I love cereal. I think I regularly eat at least one bowl of cereal everyday. But really its almost impossible to just eat one bowl so its more like 3...or even more if the milk lasts that long. I like cereal a lot, did I mention I love it? I believe its a very important invention, much like the automobile. I enjoy the different flavors of milk it leaves behind, and by the time you get to your third bowl the flavor is pretty intense. I also enjoy that perfect state of crispyness/mushyness that every type of cereal reaches. It's wonderful. Sometimes I eat it in a deep bowl, sometimes I grab a giant spoon. Sometimes I purposely grab a small bowl so that I have an excuse to eat more of it. And I've been known to eat it in a cup..if I have to. I can easily eat a whole box in one sitting. I eat it in the morning, I eat it at midnight, I eat it after Sunday dinner, I eat it during work (even when I worked in a restraunt I would opt to eat cereal over most things) I eat it when I'm cold (maybe with a hot pop tart) If I ever went to into space that would probably be the first thing I eat. I think cereal's appeal lies in it's simplicity. It's also easy to make, like a grilled cheese sandwhich which is a plus for everyone since no one can cook anyways. It also comes in many different varieties. Some better than others but all of them are good (except maybe raisin bran and a few select others) but even cheerios are good, and can be made great with the right amount of sugar. It's so yummy.
Top ten cereals that produce the best milk:
1. Apple Jacks
2. Fruit Loops
3. Trix
4. Fruity Pepples
5. French Toast Crunch
6. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
7. Frosted Flakes
8. Honey Bunches of Oats
9. Honeycomb
10. Cocoa Puffs (chocolate milk of course!)
Top ten cereals that still taste good when mushy:
1. Fruity Pepples
2. Rice Crispies
3. French Toast Crunch
4. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
5. Cinnamon Life
6. Cheerios
7. Frosted Flakes
8. Corn Flakes
9. Honey Bunches of Oats (or granola since it doesn't even really get mushy)
10. Captain Crunch
Top ten cereals that taste the best without milk:
1. Waffle Crisp
2. Granola
3. Lucky Charms
4. Honey Nut Cheerios
5. Fruit Loops
6. French Toast Crunch
7. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
8. Apple Jacks
9. Frosted Mini Wheats
10. Cinnamon Life
Top ten cereals that are most fun when you eat one thing at a time:
1. Lucky Charms- save the marshmallows for last
2. Captain Crunch - save the red and blue balls
3. Raisin Bran- save the raisins, then throw them away!
4. Fruit Loops- save whichever color you prefer
5. I could only come up with four :)
Top eight cereals that can be used to make some other treat:
1. Golden Grahams- golden graham smores ohhh man everyone should try this
2. Rice Crispies- rice crispie treats
3. Fruity Pebbles- also good as rice crispies
4. Cocoa Pebbles- also makes very good rice crispie treats (with chocolate chips melted in them too)
5. Granola- granola bars
6. Frosted Flakes- if you crush them up and put them on top of funeral potatos..haha
7. Rice Crispies- peanut butter crispies mmm
8. Chex- chex mix
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
what a wonderful life
So just to warn any of you that are not mormon or religious at all this blog is pretty much going to be churchy lol so read it if you want or not I dont care..
Tonight I heard that President Gordon B. Hinckley had passed away. I ended up having lots of different emotions about it, mostly a happy/sad emotion if that makes any sense. Probably even more happy than sad. It makes me happy to know that he is in a wonderful place right now, a place he very much deserves and a place he has worked so hard for. He was more than ready to leave. His work does not stop at 97 years...its really only "a blink of an eye" and he has greater things still to do. He is also with his wife again, I just feel really happy for him.
I immediately started thinking about my memories of him. I loved his sense of humor. I loved his compassion. He was so tireless and so dedicated. He was 97 years old and still traveling the world. He was so loving and so gentle. He worked so hard, I feel like I am so endebted to him, as if the whole world is somehow indebted to his work. He was so easy to connect with and he was so personable everyone could feel a connection with him. He made an effort to teach the youth of the church, and he expanded the church throughout the world. I have never ever heard one bad thing said about him, including those of different faiths or viewpoints. How could you ever say something bad about him?
