Just a few....Thursday Things!

Hi dearest friends! It's been a crazy few days and my brain is fried and I still have to work tomorrow. :P However! Exciting things ARE happening this weekend and I'm rather excited about everything, so let's get to it shall we?!

• It's been a VERY long TWELVE days, but tonight I finally get to see Soldier Boy again. I'm so giddy with excitement, it's ridiculous. Here's hoping I can hold it together through my ballet class tonight....

• We're exchanging valentines tonight....:o) Here's a peak at what Soldier Boy's looks like:

• cute, right? (His valentine is glued to a box of cereal, in case you didn't figure that out by the cheesy saying. ;) )

• Tomorrow night is going to include me and Roommate A going to a stake activity. I'm going to be her wing woman while we go "speed dating: bingo style." ha ha ha. should be entertaining to say the least.

• I think I am MOST excited for Saturday.

• See Saturday....Saturday I'm going to see Ballet West's Don Quixote. It's supposedly FANTASTIC. (at least, that's what EVERYONE keeps telling me)

• Also, I'm going to the Blue Iguana with Soldier Boy prior to the ballet. I've heard mixed reviews of the place, and I'm intrigued to try it.

• I'm going to look AMAZING in my dress. I promise to post a picture later. :o)

• I have left all my shows in my hulu que to watch while I get ready for the ballet. It's going to be fun times.

• Next week is looking fantastic. :o) 

• Basically, life is really, REALLY good.

Wordy Wednesday

First off, I need to tell you that I had a great post in my head for yesterday. It's still there in fact...in my head. However, yesterday ended up being an insanely busy day and I had no moments to blog. At all. I need to be better about getting things ready ahead of time.....yeah right.

Anyways, it was your basic single person's Valentine's Day. Soldier Boy and I talked on the phone for a very long time and it's making me all sleepy and slightly ornery today. Hopefully there are no punks on the phones. :P We're actually doing our V-Day celebration on Thursday at Blue Tango. At least, that's when he'll get his Valentine. :o)

Also, we're going to the ballet on Saturday, and I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm going to wear the prettiest dress and my hair piece I made? Super cute. Want proof? Okay. :-D

Finally, I was stalking a blogger named meg and she shared this magnificent quote:

"Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when nothing changes a speck, when you don't go anywhere or do anything or think one new thought. And then you can get hit with a day or an hour, or half a second, when so much happens, it's almost like you are born all over again into some brand-new person you for damn sure never expected to meet."

E.R. Frank

Isn't that just fantastic? I totally feel like this right now. I feel like the past few years have been the same old, same old. Not much change, just me and my life going down the river. However, my river has quickly turned into a quick changing beast with rapids and waterfalls, and new scenery that is just beautiful. Life is full of surprises and the person I am right now is never the person I expected I would become. Here I am though...and I love it.

Have a happy Wednesday everyone!

Tender Mercy Tuesday - 11th Edition

Good Morning my dear internet friends! I hope you had a splendid Valentine's Day and that life is treating you well. I have a random, itchy chin (well...underneath my chin) and I'm not sure what is causing it...but life is still happy!

I was reading in my journal last night looking at my daily tender mercies from the past week trying to find the perfect one to share with you all today. I am so blessed and I am not sure why, but I am so grateful for all of my many blessings. I think the best tender mercy this last week was realizing how lucky I got with my roommates. Roommate A and I weren't really good friends until about 8-9 months AFTER I moved in. Now, now we're best of buds. I love hanging out with her. She makes me laugh, teaches me how to play video games and helps me flirt with boys. Basically, she's amazing and I am so glad she's my roommate. She's the best roommate for me right now. It is amazing to me how much I have been blessed in my years of living away from home with roommates who seem to be perfect for me at that moment.

Have a wonderful Tuesday y'all.

Happy Valentine's Day

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Today, I want to express a whole bunch of feelings that I have in my heart. Even though I find myself without a Valentine this year, I have an overwhelming amount of love that I want to share. Many times I wish we were more like the Greeks and had the many different words that express different types of love. I think that part of the Greek language is beautiful. So many times I want to tell people that I love them, but it's not necessarily a romantic love but rather a brotherly/sisterly love or a friendship love. Love is so diverse and can be defined in so many ways.

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I love that picture up above. Love is a VERB guys. Loving anyone takes action on your part. I don't think it really matters HOW you show your love, as long as you actually show it. Love requires action.

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One thing I have realized in my years of dating and giving my parts of my heart to several different people is that you just have to take the risk. Sure, dating can break your heart. Loving someone is a huge risk, but the times that it works far outweigh any time where it doesn't. I don't regret any time that I've given my heart to someone.

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So on today, of all days, I hope you'll never stop loving - anyone! Everyone needs a little bit of love. Thanks for being great internet friends y'all. I am so grateful for all the support and love I feel from everyone of you all the time. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day everyone. I love ya!!!