Well, as anticipated, Alyssa came over yesterday. Liv came too after awhile, and it was a good time :) We went to Bubble Island and played Jenga. I lost. I've never played that game before. It is insanely nerve racking. By the end, I was tired of holding my breath for a full minute and a half while simultaneously trying to delicately remove another block from the already gravity-defying tower and just poked it as hard as I could. After that, we rented Eclipse and started our Twilight marathon, which ended up not being complete because I did not have New Moon in my DVDs like I had thought. Oh well. I did finally get to see Eclipse, and it was good. Taylor Lautner is good. Real good. Mmmm...
We stayed up way too late and slept in really late too, and after chocolate chip pancakes and another Bubble Island run complete with Jenga and a creepy man, Liv and Alyssa left. My Mom and I headed over to Eastwood and I got two much needed new pairs of jeans. One of them being my first pair of skinny jeans. Woohoo. I'll let you put your hands on me, but you don't have to. I'm classy like that, just like Kei$ha. I really wanted/needed a new pair of medium wash jeans that weren't skinny cuz the two I have right now are over 2 years old. When I was 16, I had a month where I ripped through the butt of 3 pairs of jeans. I do not want this to repeat. However, finding these types of jeans is like trying to find a 4 leaf clover. K maybe not that hard. But all the jeans either had like, 85 holes in them or their medium wash was more what I would consider dark... You know what that means... the little bit of me that was "in style" is quickly going out. Stink. Oh well. Nothing I'm not used to. According to Marissa I never match anyway, so why should it matter?
Around 7:30, we went to Mwakanandi's and had our Christmas. It was marvelous. I got a comfy adorable pair of mocassins that I've pretty much been wanting for 2 years, a cute scarf, a snuggie, two sentimental ornaments, and a cool collage thing that Liv made for art class. Way cool. Liv liked her hat and can opener as well as her Spongebob blanket and BFF collage, and her Mom liked the personally painted outhouse birdhouse :) We chatted, ate a bunch of food, and watched Dorm Life. Good night. I'm a lucky girl. I finished the day off with some neglected laundry and watching Iowa take Mizzou in a nail-biter. Go Big 10! :) Tomorrow I'm doing lunch and such with E and Marc and then will embark on the Epic Penny Adventure of 2011. Hopefully it lives up to its title. I'm not worried.
I found out this morning that Kyle, a kid from my graduating class, lost his sister last night in a snowmobile accident. She was 22. This has kind of been troubling me all day. I didn't know her, but I know Kyle and I can't imagine the reality of losing a sibling like that. Tomorrow isn't a guarantee for anyone. You never know when it'll be the last time you see someone, or the last time they'll see you. Sometimes I feel like we get into these routines where we forget what's important, and we get wrapped up in crap that doesn't matter or let grudges and differences linger. Then tragedy strikes and it shakes us back to realize what's really important. When my Grandma died, I struggled with guilt and I still wish I had spent more time at her place last year and had made it more obvious how much I appreciated her and loved her. My mom says she knew but I still just wish I had done a better job of showing it. I'm thankful for what she gave me in her last few months. She left a really nice voicemail telling me she loved me and was praying for me about a month before she passed. I didn't get around to calling back. When we were in the hospital, she looked at me for a good while before I think she realized who I was and then she gave me a nod. It was about as much as she could muster, but I knew what she meant. I'm glad she gave me that reassurance of how much she loved me before she went, I just wish I had done a better job of letting her know too.
It makes me realize that I really want all the people in my life to know that I appreciate them, not only for if something unfortunate happens, but because that's just a good way to live. To be consciously and intentionally appreciative of the blessings and people in your life. It's not as easy to get caught up in the trivial and mundane that way, and it's not as easy to get depressed or selfish that way either. I've been realizing today that I have a whole lot of people to appreciate and I think it may be one of my New Year's Resolutions to be a lot more intentional about appreciation and people this year. Like I said, you just never know. But if something unexpected happens to me or to one of my loved ones, I want them to know. Thankfully, God has been so good to me and there's a lot of people I gotta let know :) So it'll keep me busy. When it all comes down to it, getting an A on every paper or making a lot of money or being on my cell phone or reaching Prodigy level on facebook tetris is not as important as making good time with the people I love. People are what's important. So I'm hoping to readjust my focus to show that better this year.
Well I'm off to bed. Keep Kyle and his family in your prayers.
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