There is a picture of him that I really love. I tried to find it so I could put it in here but I haven't been able to. It's just a personal picture of him during the winter or sometime cold he has a big coat on and a cool looking felt hat or something like that and the expression on his face is just of pure joy. He just looks like some ordinary old man probably sitting on his porch enjoying the sunrise. Its a wonderful picture and it just captures the moment of what he is truly like. If anyone knows what I'm talking about they should give me a copy or something.
He is the only prophet I've ever really known but he has got to be one of my favorites forever.
It may be a little weird to write in a blog but I feel like I should bear my testimony, or at least some of it...
I feel so reassured by the gospel and the church. It is SO wonderful to know that life isn't just the 80 or 90 or however many years you spend on Earth. I know that life doesn't end when you die a physical death and that there are better things to come. It is amazing to know that you can be with your family forever, that you can have relationships with your friends forever. It is humbling to experience life through our own actions and mistakes. I know that I am so lucky to be here and to be alive and to be able to know for myself what is actually true. I know I have been given much and that much is expected in return. Without the church there is hardly a purpose to life. I am grateful to have knowledge of the purpose and the plan. I am grateful to know of the sacrifices made by millions or billions of people for these things to be set in place. I am grateful for heroes and examples such as the prophet. I just feel lucky and forever indebted for these oppurtunities.
I dont think I am good enough with words to be able to fully express these things. But maybe you get an idea.
Now I have a list! Yay!
These are things that I honestly have never gone a full day without thanking God for. They are not really in order.
1. For everyday that I am alive to experience life
2. To have a family and friends that care
3. To be so fortunate as to be born in America so free, and born into the church at a time when it is here on the Earth.
4. The sacrifices that others have made for my benefit
5. To have the knowledge of the truth
6. My mistakes and the trials that I must overcome(yes I did say mistakes and trials, they make me who I am)
7. For blessings I never even recognize
8. For the patience and mercy he must have for me
9. For my free agency
10. Knowing that at the end of the day I can only do so much, then I have to trust myself to him. And I am thankful that I can do that.
Thats all really. Thats not exactly what I planned to talk about but what else better to talk about anyways? Wow that was either really cheesy, or you probably didn't care and stopped reading it after I said it would be a churchy blog. Thats okay it was good to write this down.
ps. my favorite subway sandwhich right now is the oven roasted chicken breast with american cheese, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, and salt and pepper with a little ranch all toasted on a twelve inch italian herbs and cheese bread. With chips and a drink of course...although their cookies are suprisingly good I must say...
Tonight I heard that President Gordon B. Hinckley had passed away. I ended up having lots of different emotions about it, mostly a happy/sad emotion if that makes any sense. Probably even more happy than sad. It makes me happy to know that he is in a wonderful place right now, a place he very much deserves and a place he has worked so hard for. He was more than ready to leave. His work does not stop at 97 years...its really only "a blink of an eye" and he has greater things still to do. He is also with his wife again, I just feel really happy for him.
I immediately started thinking about my memories of him. I loved his sense of humor. I loved his compassion. He was so tireless and so dedicated. He was 97 years old and still traveling the world. He was so loving and so gentle. He worked so hard, I feel like I am so endebted to him, as if the whole world is somehow indebted to his work. He was so easy to connect with and he was so personable everyone could feel a connection with him. He made an effort to teach the youth of the church, and he expanded the church throughout the world. I have never ever heard one bad thing said about him, including those of different faiths or viewpoints. How could you ever say something bad about him?
There is a picture of him that I really love. I tried to find it so I could put it in here but I haven't been able to. It's just a personal picture of him during the winter or sometime cold he has a big coat on and a cool looking felt hat or something like that and the expression on his face is just of pure joy. He just looks like some ordinary old man probably sitting on his porch enjoying the sunrise. Its a wonderful picture and it just captures the moment of what he is truly like. If anyone knows what I'm talking about they should give me a copy or something.
He is the only prophet I've ever really known but he has got to be one of my favorites forever.
It may be a little weird to write in a blog but I feel like I should bear my testimony, or at least some of it...
