Friends.

Who are friends? They are those people that you can be vulnerable with and won't judge you or talk behind your back because they have your back. They understand that everyone is unique and that each person's uniqueness makes them uniquely who they are. Friends are hard to come by, let alone good friends. Remember young heart, always remember ... It is far better to have rolled the di than to not take the chance on opening up, making yourself vulnerable, and experiencing all the intricate emotions of life. And for relationships, it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved. What a blessing emotion is that we can express our inner most feelings. In part it is what defines our species. Ouvrez votre cœur and learn to forgive when those we care about inadvertently hurt our feelings.

C'est la vie.

Qui sont mes amies? No sé. Yo abrigo mon cœur y ustedes turned a mi. Pourquoi? Who can I trust? Nadie.

Today's Slice: Running With Plan B by Jill Carattini

Today's Slice: Running With Plan B by Jill Carattini

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One of those days.

The day before yesterday was just one of those days. I kept bumping into everything and when I looked at a cabinet funny things flew out of it. I bumped a wire to a speaker of our stereo system that is placed at a certain height in our kitchen and then as I sat down the ENTIRE stereo system AND speakers fell on my head!
Later on I had this hard core nose bleed at the gym and coughed up globules of blood. I was a bit worried that the two were linked, but I've only had one other nose bleed since then so I think maybe it was my deviated septum with the temperature fluctuations recently.

peace

Quadrantids Meteor Shower.

2:15 AM my alarm went off and for a split moment I dared consider the alternative to getting up, but then decided against it. I'd never seen a meteor shower before and this was my opportunity to see it. Never would this meteor shower come at this particular moment in time ever again. Each "shooting star" is unique. I bundled up into what seemed like 10 layers and rolled out the door a little after 2:30AM to my driveway to see the view. I tried standing first with my neck craned every which way. I pondered where exactly I was to be looking, but remembered that the website had not given specifics so I resolutely laid flat out on my back on the driveway for five minutes. Nothing. Nada. Zilch! I had not given up hope yet, but I the conductive heat transfer from my body to the pavement was taking a toll so I headed back in to grab my blankets; one to lay on and one to cover me and a pillow for my head. I also brewed up a pot of absolutely smooth, hot and delicious Gevalia decaf coffee. Renewed in my sentiments to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower phenomenon I trundled out the door with my warm blankets and hot coffee around 2:45.

 I lay out underneath the stars beneath my soft fleece blanket and gazed and gazed and gazed. It struck me how huge and how marvelous our universe really is and how truly incredible its Maker and Creator really is. I was reminded of a passage in Psalm 8:3-5,9

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him  a little lower than the angels and You have crowned him with glory and honor...O LORD, our Lord, How excelllent is Your name in all the earth!"

All of it, God created and said it was good. I can only stand in awe of his creation. Beauty and magnificence are the only words that I can relegate to such phenomena that imperfectly describes the very  thing.

Anyway, I was laying out for a few minutes absorbing in the scene and the sheer silence of the night and took a sip of my hot coffee from my Starbucks tumbler every few moments when I saw it. My first meteor. It was so awesome. My chest swelled and my heart leaped. Words cannot ascertain the event, only dimly recollect my vague remembrance. The actual live "shooting star"...wow, now that was something! I quickly texted a few friends to share my excitement and was staring back at the vast night sky (or I suppose early morning sky!) when there it was! Another meteor quickly passed across the sky, even larger than the first! I lay out there for another 5 minutes or so and then decided to call it quits..It had already reached past the time when NASA had predicted the peak time to view the shower.

I am so glad that I woke up and bundled up to glimpse a small piece of God's glory in the nighttime sky!

peace

Break.

So the semester has finally reached its conclusion for better or for worse. I must say it most certainly will not be one of my more proud moments upon getting my grades, but I just have to step up my game next semester and take whatever steps i need to take to reach my goal to finish up my degree and not get too bogged down with the past which is unchangeable at this point.

Break is finally here and I can finally get everything organized! I do have a few goals for this momentary respite..
1)organize/file/shred all of my papers and documents that I have acquired and piled over the past year
2) study/teach myself organic chemistry with the text i picked up online for like 10 bucks
3) clean!!!!!
4) bakes lots of cookies
5) keep putting in hard work at the gym

peace

Senseless Chess.

There is so much uncertainty in the world right now. We complete a war on two fronts only to engage in another war or two? Give me a break, and the rest of the tax-payer base.

I just hope the EU situation can get figured out without going more in debt to China because when the Chinese markets eventually slow down, as they will (even if it's not in the forseeable future..thank goodness) then the whole thing's going to crash down and the US economy will go belly up with it.

Bottom line, taking strategic moves to set up allies against the guys you're beholden to financially may not be the best idea and entering another couple of wars (pak and syria) may not be the best idea. Are the protests even legitimate, or was it started by muckrakers on our side stirring up the soup accomplishing revolution to put our choice in office..someone we could dominate if worse came to worse.

peace