Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was exciting, filling and that everyone reflected on what they were grateful for. :)
For me, I came up with a list:
I am thankful for Shakira's new CD which kicks ass and allows me to feel alive again.
I am thankful for having a working car to get me around.
I am thankful for having the amount of money I have.
I am thankful for all the grants I receive for financial aid.
I am thankful for the Government paying my interest until I graduate.
I am thankful for all four of my kitties.
I am thankful for my wonderful Momma who loves me very much.
I am thankful for my Dad who enjoys spending time with me.
I am so unimaginably grateful for my parents spending their first Thanksgiving dinner together for the first time in my 20 years of life.
I am thankful for my very cool boyfriend who I just dig. I really like him. He's a babe.
I am thankful for having my own apartment, of which I can pay the rent for each month.
I am thankful for Scrubs and the laughs it has granted Joey and I during this past semester.
I am thankful for Netflix's awesomeness.
I am thankful for my sister, Kylie, who I respect and love very much.
I am thankful for my very best friends Prudence and Jessica. Both of you save me everyday from the darkness.
I am thankful for my students and watching how they have succeeded through this past semester.
I am thankful for my hair. It's long and I heart it.
I am thankful that my boyfriend is taking me to Costa Rica for three weeks.
I am thankful for the freedom I have to watch movies like "Religulous" and "This Movie Is Not Yet Rated."
I am grateful for Mother Earth and Father Sun. You teach me everyday.
I am thankful for the air I breathe.
I am thankful for the water I drink.
I am thankful for the clothes on my back.
I am thankful for the warmth of my bed.
More to come later. Only 1 week and 5 days until Costa Rica! WOOO!
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
T-Minus 26.5 hours!
This past weekend, my Dad and and sister Kylie came to visit me for the first time. They only were here for 2 full days but we did so much and had such a blast. I was able to show off my amazing campus and where I live and all the beauty that is surrounding me. Kylie is considering moving down here because she has always loved the beach and she really needs to get out of Tahoe. She wants to move down in winter of next year if she does so. Joey and I are going to try and get a 2 bedroom apartment so we can accommodate for her.
There are a couple things I realized about myself this past weekend:
1) I found a new appreciation for Isla Vista. The past few months, I have been stuck in this bitter bubble and wallow in how much I hate living in IV. I can't find one thing good about it except for the things Joey enjoys. I like the beach, but you know what? I haven't even been to the beach ONCE the entire semester. I hardly ever sit out in the sun anymore, whereas last year I did it religiously. I longboarded all over the place teaching Kylie the ropes and that's something I haven't done in a while. I have just become lazy and depressed and I realized that it was my own fault! I've become ungrateful for what I have. Kylie, who is still in Tahoe with the cold and snow was so grateful to be where I live, at the beach just a few blocks away from me and here I am bitching about it. What is wrong with me? So from now on, I am going to use this to stop being such a lame-ass poo-poo head.
2) I smiled and laughed harder than I have in a LONG time. I have friends down here in SB, but I don't have that one "best friend." That's hard. I have wonderful people who are sweet and will hang out with me, but we aren't that close. Basically, my best friend is Joey and that's okay. Nothing is wrong with that. It's just that when I have had a hard day or I am becoming frustrated, instead of having a best friend to vent to, I bottle it all up and then just take it out on Joey. It's not fair on him and it's not fair on me. And I don't necessarily want a new best friend! I have Prudence who I could never replace, Jessica who is such a sweetheart and my sisters who I love more than anything! I don't want to replace anyone! I just wish we were all somewhat closer...you see my dilemma?
But in the end, I realized that if Kylie moved down here, I'd be able to have her. I'd laugh and smile and be happy again. I missed my family so much and if it weren't for Thanksgiving in just a few days, I think I might just crawl into under a rock and sleep for 100 years.
I leave tonight on Amtrak and should be arriving in Tahoe around noon tomorrow. Yeah, long ass trip but it's worth it when you're going where I am going. I am so homesick and I won't be home for all of December, including my twenty-first birthday. I cannot wait to hold my furry cats, kiss their wiskered faces, and hear them purr so loud. I cannot wait to smell the fresh air and the pine trees. I cannot wait to have a legitimate excuse to wear scarves, turtle-necks, sweaters, and Ugg boots. I cannot wait to hug my mommy, smell her spicy perfume, and have her yell at me for being too skinny. I miss the smell of her cooking, of the couch, of the pillow, of the house! I want to drink tasty water from the tap! I miss it so much and it's so close, yet so far!
T-minus 26.5 hours!!!!
There are a couple things I realized about myself this past weekend:
1) I found a new appreciation for Isla Vista. The past few months, I have been stuck in this bitter bubble and wallow in how much I hate living in IV. I can't find one thing good about it except for the things Joey enjoys. I like the beach, but you know what? I haven't even been to the beach ONCE the entire semester. I hardly ever sit out in the sun anymore, whereas last year I did it religiously. I longboarded all over the place teaching Kylie the ropes and that's something I haven't done in a while. I have just become lazy and depressed and I realized that it was my own fault! I've become ungrateful for what I have. Kylie, who is still in Tahoe with the cold and snow was so grateful to be where I live, at the beach just a few blocks away from me and here I am bitching about it. What is wrong with me? So from now on, I am going to use this to stop being such a lame-ass poo-poo head.
2) I smiled and laughed harder than I have in a LONG time. I have friends down here in SB, but I don't have that one "best friend." That's hard. I have wonderful people who are sweet and will hang out with me, but we aren't that close. Basically, my best friend is Joey and that's okay. Nothing is wrong with that. It's just that when I have had a hard day or I am becoming frustrated, instead of having a best friend to vent to, I bottle it all up and then just take it out on Joey. It's not fair on him and it's not fair on me. And I don't necessarily want a new best friend! I have Prudence who I could never replace, Jessica who is such a sweetheart and my sisters who I love more than anything! I don't want to replace anyone! I just wish we were all somewhat closer...you see my dilemma?
But in the end, I realized that if Kylie moved down here, I'd be able to have her. I'd laugh and smile and be happy again. I missed my family so much and if it weren't for Thanksgiving in just a few days, I think I might just crawl into under a rock and sleep for 100 years.
I leave tonight on Amtrak and should be arriving in Tahoe around noon tomorrow. Yeah, long ass trip but it's worth it when you're going where I am going. I am so homesick and I won't be home for all of December, including my twenty-first birthday. I cannot wait to hold my furry cats, kiss their wiskered faces, and hear them purr so loud. I cannot wait to smell the fresh air and the pine trees. I cannot wait to have a legitimate excuse to wear scarves, turtle-necks, sweaters, and Ugg boots. I cannot wait to hug my mommy, smell her spicy perfume, and have her yell at me for being too skinny. I miss the smell of her cooking, of the couch, of the pillow, of the house! I want to drink tasty water from the tap! I miss it so much and it's so close, yet so far!
T-minus 26.5 hours!!!!
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