I feel so reassured by the gospel and the church. It is SO wonderful to know that life isn't just the 80 or 90 or however many years you spend on Earth. I know that life doesn't end when you die a physical death and that there are better things to come. It is amazing to know that you can be with your family forever, that you can have relationships with your friends forever. It is humbling to experience life through our own actions and mistakes. I know that I am so lucky to be here and to be alive and to be able to know for myself what is actually true. I know I have been given much and that much is expected in return. Without the church there is hardly a purpose to life. I am grateful to have knowledge of the purpose and the plan. I am grateful to know of the sacrifices made by millions or billions of people for these things to be set in place. I am grateful for heroes and examples such as the prophet. I just feel lucky and forever indebted for these oppurtunities.
I dont think I am good enough with words to be able to fully express these things. But maybe you get an idea.
Now I have a list! Yay!
These are things that I honestly have never gone a full day without thanking God for. They are not really in order.
1. For everyday that I am alive to experience life
2. To have a family and friends that care
3. To be so fortunate as to be born in America so free, and born into the church at a time when it is here on the Earth.
4. The sacrifices that others have made for my benefit
5. To have the knowledge of the truth
6. My mistakes and the trials that I must overcome(yes I did say mistakes and trials, they make me who I am)
7. For blessings I never even recognize
8. For the patience and mercy he must have for me
9. For my free agency
10. Knowing that at the end of the day I can only do so much, then I have to trust myself to him. And I am thankful that I can do that.
Thats all really. Thats not exactly what I planned to talk about but what else better to talk about anyways? Wow that was either really cheesy, or you probably didn't care and stopped reading it after I said it would be a churchy blog. Thats okay it was good to write this down.
ps. my favorite subway sandwhich right now is the oven roasted chicken breast with american cheese, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, and salt and pepper with a little ranch all toasted on a twelve inch italian herbs and cheese bread. With chips and a drink of course...although their cookies are suprisingly good I must say...
Sunday, January 20, 2008
nihil est sine ratione
So I learned a new saying, It's latin and it means "to everything there's a reason" or "nothing without reason" whichever one you prefer.
It made me start to think about the reason for everything that happens in my life and the more I thought about it the more I realized I usually have no idea what the reason is behind most of the things that happen to me. Or better yet, I dont have any idea why they happen at THAT point and time...and it may be months or years before I realize why. I basically just live my life the only way I know how and things are happening all the time and you have to take them as they come and keep moving on, almost always I never know why they happen. Or I think I do, but then I figure out that I really don't.
To me its really amazing to think about how life is so full of events and happenings and trials and highs and lows, its like this billion piece jigsaw puzzle that we navigate through but somehow in the end it all fits into one big picture and in the end everything really does have a purpose and a place, even the most ridiculously stupid things. Everything works together and everything plays a part and everything is a piece of a giant puzzle that we just cannot see fully.
I think its hard for me to be able to trust that everything works out in the end. Everything really does happen for a reason, and everything that happens is to prepare us, or to help us for something in the future. We just may never realize it at the time, which can be frustrating. It's just basically an act of blind faith because there is nothing you can do but put your trust in the fact that everything works out for the better. It can be hard to understand in the moment why things happen or why things can't happen because I also believe that anything is possible if you work hard enough at it. But there is a bigger picture to life than just my little view, life is everyone's view and everyone wants their own things and it's good that everyone doesn't get everything they want. Even me I guess.
It made me start to think about the reason for everything that happens in my life and the more I thought about it the more I realized I usually have no idea what the reason is behind most of the things that happen to me. Or better yet, I dont have any idea why they happen at THAT point and time...and it may be months or years before I realize why. I basically just live my life the only way I know how and things are happening all the time and you have to take them as they come and keep moving on, almost always I never know why they happen. Or I think I do, but then I figure out that I really don't.
To me its really amazing to think about how life is so full of events and happenings and trials and highs and lows, its like this billion piece jigsaw puzzle that we navigate through but somehow in the end it all fits into one big picture and in the end everything really does have a purpose and a place, even the most ridiculously stupid things. Everything works together and everything plays a part and everything is a piece of a giant puzzle that we just cannot see fully.
