Weddings :)

One of my best friends, Heather, got married Thursday.

She was beautiful and looked so happy.

Her husband is one lucky lucky man.

It was great to get together with all my friends. 

I don't see them nearly as much as I'd like.

Congrats Holmie, love you!

Grass Therapy

I played on a competition soccer team when I was 12 till I was 18. My team was lucky enough to have the same coach throughout all these important years of growing up. More than just teaching us how to play soccer, he focused on helping us become better people. He taught us so many different things from how it was important to be on time when people are counting on you,to communicate as a team,to work through problems instead of ignoring them, to have fun together, to be honest and hardworking, and a million other things.I have a lot of respect for him still today even though it's been a few years since I've seen him. I've been thinking a lot lately about something he taught us called "Grass Therapy". He always told us if we made a mistake on the field, or if something didn't go as well as we would have liked it to that we should to try to learn something from it, then bend down, pick a handful of grass, and throw it. Just let the grass catch in the wind and blow away. And then don't think about the mistake/disappointment again. Just let it go. 

This semester has been a huge learning experience for me. I moved back up to school after studying abroad and living at home for a year. I came back after a pretty rough heartbreak (I hate that word, but really can't think of any other way to say it) and have had to readjust to college life, living on my own, and juggling school, work, and social life (usually in that order, unfortunately). I've had my ups and downs but it's been so good for me. It's still hard going home though...there's a song called "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts that says it perfect, "But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong. I'm movin' on." I decided that since this semester is ending, it's the perfect time for a little Grass Therapy. Now that I've learned from all my experiences, I can grab that handful of grass, throw it into the wind and never get hung up on those mistakes/disappointments again.  
Just let it go...I'm movin on. 

Wish me luck.

Remember

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let the insanity begin.

First of all...I have some BIG news. I have the greatest trip planned this summer. I am beyond excited. I'm doing this:

but adding an extra day in London and then 3 in Spain! Ahhhhh I can't wait. My long time friend and neighbor, McKenna is coming with me. 

We leave July 22.

I'll have to write more about it later. But let it be enough to say that I'm working my poor little fingers to the bone until the day we leave...and maybe not buying ANYTHING either. Not even groceries. Haha this will be fun.

In other news, my best friend Heather is getting married Thursday. 

I'm so happy for her and can't wait to spend the day with all my girls. :) 

Then Friday, a bunch of my friends and I are going to  

Bryce Canyon for the weekend.

And in the midst of all these crazy events I have to write an essay for Business Law, take an Accounting test, and attempt to get ready for finals. 

Oh and did I mention its been 70 degrees outside making it VERY hard to concentrate? If I get everything done it will be a miracle.

Hope everyone has a lovely week. :)

One Day

I think this song is great.

Listen.

Matisyahu - One Day.

Epic Fail.

"So you think that you’re a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What’s wrong with that? In the first place, if you’ve any sense at all you must have learned by now that we pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free." -Tom Robbins

Hearts

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Hearts are funny little things.

They can feel like they've been crushed into ten million little pieces.

They can feel empty.

They can feel hurt.

They can feel forgotten.

But slowly they change...

Somehow the pieces get put back together.

And they become stronger.

And one day you wake up and realize you feel...different.

Good.

Great even.

Ready to take on the world again.

And this new feeling, is such a relief.

Change

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another."

-Anatole France 

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is  life, and in change there is power."

-Alan Cohen      

Hmmm...

Last night, I had a dream I was riding a motorcycle. I rode the motorcycle through some fields, a river, and over a highway to a neighborhood. Now, I've ridden motorcycles a few times in my life, but it's been a LONG time. One time in particular, resulted in the scars I still have on my arms and legs...But in this dream I was a great driver. :) When I got to this neighborhood I deserted the motorcycle and started walking to a house. This just happened to be Taylor Swift's house, and we were going to ice skating lessons together. A girl drove us to our lessons (I didn't know this girl) and there were two kids in the backseat who I went to Highschool with and probably haven't thought of since. When we got there the ice was really slushy, which made it hard to skate. Dreams are so weird...

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I believe

I believe...in optimism. I believe that a good attitude is a choice. But I also believe that sometimes it’s normal to hate the world for a minute. I believe that you have hard times so you can learn and grow and that you have good times to learn to love life. I believe you have to love yourself and be okay with who you are. I believe that everyone comes into your life for a reason, to help you learn something. I believe in real love, you should become your best self. But those days when you are your _{worst self}, they should love you anyway. If they don’t, they don’t deserve you. I believe in pushing yourself. I DON’T believe we’re here to fail. I believe in being busy and productive. But I also believe in having “you” time and doing absolutely nothing just because you want to. I believe in wearing sweats, eating french fries and ice cream, and going shopping. But I also believe in self discipline. I believe that sunshine is happiness. But I also believe that there’s nothing like laying under the stars. I believe in singing as loud as you can to the radio by yourself in the car even though you probably look and sound ridiculous. I believe you can do anything if you're willing work hard enough. I believe that sometimes in life we will be disappointed, but if your hopes and dreams don't work out the way you wished, you can pick up the pieces and begin again. I believe that traveling is the best way to open your eyes to new things. I also believe it’s the best way to appreciate what you already have. I believe that best friends are lifesavers. I believe laughing so hard you can’t breathe is good for you. I believe in taking thousands and thousands of pictures to help you remember all the good and bad times you’ve had. I believe in enjoying the little moments, because they are what really matter.

Not Funny

Mother Nature has graced us with her presence yet again! There is a good 8 inches of new snow out there! Apparently Winter has a sense of humor and is playing some late April Fool's jokes on us...well Winter, to you I say, JOKES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY. GO AWAY.

Perfectly Lonely

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Nothin to do

Nowhere to be

A simple little kind of free

Nothin to do

No one but me

And that's all I need. (For now)

-Perfectly Lonely, John Mayer