinking of getting a Razor Scooter as well, but the thing is I exceed the weight capacity (at least for now), so that is out of the question. I even looked at the electric Razor scooters and they take even less weight capacity. Transportation is one of the bigger obstacles I have to face in my journey for true independence. I really want to become more independent / self sufficient. Right now I feel like I am too dependant on my parents and that is not a good feeling. Sometimes I feel like they do everything for me. Sometimes I feel like they doubt me a little too much, and sometimes I don't feel like they are motivating enough. I constantly hear then doubt me when I suggest stuff I want to do. I've pretty much realized that I can't keep listening to them all the time, I have to find out for myself what I can and can't do. I guess this is the first step. I have a long way to go in my journey, but I know I will make it someday. I sometimes with that they had been a little more diligent when it comes to teaching me how to take care of myself.  I don't know how, or how long it will take, but someday I will be able to manage on my own. I have seen people with worse disabilities do so.

Sometimes I have a problem with taking the opinions and doubts of other people too seriously, this has been a real road block. This roadblock is something I need to break down completely. I think I will have an easier time gaining motivation and confidence if I do this. I have to make mistakes sometimes.

Sundays aren't really that busy for me ever. I washed my hair yesterday night so I wouldn't have to wake up at 7am to do it. My church starts at 9:30, so I have to wake up early.  My church building is about 15 minutes away, I usually get a ride with another person because I can't drive as you know. Sometimes I fail to get a ride. I either forget, procrastinate, or my ride cancels at the last minute, or doesn't see my text. Today I did not get a ride, I think it was because the people did not see my texts. I hate calling people, I usually avoid that, and it usually works. Sometimes however it doesn't work. I think I might need to try a little harder, get more contacts on my phone, more people that are in my ward. So far since we changed church buildings in March or April I have been pretty good about getting to church. I have only been without a ride 5 or 6 times.

We used to use the church building that is a block away, but they wanted all the single young adults to be together. They organized us into steaks and wards (I am LDS), and so now all the young single adults made up their own stakes (there are 3 stakes here where I live that are just made up of young single adults).  We changed buildings, so it became harder to me to get to church. We used to use the local church building a block away but that changed when they decided to group all the single young adults together. We had to start using the church building near the college. In the past each local stake had 1 singles ward in it, but they decided to just group all our wards into stakes. There are 10 or 15 wards in a stake I think. I think there are over 30 singles wards that are organized into 3 stakes now. That is just in my area, there are even more elsewhere. Wards usually consist of 100 or more people.  People in different areas go to different singles wards, it depends on where you live.

Since I didn't get a ride today I just went to my family ward. Family wards are for people under age 18 or people that are married and have families. Once a person turns 18, or after they go on their mission (for the boys), people usually move to the singles ward. This ward is for young single adults. I have been going to one of these wards for almost 4 years now. Anyway, so I just went to my family ward today. It's always super weird going back to the family ward now that I have been in the singles ward for so long. I really don't like going to my family ward very much. I am usually late for my family ward when I fail to get a ride because my family ward starts a half an hour before my young single adult ward. I usually end up having to go to another wards sacrament meeting to get the sacrament a couple hours later.

Today was fast Sunday, my church has one of those once a month where we fast for at least 2 meals. Some people choose to fast longer.  We usually have a testimony meeting in church on that day as well where anyone can just come up the the pulpit and bear their testimony.  I do that sometimes, but I haven't done it in a few months.

Anyway, I got home about noon and watched anime for a while.  I took another nap about an hour and a half after I got home. I fell asleep listening to the 'Unofficial One Piece Podcast". It's one of my favorite podcasts.

When I woke up it was around 4:30. My dad was making dinner, my sister in law Kayla was here with my niece who is really adorable. They were outside looking at the plants and talking about stuff. I don't remember exactly what they were talking about but I think it was stuff from our childhoods. I was out there for a while listening to them talk. My niece is only about 7 months old now I think, she is adorable. We had her sitting on the picnic table outside in our backyard. Her mom was right behind her making sure she didn't fall off / fall over.

I told my mom about the bees in the swing set, she told me we could probably get rid of them somehow.  I'm sure my nieces would like to be able to play on the swing set again. We need to replace the swings. haha. It doesn't even have a slide right now, we nee to get a new slide as well I think.

At some point when I was outside I went and looked at my neighbor's bunny, it is very cute. I didn't touch it or anything though, it's not used to me yet. I forgot what it's name is. I will make sure to take a picture sometime.

We had dinner around 5 or 6 I think.  My dad made fajitas but I didn't really eat one because it had stuff in it that I can't eat on my diet. I had chicken, tomatoes, and celery for dinner. It was pretty filling as usual.  I don't like beef that much anyway anymore. Ever since I got sick a few months ago I have lost my liking for it pretty much.

I went downstairs after I ate and resumed playing around with "Seamless Studio". It's a new program made by COLOURlovers.com. It's great for making amazing patterns. I have been playing with it all day in little amounts of time.

My visiting teaching companion decided to make an unannounced visit and she took me visiting teaching. I had to hurry and get my shoes on and go. Visiting teaching is where we are assigned to 1 or 2 people in our church ward and we go to their house and teach them a lesson about the gospel. Today we only went to one person't house. The lesson was about the influence of women in the church, how they help keep people's spirits strong, stuff like that. We had a new person to teach this month so we introduced ourselves, told a little bit about ourselves and then gave the lesson. We usually end with a prayer and then go after that. I am usually a little un-enthusiastic about visiting teaching still. I'm not used to social situations and I don't really feel like I am connecting with my companion very well either. I connect with some people better than others. On top of this I'm bad with lessons and as you know I have motivation, and confidence issues.

We actually met our third companion today, it's usually just 2 people that go teaching but for some reason we have 3 now. That is, there are 2 other people besides me.  Before we went into the person's house, while we were waiting for the 3rd person to arrive we just reviewed the lesson. I had no idea what it was about before she picked me up or even that we were going visiting teaching. I guess it was okay, I wish I had been a little more prepared though.

Anyway, after I got home I started searching for alternative modes of transportation. Up until the time when I started typing this I had been doing that.

I don't think anything else is going to happen today, but if it does I will make sure to update. I was going to mind vent today but it looks like this is long enough, so I'll just do that tomorrow ha ha. 

I will also make sure to post the pattern I am making with seamless Studio onto Xanga when I finish and color it.