I think its hard for me to be able to trust that everything works out in the end. Everything really does happen for a reason, and everything that happens is to prepare us, or to help us for something in the future. We just may never realize it at the time, which can be frustrating. It's just basically an act of blind faith because there is nothing you can do but put your trust in the fact that everything works out for the better. It can be hard to understand in the moment why things happen or why things can't happen because I also believe that anything is possible if you work hard enough at it. But there is a bigger picture to life than just my little view, life is everyone's view and everyone wants their own things and it's good that everyone doesn't get everything they want. Even me I guess.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
my boring daily life
So I realize like 99% of my blogs are not even about my life. When I first started blogging thats all I ever blogged about was what my day was like and what I did but that soon got very boring to me and now generally my blog is like a big forum on the various topics of life that I think about all the time.
So I decided I'm going to write about my actual life :)
(This is where the blog begins with the words, "Well....nothing has really new to tell you, just the same old thing everyday") haha...but its true.
Life is good, it can definitely be much better but it can also be much worse so I'm happy that it isn't any worse. It seems my life is dictated by my work schedule, I work around 13 hours every day-add a normal 7-8 hours of sleep that i MUST have in order to not go insane plus exactly an hour worth of driving time since I drive to park city twice and back and I'm left with what...2 0r 3 hours worth of free time. yay.
Work at the Marriott is going well enough so I can't complain too much about it. There is always something entertaining happening. It's Sundance film festival time and we have a whole bunch of people from New York and Los Angelos. The people with NY accents are really funny and I think I've seen more black people than I would in 20 years around Heber. My other job is okay I guess. I have yet to decide if I actually like it. The way they keep track of all their information with their computer systems is very confusing and hard to understand, and I am this guy's assistant or "slave" as he thinks so that job is a little iffy but I only work 4 hours there a day...so I can handle it pretty well usually.
Like I mentioned before I don't have much free time so I hardly have anything else to tell you about what I do besides work..
I bought a new vehicle though I am SUPER excited, I got rid of my car that got me stuck everywhere I went. My new car is a black jeep liberty its REALLY nice and it will never get stuck yay! I only miss my awesome sound system I had in my old car...but someday I will get one in my jeep :) but I have a sunroof and I've always wanted a sunroof its pretty much my new favorite thing right now even though its too cold to even open lol.
I applied to UVSC quite a while ago now for the summer semester...I have yet to hear back about whether I made it in or what so I am a little anxious about that. Although its like open enrollment so basically everyone gets in...hah that makes me feel pretty dumb but hey its still a college right? I would like to know so that I can get my financial aid all squared away so that I can know how much I will have to work because if I had to work 13 hours a day plus my school lol well thats just not happening. I am really looking forward to leaving for school it would be fun to move to provo because SIGH...heber is just getting kinda lame...epecially the people...well some of them anyways.
Well thats all about my life for now anyways. I'm sure no one even cared or read all this. Oh well I wouldn't either lol.
So I decided I'm going to write about my actual life :)
(This is where the blog begins with the words, "Well....nothing has really new to tell you, just the same old thing everyday") haha...but its true.
Life is good, it can definitely be much better but it can also be much worse so I'm happy that it isn't any worse. It seems my life is dictated by my work schedule, I work around 13 hours every day-add a normal 7-8 hours of sleep that i MUST have in order to not go insane plus exactly an hour worth of driving time since I drive to park city twice and back and I'm left with what...2 0r 3 hours worth of free time. yay.
Work at the Marriott is going well enough so I can't complain too much about it. There is always something entertaining happening. It's Sundance film festival time and we have a whole bunch of people from New York and Los Angelos. The people with NY accents are really funny and I think I've seen more black people than I would in 20 years around Heber. My other job is okay I guess. I have yet to decide if I actually like it. The way they keep track of all their information with their computer systems is very confusing and hard to understand, and I am this guy's assistant or "slave" as he thinks so that job is a little iffy but I only work 4 hours there a day...so I can handle it pretty well usually.
Like I mentioned before I don't have much free time so I hardly have anything else to tell you about what I do besides work..
I bought a new vehicle though I am SUPER excited, I got rid of my car that got me stuck everywhere I went. My new car is a black jeep liberty its REALLY nice and it will never get stuck yay! I only miss my awesome sound system I had in my old car...but someday I will get one in my jeep :) but I have a sunroof and I've always wanted a sunroof its pretty much my new favorite thing right now even though its too cold to even open lol.
