Thank You Dr. Seuss

 Today I watched a show where they discussed how some schools will celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. Other than eating green eggs and ham (which I have personally done), they are going to read his books and then each child gets to write a book about themselves. Now, my question is, why don't we as adults do that once a year? I remember as a little girl having to write about myself and making collages of the things I did well or I enjoyed. Would we not be happier if a couple of times a year we wrote books (pictures included) about the things we do well, who we really are or want to grow up to be? I think March 2nd I will be making a book about myself to remember what is special about me. I think we should all do that.

Blue hair is hot

Morning or Night

Sometimes I struggle going to sleep. Not because I am not tired or because I have a lot of energy. The struggle tends to happen when I am really tired actually. I think sometimes I can not sleep because I am excited or nervous about plans that I have been thinking about and for some reason it feels as if I continue to think about it for "just a little bit longer" then I will continue to be excited about it a little bit longer? You are absolutely right, it makes no sense.

This brings me to a very important topic that I have been thinking about (which may or may not have kept me up a few nights). If you are tired at nights and completely crash by midnight AND you struggle every single morning waking up, even when the previous night you retired to sleep very early, are you a "night person" or a "morning person" or neither?

For a long time I have wondered what I am. Since my body feels like I was struck by a moving vehicle when ever I attempt to wake up before the sun has risen, I have decided I am not a morning person. Easy decision.

The problem is, at night when I find myself hoping my date will drop me off not too late so I can go to sleep because I am tired, I think that I am probably not a night person either!

Did this picture not just make you yawn? How does that always happen?

My conclusion is: I am completely lost. Is there not any other time of the day to choose from? I think my best time of day is around 10:00 am. So would that make me a "mid-morning person?" I could live with that.

Three-Ohhh

Fantastically Fantastic!

Yep, I just said that (or I guess wrote it). That is the best way to describe these 30 years of my life. Sigh...the word “thirty”…I say that with some difficulty. Honestly, I am completely fine with being in my 30’s. The ONLY negative is that it is harder to find cute, active, fun guys who have similarities in their lives with mine. I only know a few guys that fit this profile and I do spend time with them. The only problem with it is that once you know they are not right for you, you can still have fun with them but you have to keep meeting other men that fit that profile to date and that is hard. Like I previously stated: the only negative thing is the guy situation.

With all that said, I have loved my life up to now. It has been so full of happiness and love and adventures and learning and so many other things! Sometimes I think I am going to die any minute (which I would be fine with p.s.-I leave everything to my parents), because I pretty much have done all the things I wanted to in my life. Even all the things mentioned in my Patriarchal Blessing have come to pass. So in all reality it could happen at any minute.

Well, I did not mean to start talking about death. My point is that I feel my life has been rich and fulfilling.

Something that I have always been blessed with is good friends. Even though my family moved around A LOT throughout my life, there were always people who were willing to take me in and accept me as a friend. Gracias amigos Chilenos y Argentinos por su amistad. I think a life without friends is not worth living. I hope that I can be that type of a friend myself.

Another part of my life that has been richly blessed is by having a wonderful family. My parents are good, honest people who are supportive (and for all those who know them, they are very funny). When I was growing up, we were the kind of family that would have dinner together and laugh and laugh and laugh. We would play Monopoly until so late that we would have to leave the board out to finish the game on another night. They allowed me to have a big imagination, and I did have a big imagination. My sibs are pretty awesome too. We used to play together, we used to sing together. They are still great and they are so supportive of everything I do. Even from afar, my family has always been very close. Just as an example, even though I did not live with my parents for about 12 years, when they finally moved here it was like we were never apart. I am grateful for that.

One thing I cannot leave unmentioned is the fact that I have always been so blessed in everything! I am someone who believes there is a God and that God is our Father. The little miracles I have seen in my life have proven it over and over and over again. If I could share some...people’s jaws would drop. Literally. Even how my family and I ended up living here, it is all a miracle. I am so grateful for my many blessings every day. There was a really difficult time in my life when it was hard to even get up in the morning and have any strength to do anything. What got me through those difficult times was counting my blessing. I would think about all my blessings as I drove to work (5 to 10 min) every morning. I was not allowed to repeat any in one day. I never had to. The most unreal part about all my blessings is that I am not even that good of a Daughter! Really! Yet still, I am blessed and I am so grateful and will try to be better.

Anyway, just a few simple thoughts about my wonderful life.

Happy birthday to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!