that picture was taken at Magic Kingdom for a certain Gracie Beach, and i have just figured out how to add picatures to the livejournal scene,because im not too good with technology.
that is my present to ms.beach.
that is all.
so life is just grand.
i got to meet my grandparents. that was really neat.it was really awkward at times and the half an hour prior to them getting to our house i thought i was going to either throw up or pass out.but it turned out to be really nice,they are amazing people.
graduation was swell, a sneaky person coming and then spending the day with me was just great and i adore him for it.
florida was fun.lots of fun.however,i realized something very depressing while there.i have always wanted to live in florida when i grow up because i love the sun and warm weather and i just love it there.but,while there i found that the water is too gross for me to live there.when i took showers and still felt dirty and nearly cried when i went to rinse my mouth after brushing my teeth because the water tasted dispicable, i just found that i can not live in florida.tear,tear.
this past week has been super slack,quite lovely.i havent talked to tony since wednesday because he is in pennsylvania and it is really strange.im totally stoked though because he gets home tomorrow!:)
that's about it.i basically gave up on finding a job for the summer,kinda stinks because i dont really have money as a result,but i realized it's just not worth it.oh well.
hope everyone is doing swell!
<3
p.s. italian chocolate is the best thing on the face of the planet!
01. Reply with your name and I will write something I like about you.
02. I will then tell what song/movie/icon reminds me of you.
03. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, I'll tell you what it would be.
04. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
05. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
06. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
07. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
08. Put this in your journal.
last night it was brought to my attention that i havent updated in forever, and so i figured what the heck, why not update? so here i am, avoiding something that i have to do.
yes it is crunch time for us seniors at OL. yay for portfolios. riiiiiiiiight. i only have three left to write by friday,that's not bad and its totally doable.
busch gardens this saturday! holler. then fever pitch on sunday. holler. no school on monday.HOLLER.
life is just swell right now:) and come friday afternoon it will be amazing times 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and then some.
okay i must get back to portfolio work now.
so, last day of one acts is tomorrow. sigh of relief because i am just exhausted. sad that its over, but glad at the same time.that probably doesnt make sense but the theatre kids get it.
life is just swell right now. my pretzel heart is amazing.highlight of the day by far.
i found out move in day is august 20th. 16 weeks away. WOW.that is just crazy. i'm totally excited, but i didnt realize quite how soon it was. kely(yes one "L", not a typo.) and i were talking about it tonight how it just seems like it came out of no where.and how we hadnt really thought about all the people we're going to miss. im starting to think those TCC and ODU kids may know what's up. i mean i know i'll love it there,but still im going to miss people like crazy. oh well, that will just make trips home all the better.
gosh it feels good to be happy.and you know what's going to make me without a doubt the happiest person in the world.next thursday. will be the best day ever. its going to be totally rocking.
so i have the best friend ever.
she is the most amazing person IN THE WORLD.
she is not a detail,she is a dictator,like me.
my life really would not be close to as good as it is without her.
she knows how to laugh and put up with my corny as junk jokes.
she listens to me.
she shares her funny stories always, and puts forth extra effort on a bad day.
she keeps her promises.
she is there when no one else is.
she just rules all.
and i love her a whole flipping lot.
thats all that needs to be said.
shes all that matters.
oh,and one more thing.
she still loves me even though i cant come see her on her birfday.
be jealous.
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood.
I choose to be in a good mood."
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
He continued, "..the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine.But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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