I applied to UVSC quite a while ago now for the summer semester...I have yet to hear back about whether I made it in or what so I am a little anxious about that. Although its like open enrollment so basically everyone gets in...hah that makes me feel pretty dumb but hey its still a college right? I would like to know so that I can get my financial aid all squared away so that I can know how much I will have to work because if I had to work 13 hours a day plus my school lol well thats just not happening. I am really looking forward to leaving for school it would be fun to move to provo because SIGH...heber is just getting kinda lame...epecially the people...well some of them anyways.
Well thats all about my life for now anyways. I'm sure no one even cared or read all this. Oh well I wouldn't either lol.
Friday, January 11, 2008
I am...
So this is a big blog that I have been working on forever. It was originally just a huge paragraph of random run-on sentences but I decided it needed a little organization so I put it into statements. I like it.
I Am.
I am adventerous yet afraid. I am very random to people I dont actually know but very sincere to people I do know. I am able to get along with almost anyone, but not everyone can get along with me. I am generally speaking, an unlucky person but I know that I am really lucky for many things. I am able to restrain myself, but I am prone to many human desires. I am always eating more than I should however I never gain any weight. I am always thinking but I usually have no one to think with. I am not frustrated very easily but when I am everyone can tell. I am passionate about everything that really means something to me.
I Believe.
I believe there is a silver lining in every single thing I just may never know what it is. I believe in my church without a shadow of a doubt even though once I didn't. I believe in the magic of chance and purpose even though I dont know what my purpose is. I believe anyone has the ability to do anything but sometimes I do nothing. I believe in a million things that are hard to prove, you just have to know for yourself.
I Understand.
I understand that even though I think my life is the hardest thing ever, I will always be able to look around and know that someone else has it even harder. I understand the importance of taking a shower everyday but sometimes I dont. I understand the importance of being honest, even when it comes to how often I shower. I understand things better than ever before, yet I know nothing really.
I Have.
I have an expansive mind but I limit my ability to act on my thoughts. I have deep goals, but I never get my priorities straight. I have a passion for music that will always be with me. I have a desire to do good but I always wonder if what I do is good. I have a birth certificate that says I was born.
I Feel.
I feel the world is wide open and free, however I feel confined in my own little place. I feel so free, yet it is hard for me to recognize an oppurtunity when I see one. I feel as if my life goes in cirlces, but thats better than most other shapes. I feel blessed to be where I am today, but I feel like I can be somewhere better tomorrow.
I Dream.
I dream that someday all my hard work will pay off, however I probably will never stop working on something. I dream for the future, but I wish I could re live my past. I dream some pretty weird dreams but they are funny. I dream for the moments that make me smile and the times that make me laugh. I dream of ways to make myself better. Sometimes I dream that I am dreaming in my own dream!
I Can.
I can endure huge amounts of pain without ever showing it to anyone. I can sleep for half a day but I will always feel tired. I can make myself laugh out loud with my own thoughts, I can also make myself cry too easily. I can always look back and be proud of certain things I have done yet there are things I can't be proud of.
I Enjoy.
I enjoy thinking intellectually, yet never seem to be able to talk the way I think. I enjoy the simple stupid things that come with life. I enjoy the stars in the sky and the grass on the ground. I enjoy meeting new people, yet most people think I am anti social. I enjoy road trips but I have hardly ever been on any. I enjoy lots of things that I've never really done a lot of...maybe thats why I enjoy them. I enjoy the relationships I have with the people I know.
I Appreciate.
I appreciate the things I have, but I never know how much until I lose it-and I lose things a lot. I appreciate the air I breath and the water I drink. I appreciate the memories I have, I never feel like I can have enough. I appreciate the people that can make me laugh, and even the people that make me think twice about what I think...or think I thought or thought I thinked...
I Hate.
I hate working so many hours but I enjoy it in a way. I hate it when I do something I'm not supposed to do and I know that I will hate it but I do it anyways. There are lots of things that I hate all while enjoying them. I hate it when the things that can go wrong always do. I hate how unlucky I can be sometimes. I hate the fact that some people are just incapable of caring. But I really dont HATE too many things...
I Love.
