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| I don't know.The last entry I made on here was nearly a month ago, and it was about buffalo wings. So much has happened and so much has changed. My emotions have been a blur of highs and lows, of dreams and woes.
You see, sometimes I am overwhelmed by the beauty of life, while other times I find myself distraught over the tragedy of life. Michael Jackson dies, my best friend gets married to the man of her dreams, and when I see my twelve-year-old brother for the first time in six months he stands almost as tall as me. The celebration of a life, a love, and a growth intertwines with the sadness of the loss of a life, a best friend, and a baby brother.
All I can do is try to accept the idea that life is a constant flow of celebration and sadness. Of new beginnings and closed chapters.
This quote says it beautifully...
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” - Kahlil Gibran
Until my next update...I'll be here. Just trying to figure it all out.
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| Life tastes so good.The other night when I was working at Applebees I really, really wanted boneless buffalo wings. One of my coworkers said she would split an order with me--which means we would each only have to pay $2. Even though it was only a few bucks I didn't feel like it was a good enough reason to spend money--especially since I ate out a lot this past weekend. So I said no.
A little while later I was cleaning off a table and noticed a box of food that someone left. I opened it up...and what do you know, it was a box full of boneless buffalo wings!
I'm convinced God was rewarding me for making good choices.
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| Summer to do list:Hiking
Cook outs
Pool parties
Star-gazing
Camp in backyard
Walk to Dairy Queen
Road trip to the beach
Alfred Hitchcock marathon
Saturday morning yard sales
Lots of bonfires in our backyard
Laser music show - Beatles edition
Drive-in movie theater / dollar theater
My roommate Stephanie and I made this list when we were laying out in our backyard on Friday. We are committed to making everything happen - and then some. On Friday night we had a bonfire, and by Saturday morning we were swimming in our friend's pool. Already planned for this week is a trip to the drive-in movie theater.
I only have two months left here in Nashville, and they are going to be the best months yet.
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| All good things.I have fabulous things to tell you guys. First of all, my car is fixed! At least for now. People from work knew my car was dead, so they all tried to tell me what was wrong with it. The battery, no the starter, no the alternator...or maybe it's a spark plug? Needless to say I can now name all parts of a car's engine with my eyes blindfolded and my hands tied behind my back. Oh, and I can give you prices for each part as well.
I was working at Applebees on Saturday night when some regulars from the bar overheard me talking about my car. One of the guys was the one who bought me food that one time, and I thought we were friends, but then he invited me over to his house that night, even though I'm younger than his daughter. Anyway. He and this other guy work with cars, or something, so they said they would go to my house take a look at it. They came back fifteen minutes later, tossed me the keys, and said my car was waiting for me in the parking lot. Incredible.
It's one of those things that reminds me all over again how beautiful life is, and how we are all here just to help each other out.
Next up: my friends from church threw me a surprise birthday party last night. I've never had one before, even though I've planned plenty of them for other people. My birthday isn't for another 11 days, so when I walked in and they yelled surprise I just stood there, thinking the surprise was for someone else. It took them awhile to convince me that the surprise was for me.
I guess that explains why one of the guys had called me earlier in the day to sing happy birthday to me (I thought he was just being weird, but apparently he thought it really was my birthday).
So yeah. Lots of good things. And more are to come...tonight a friend is cooking dinner for Erin and me, tomorrow Chelsea comes back to Nashville, and Friday we leave for World Race training camp.
Life!
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