so i woke up in the middle of the night (i thought it was like 3am) and had to go potty, and as i'm stumbling back in the dark from the bathroom, with my eyes half open, i glanced at the clock and its 7am! i was completely out of it and still exhausted, and thought to myself "how do i wake up this early and earlier every other day?" and "haha... i'm going back to sleep!" yay for sleeping in til 9!
work-out...
hour run-6.5 miles with some legs, arms, abs, and butt... blessed saturday work-outs! it's always a blessing when i'm able to do more than i was expecting to do, seriously, it's a tender mercy!
yummy food...
9:00am- apple
12:45pm- applebee's half bbq chicken salad
3:00pm- peanutbutter and chocolate chips... it's a sugar day!
8:30 pm- chicken noodle soup, clementine, chocolate chips
h20- 12 cups
semi-blind date...
maegan introduced me to one of her husband's friends a few weeks ago, and he called this week and wanted to meet for lunch today. he's tall, cute, athletic, in byu law school, so of course i said yes! i had a good time at lunch. we talked about so many random things and began to get to know each other. so yeah, we had a good time, but who knows if another "meet up" will happen in the future??
sisterly love...
i have the best sister ever! yes, malia, you are amazing! she's always encouraging and supporting me, and giving me the tools to do better! even though we're different ages, we always have a blast together doing so many of our girly and childish things (two words... backstreet boys)! she's always been patient with me and gives me great advice and counsel. when we were younger she would write scriptures on our bathroom mirror for me to look up that would put whatever i was going though into perspective. i'm so grateful we still share that great bond and will be sisters and the best of friends for eternity! anyways, she gave me a great scripture reference to use for motivation...
"And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry because of mine enemy?
Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul." 2 Nephi 4:27-28
i just love the questions of why?! like, why would i ever want to give Satan a place in my heart or let him in at all by succumbing to temptations. i know when those temptations come up (aka chocolate cake) it's hard to resist, and i give in and mess up all of the time (thank you for the gift and process of repentance), but i love putting it in that competitive format of our fight against satan. am i going to give in and let him win, so to speak. i shouldn't let anything "destroy my peace" or let satan fill my heart with anger and anguish... we're so better than that!! and really, trials and temptations are hard, and i struggle and screw up constantly, but i'm so grateful for these little pieces of hope and encouragement that put things in perspective. we can do it, but only with help from above!
"you cannot quit. there is too much invested in you!"
saturday night adventures...
the night is still young and my plans are up in the air. i'm headed to our men's basketball game right now, and then possible a sundance party up in park city... but only time/the weather will unlock the opportunites for this evening!
"journeys end with lovers meeting"... shakespeare
*i was watching "the holiday" and like this quote :)
jake-man returns... 17 days!
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