I love the thought of change, yet I may never be able to deal with it well. I love the thought of love. I love the fact that every new day can be the start of something even better. I love how intricate everything in the world is but it is still so simple. I love that bees make honey, I wish I could make honey. I love life.
I Think.
I think it would be cool to be a movie actor but I would dislike the lifestyle. I think it would be awesome to eat a whole case of twinkies but it would make me sick. I think I think too much, but the more I think about it the more I can't stop, and the more I think that I think too much just like I thought before. I think ducks are cool but they're not my favorite. I think about the future way more than I think about the present. I think that someday I will become who I want to be.
Well this is another blog that could go on forever. Thats probably about .1% of me. guess I am a lot of things, but I am also not a lot of things. But that is just who I am.
I Am.
I am adventerous yet afraid. I am very random to people I dont actually know but very sincere to people I do know. I am able to get along with almost anyone, but not everyone can get along with me. I am generally speaking, an unlucky person but I know that I am really lucky for many things. I am able to restrain myself, but I am prone to many human desires. I am always eating more than I should however I never gain any weight. I am always thinking but I usually have no one to think with. I am not frustrated very easily but when I am everyone can tell. I am passionate about everything that really means something to me.
I Believe.
I believe there is a silver lining in every single thing I just may never know what it is. I believe in my church without a shadow of a doubt even though once I didn't. I believe in the magic of chance and purpose even though I dont know what my purpose is. I believe anyone has the ability to do anything but sometimes I do nothing. I believe in a million things that are hard to prove, you just have to know for yourself.
I Understand.
I understand that even though I think my life is the hardest thing ever, I will always be able to look around and know that someone else has it even harder. I understand the importance of taking a shower everyday but sometimes I dont. I understand the importance of being honest, even when it comes to how often I shower. I understand things better than ever before, yet I know nothing really.
I Have.
I have an expansive mind but I limit my ability to act on my thoughts. I have deep goals, but I never get my priorities straight. I have a passion for music that will always be with me. I have a desire to do good but I always wonder if what I do is good. I have a birth certificate that says I was born.
I Feel.
I feel the world is wide open and free, however I feel confined in my own little place. I feel so free, yet it is hard for me to recognize an oppurtunity when I see one. I feel as if my life goes in cirlces, but thats better than most other shapes. I feel blessed to be where I am today, but I feel like I can be somewhere better tomorrow.
I Dream.
I dream that someday all my hard work will pay off, however I probably will never stop working on something. I dream for the future, but I wish I could re live my past. I dream some pretty weird dreams but they are funny. I dream for the moments that make me smile and the times that make me laugh. I dream of ways to make myself better. Sometimes I dream that I am dreaming in my own dream!
I Can.
I can endure huge amounts of pain without ever showing it to anyone. I can sleep for half a day but I will always feel tired. I can make myself laugh out loud with my own thoughts, I can also make myself cry too easily. I can always look back and be proud of certain things I have done yet there are things I can't be proud of.
I Enjoy.
I enjoy thinking intellectually, yet never seem to be able to talk the way I think. I enjoy the simple stupid things that come with life. I enjoy the stars in the sky and the grass on the ground. I enjoy meeting new people, yet most people think I am anti social. I enjoy road trips but I have hardly ever been on any. I enjoy lots of things that I've never really done a lot of...maybe thats why I enjoy them. I enjoy the relationships I have with the people I know.
I Appreciate.
I appreciate the things I have, but I never know how much until I lose it-and I lose things a lot. I appreciate the air I breath and the water I drink. I appreciate the memories I have, I never feel like I can have enough. I appreciate the people that can make me laugh, and even the people that make me think twice about what I think...or think I thought or thought I thinked...
I Hate.
I hate working so many hours but I enjoy it in a way. I hate it when I do something I'm not supposed to do and I know that I will hate it but I do it anyways. There are lots of things that I hate all while enjoying them. I hate it when the things that can go wrong always do. I hate how unlucky I can be sometimes. I hate the fact that some people are just incapable of caring. But I really dont HATE too many things...
I Love.
I love the thought of change, yet I may never be able to deal with it well. I love the thought of love. I love the fact that every new day can be the start of something even better. I love how intricate everything in the world is but it is still so simple. I love that bees make honey, I wish I could make honey. I love life.
I Think.
