Summer

I know that there are a number of people who don't enjoy summer. And coming from the girl who gets heat exhaustion pretty much every summer of her life, I understand.

But I love summer! WATERMELON!!!! I love it. S'mores. campfires. camping. picnics. no school (that's a big one). Fireworks. the sun coming up earlier and staying out longer. The list goes on.

And with my summer job, our summer season starts today. I couldn't be more excited. It means it's here. I love where I work, and with summer the full staff is back. Which is just wonderful.

This job has made me love summer. I use to like it, and I liked it a lot. But now, I LOVE IT!!!!

AND IT'S HERE!!!!

The magic of childhood

I was able to spend Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning with an old friend, her husband, and their little one year old daughter.

I miss being around families.

My family lives to far away for me to be able to see them more than once or twice a year, if I'm really lucky, I can see them three times in a year.

Being a young single adult, I don't get to be around a lot of families.

I especially miss being around children.

They bring magic back into life.

Everything is so new and fantastic and brilliant.

They make magic exist.

When they realize that a tomato grows on a plant, that's magic.

When they learn how to walk, that's magic.

When they learn how to speak, that's magic.

Children see the world so full of good and hope, it's really a shame how many of us lose that as we grow up.

I wish I had the eyes of a child.

My eyes have grown tired, and they are starting to see things in a very cynical light.

Then, I get to spend time around children, and I'm reminded what I need to take seriously, and what really isn't worth the effort.

Boy Meets World

Probably my favorite show of my entire childhood was Boy Meets World. I loved the characters. I loved the stories. I think it's fun.

In my early (ish) morning channel flipping, I stumbled upon it on one of the channels.

I WAS SO EXCITED!

And now I spend probably way to much time very morning watching it.

But these are the characters that I followed through their jr. high, high school, and college years. And now that I'm in college, I understand some of the jokes that I didn't use to.

Finding that show that you grew up with on TV and being able to watch it.

It's something to smile about.

Song on the Radio

So, when all of my friends are having bad days, in an attempt to lighten to mood (when you've reached the appropriate moment of course, not in an attempt to ignore hard days) I will look them in the face, very serious and stone faced like and say "Just dance, it's gonna be okay. Da Da Da Do-in"

The "da da da do-in" part is very important, that's what makes it funny instead of annoying.

For those of you who do not know the reference, that is from Lady Gaga's song "Just Dance".

Now the song itself isn't really about making it through a bad time, more about getting so drunk you don't know where you are or whats going on, so you are just going to dance because it is going to be okay.

But that last part isn't a bad message. "just dance, it's gonna be okay."

So yesterday, I was stressing, trying to figure out life and how to make everything work and ready to have a melt down. I got into my car, turned it on, about ready to burst into tears...

and Lady Gaga's "Just dance" came on the radio.

This song was popular when I was in high school, when this song was first popular, so it being on the radio isn't a common thing.

After that, life seemed bearable again.

Starting again

After an extremely hard year, it's nice to have the summer to start again.

And it really does seem like a fresh start. I have friends at the job I'm returning too, but I'm not living with friends or family. I didn't know anyone in my new church congregation. And I'm living in a city I've never lived in.

I'm hoping to make the most of a fresh start.

Read more books. Do more writing. Lose weight. Get a second job so I can get more financially on my feet and prepare for next school year. Maybe learn how to spell, apparently I can't do that anymore. (I keep getting those red squiggly lines)

It's just nice to feel like I can get a clean and fresh start.

I think we all need one every now and then.

Going to Grandmas

So, moving is probably one of my least things ever, for a number of reasons. Mostly, the stress of it all.

Yesterday, the major amounts of stress that have been building up and I couldn't take it anymore.

I ran away to grandmas for the night.

I had some chores I needed to do for her anyway, and I had some laundry I needed to do, and she lets me use her washing machine.

While there, she let me eat lots of food. (When moving, you stop buying food because you don't want to move it. I had started running out of food, and I didn't have money to eat out)

She gave me small amounts of food, easy enough to move, so that I could have food when I get moved to my new apartment.

and I slept. Sometimes you need a night away from everything.

Basically, running away to grandmas can make life infinetely better.

Winning Something out of the claw machine

When I was little, my mother taught me some tricks to getting things out of those claw machines. I've now won something out of those 2-3 times that I can remember. But possibly more.

When you do this, don't go for the one you want, go for the one you can get. If they happen to be the same, WOOT WOOT!

You want one that is on top, and not really under anything. If it is wedged up against the glass, you have no chance.

Also, it can't be on top resting RIGHT next to the glass, the claw doesn't go over that far. (generally)

We were at wal-mart the other day, and while waiting for a friend to go buy whatever it was he was needing, we played the claw machine.

I WON A BLUE...MONKEY...OR COW....we weren't entirely sure which one it is...but we are leaning more toward monkey.