exploration is just fun and there truly is so much to explore... new places, objects, people, relationships, food, the world around us... it's all just so exciting! i'm grateful for the exploration i've been able to do, and i'm excited to have more experiences. i really want to start looking at life and people with that enthusiasm, curiosity, and excitment! i need to take every experience and examine it and learn as much as i can from it. i have so many faults and weaknesses, and i really need to have that pure desire to overcome them and get better and just keep exploring the pure incredible-ness of this blessing called life. i admire my dear family and friends who already have that outlook and take everything as a lesson and press forward. it is encouraging and inspiring to see you guys work thru your struggles of life with that optimistic outlook that it's for a reason and that everything will turn out. i'm striving for that enthusiasm and love of exploration and experience!
"years may wrinkle the skin, but the lack of enthusiasm will wrinkle the soul"
father time...i had the most random dream... i was with mom and jake and we were wandering thru some community, and we pointed out where the orme's and mcdonald's lived... then jake and i ran up a mountain and while he was throwing rocks, i was talking to Father Time, yes the Father Time. he was telling me about the importance of having a temple recommend and baptisms for the dead. such a weird dream! i don't understand my subconscious sometimes!
work-out...
mile warm-up... power pump w/ kara... 40 minute cardio on the elliptical
*i had every intention to go to the gym tonight, but blasted food and the bachelor got the best of me, which is really frustrating. i need to be consistent... and it'll be a hard time to start since i'm going home tomorrow... self-discipline lacee!
eating is good...
5:30am- apple
10:00am- cucumber and 7 layer dip, sugar-free chocolate milk, banana
1:00pm- turkey salad w/cucumber and italian dressing, strawberry yogurt
3:00pm-apple
5:30pm- lettuce w/ 7 layer dip and a bagel
7:30pm- muffin and some, maybe lots of cookies with some ice cream... oops!
h20- 12 cups
are you kidding me?! my favorite girl better be back, cause the other girls are just ridiculous! (but of course, they are all beautiful daughters of God!)
pure sweetness...
i finally got talk to daniel and i forget how well we get along, and just how amazingly sweet he is to me. seriously, i have never been treated so well, even from so far away. he just knows me so well... examples...
we were talking about tomorrow when jake comes home, and he was like, "you have a perma-grin right now, huh?!" which is something i'd always say during the wonderful summer. and then he was like "i'm going to call you tomorrow just so i can hear the excitement in your voice"... precious huh?!
anyways, he's doing well in all aspects. he's strong in the church... he got his first calling as a sacrament coordinator... he's going to do baptisms for the dead for the first time this week... and he's preparing to get his patriarchal blessing... i'm so excited for him, and i love hearing about his progression. he even told me today that i can count him as a missionary experience and just that i had a part in it. it was just sweet. he leaves for australia on march 22nd where he will spend time with his family and then meet us in new zealand in may. he's also in the process of getting everything ready to get a visa. so yeah, he may be in america for awhile.
i'm definitely excited for him, and as for me, i'm just taking things as they come! living happily.
TOMORROW... 18 HOURS!!!
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