I think it would be cool to be a movie actor but I would dislike the lifestyle. I think it would be awesome to eat a whole case of twinkies but it would make me sick. I think I think too much, but the more I think about it the more I can't stop, and the more I think that I think too much just like I thought before. I think ducks are cool but they're not my favorite. I think about the future way more than I think about the present. I think that someday I will become who I want to be.
Well this is another blog that could go on forever. Thats probably about .1% of me. guess I am a lot of things, but I am also not a lot of things. But that is just who I am.
Monday, January 7, 2008
my blog of complaints
Hello everyone!
Just warning you this is going to be probably the worst blog I will ever write, all it is is complaints and whining but after I write it down I'll feel better so you don't even have to read it lol.
So last weekend was REALLY crazy with my two jobs and of course we had like the biggest snow storm of the whole winter so far. So I've been working my first job (Raintree Resort) from 3-9 pm every day except Sundays and Mondays and then at 11 pm I start work at Marriott until 7 in the morning. Then I come home and by the time I get to sleep it is about 8 or 8:30 and then I wake up at 2:30 and race back up to Park City so I can start it all over again at 3.
Well it was okay until last weekend I had a lot of stress that was just slowly building up from doing that all week and by Friday I was a bit frazzled lol. What a good word. Anyways..work at Raintree on Friday was particularly frustrating, and I was happy to get off, but when I did get off I went outside and it was like a blizzard and it was 9 at night and I had to be to Marriott at 11. PLUS, after getting off at Marriott at 7 in the morning I had to be back to work at Raintree at 9 in the morning because on Sat. my Raintree hours are 9-6. Are you still following me??? So basically I was only 1/3 of the way through my working time! I was sortof hoping I could just drive to Heber...I dont know why, just so it felt like I could be home a minute...but that was not going to happen with the way my car drives in the snow. So I just went to a restraunt and ate by myself because I was SUPER hungry and I was tired but like in a non sleepy tired way if that makes sense. Plus like am I really going to fall asleep for 2 hours anyways, I'll just be even more tired when I have to wake myself up it would feel more like two minutes.
So I got done eating at like 9:45 and I was like great, now what do I do until 11 so I just went to Albertson's and walked up and down every aisle like 3 times, and I was going to buy a soduko book to do while working at Marriott but my brain was not in the mood to play numbers games so I just bought some Krispy Kreme donuts lol. Then I went to the parking lot and was like great, now what am I going to do lol. So I just kinda rested in my car for a half hour....yeah exciting I know....
So I made my way up to Marriott but we have this horrible hill that never gets snow plowed and its so slick and icy and you can only go like .1 miles per hour up it and my car though it tried very hard, could not make it up the hill lol. I was like great...so I parked in some random shady apartment complex parking lot really hoping my car wouldn't get towed. One of my co-workers saw me and gave me a ride up to the hotel. Yay for him! Work went pretty well until morning time, we had a very drunk girl come in she had no idea where she was and she just started screaming and yelling at me and David and saying the most random things, none of which I can repeat because it was very colorful language lol. Well we finally figured out that she needed to be at the other Marriott hotel except no taxis would answer because its like 3 in the morning they're all asleep probably lol. Apparantly she called a taxi driver from salt lake who came all the way out here but of course he didn't know where to take her because she couldn't tell him so he just sorta dropped her off here for us to deal with but as he was going back down our hill he got stuck haha. So he had to come back up here and wait for a tow truck to pull him out, except the lady decided to get back in his car and in the end we just had to call the cops and have them take her where she needed to go lol.
So after that we had about 60 families that were checking out that day and most of them had taxis scheduled to take them to the airport except it had snowed so much all night that none of the taxis could even make it up the hill to us so everyone was late and everyone was freaking out and it was insane. This full sized bus tried to make it up the hill but it got stuck and like slid sideways so it was blocking the whole road lol. It was a disaster...
