Wild Things

Safety and security are essential. Stability and consistency are a must. But ever once in a while, one must let themselves go where they may, and enjoy every second of it. This freedom and utter recklessness helps one to be grateful for the scheduled chaos that makes up their everyday life.

I think that the reason that people have bucket lists is because everyone is always so cought up in what they have to do not always what they might want to do. I think that people need to schedual one day a week where there is no schedual, where they just go with the flow. It is days like that that help put everything else into perspective and help one to realize just how much of a wonderful life they truely do have. Its alwasy good to take a trip to where the wild things are.

Ice Storm

So it's been an entire year since the Ice Storm hit last January, and I am not one of the people who is hoping for a second one. I hated every second of that stupid winter phenomena. We were out of power for ten days, with trees coming down around us, just getting tired of seeing each other! So as of this moment, I personally can't wait for summer sun and fun to get here.

Bad Humor

Everyone likes to laugh and everyone likes to make others laugh, but how many times has that laughter come from someone else's pain? It's kind of funny how people in general seem to have the most fun when there is some to laugh at, whether it be a close friend or a bitter enemy. When one looks at comedies on T.V. they are constantly reminded of this, just look at "The Three Stooges."

The Wedding Dress

So a friend of mine is engaged and this weekend a couple of us girls all went and helped her try on dresses. It was kind of weird mix of happiness, excitement, and sadness. I guess the main reason we all were sad was the fact that this kind of made it officail that we were all growing up and that soon we would all be starting a new life on our own wether we liked it or not, and it kinda sucks.

Secrets

People love to say that secrets don't make friends until they're the ones who are being told or telling the secret. But how many times have a secret kept saved a friendship or work relationship? Sometimes a secret is something minor and other times it is something huge that one wishes they could just forget ever even happened.

Yet somehow, no matter how big the secret, it always ends up being told. Is it the guilt or just the hope that one might be told, "it's not that bad," even when one knows it is.

It Takes Courage

So I’m hanging out with one of my friends and her Mom sends her a text that says, “have you seen my Facebook status?” When she gets this message I’m the one who’s holding the phone and read it out loud to her. The next thing that I see is her leaping over me like a track star at the Olympics. Then she is sprinting down the hall in a massive whirlwind towards her laptop that is turned on sitting on the floor. It looks like it’s going to be an easy victory, but there’s a hidden obstacle, the fan cord. So my friend’s sister and I were treated to a front row of my friend sliding cheek first across the carpet. And all this was because my friend’s fiancé hadn’t told his mother that they are getting “married”, and her mother has a big mouth.

The Best Day

As he walks down the beach path,

the man thinks of what his day has been like.

His best day,

spent with the ones he loved.

Forgetting to sleep in on his day off,

soaking up every second of the day.

His best day,
spent just walking from point to point.

Rememboring that a quiet day,

is the best kind of day for the soul.

His best day,

spent loving God for all His glory.

Forgetting the past,

and all the pain and happiness it holds.

His best day,

is also his last day.

Questions for English

1. What power, if any rules us?
When we wake up in the morning what's the first thing that we do? Its a question that most of us don't even really have to think about. What is it about that moment that starts off one's day that demand one to do on specific thing? Is it that it is what we have always done, or is it that whatever the action is starts the day off on the right foot? People are always using the expression "got up on the wrong side of the bed", but what if its true? One decision, made just at the right time, can change the course of a lifetime. So I think that when one feels a real need to do something, whether it be an almighty power or just a simple habit, one should try to do what they need to.
2. How much control do we have over ourselves?
People often feel, I think, that when they let things go where they may, that things will end up unravelling and getting more complicated then they were at the beginning. Which I can understand on some levels, but for me, I think that the best days of my life have when plans have been ruined and I ended up giving up on trying to fix everything, and let the day take me where it may. When I look back on those days, that was when I was most at peace with the world and I was the most happy. So what I think I have come to love the most about control, is losing it every once in a while!
3. Do we even really know ourselves?
I know my favorite color is blue. I know that I am 17 years old. I know that I love my family and that that is the most important thing for me. I know that I am a hard worker.... I could go on like that for days. Yea, I would like to think that I know myself better then most. But if you were to ask me what it is that I want for my the rest of my life, the only thing that I could tell you without a moments hesitation is a family full of happiness. I know what my beliefs and ideals are, but I also realize that they can change at any moment based on what I live through. So, what I know about myself is that what I know can change at any time.

Scary Story

Chelsea, Margie, and I are walking through the field of tobacco nearly as tall as us. The moon peeks in and out from behind the clouds as the wind breezes by our faces. I can't remember how we ended up here, walking through this field. I just know we are, and the farther we go, the darker it gets. I hear a twig snap and I freeze. Its at this point that I am reminded that I'm the one who's leading everybody, as Margie's forced to run into me as Chelsea bumps into her. Now we are all falling to the ground hitting and screaming at each other. When we realize what we all just did, its impossible to stop the laughter. So we pick ourselves up and start walking through the dark, damp night again. About five minutes goes by when I realize that my footsteps are the only ones I'm hearing. I freeze praying that someone runs into me, when nothing happens, I turn around see nothing but the dark, empty house off in the distance.

Heck Yes!!!

So I'm at work rapping peppers for orders and my manager comes over and starts helping me out. She starts talking about a meeting that all of the managers had that morning and what they had talked about. She started telling me that all of the other managers had said good things about how hard I work and other things like that. After she finished talking about that she said that everyone agreed on me starting training for manager!! Heck Yes! The only thing that I would have to do first was train on cook first. So I should be managing in like two months!!!!1

New Years Resolutions

This year I didn't make a New Year's resolution. I think the reason I didn't make one is because I feel like the best goal I could make for these year is to just take each day for what it is and try to make the best of it. This New Year's I was working and after that I just went home and went to sleep. This year was the first year that no matter how hard I thought about it, I just couldn't see a point in going out or staying up late, it just really didn't appeal all that much to me. I guess I'm just growing up, but it sucks.