So I got to my car and it was stuck as well it just looked like a big mound of snow me and two of my co-workers had to work for like an hour to get it out. So we finally got it out and I left but my gas tank was at 0 miles to go until I needed to refuel haha so I went to the gas station but I got stuck trying to get in it haha....then I pulled in the wrong way and had to flip around lol. Then by that time it was like past nine and I called my boss at Raintree and I was like you know what I have not had a very good day and I'm completely exhausted all I want to do is get home and go to sleep so hes like ok you should do that I was like yes I should lol. So finally i was on my way home and I was driving down the highway just fine until I started going downhill and all of a sudden my car just completely starts sliding right off the highway into a huge snowbank and I was stuck...AGAIN. I had to call my dad and ask him to come pull me out except some other random nice guy pulled me out just before my dad came so my dad followed me home but I made it! YES! After that I slept and slept and slept....and then was awake all night because I slept too much....Oh well....
PHEW! ok I'm done. Sorry I warned you at the top... just really had to vent for a second....more like an hour but whatever. I'm cutting back my hours at Raintree so I go in at 6 pm...then I still have to go over to marriott at 11...we'll see how that goes. Stay tuned :)
And I promise not to complain once for the rest of the week! You have permission to slap me if I do.
Just warning you this is going to be probably the worst blog I will ever write, all it is is complaints and whining but after I write it down I'll feel better so you don't even have to read it lol.
So last weekend was REALLY crazy with my two jobs and of course we had like the biggest snow storm of the whole winter so far. So I've been working my first job (Raintree Resort) from 3-9 pm every day except Sundays and Mondays and then at 11 pm I start work at Marriott until 7 in the morning. Then I come home and by the time I get to sleep it is about 8 or 8:30 and then I wake up at 2:30 and race back up to Park City so I can start it all over again at 3.
Well it was okay until last weekend I had a lot of stress that was just slowly building up from doing that all week and by Friday I was a bit frazzled lol. What a good word. Anyways..work at Raintree on Friday was particularly frustrating, and I was happy to get off, but when I did get off I went outside and it was like a blizzard and it was 9 at night and I had to be to Marriott at 11. PLUS, after getting off at Marriott at 7 in the morning I had to be back to work at Raintree at 9 in the morning because on Sat. my Raintree hours are 9-6. Are you still following me??? So basically I was only 1/3 of the way through my working time! I was sortof hoping I could just drive to Heber...I dont know why, just so it felt like I could be home a minute...but that was not going to happen with the way my car drives in the snow. So I just went to a restraunt and ate by myself because I was SUPER hungry and I was tired but like in a non sleepy tired way if that makes sense. Plus like am I really going to fall asleep for 2 hours anyways, I'll just be even more tired when I have to wake myself up it would feel more like two minutes.
So I got done eating at like 9:45 and I was like great, now what do I do until 11 so I just went to Albertson's and walked up and down every aisle like 3 times, and I was going to buy a soduko book to do while working at Marriott but my brain was not in the mood to play numbers games so I just bought some Krispy Kreme donuts lol. Then I went to the parking lot and was like great, now what am I going to do lol. So I just kinda rested in my car for a half hour....yeah exciting I know....
So I made my way up to Marriott but we have this horrible hill that never gets snow plowed and its so slick and icy and you can only go like .1 miles per hour up it and my car though it tried very hard, could not make it up the hill lol. I was like great...so I parked in some random shady apartment complex parking lot really hoping my car wouldn't get towed. One of my co-workers saw me and gave me a ride up to the hotel. Yay for him! Work went pretty well until morning time, we had a very drunk girl come in she had no idea where she was and she just started screaming and yelling at me and David and saying the most random things, none of which I can repeat because it was very colorful language lol. Well we finally figured out that she needed to be at the other Marriott hotel except no taxis would answer because its like 3 in the morning they're all asleep probably lol. Apparantly she called a taxi driver from salt lake who came all the way out here but of course he didn't know where to take her because she couldn't tell him so he just sorta dropped her off here for us to deal with but as he was going back down our hill he got stuck haha. So he had to come back up here and wait for a tow truck to pull him out, except the lady decided to get back in his car and in the end we just had to call the cops and have them take her where she needed to go lol.
So after that we had about 60 families that were checking out that day and most of them had taxis scheduled to take them to the airport except it had snowed so much all night that none of the taxis could even make it up the hill to us so everyone was late and everyone was freaking out and it was insane. This full sized bus tried to make it up the hill but it got stuck and like slid sideways so it was blocking the whole road lol. It was a disaster...
So I got to my car and it was stuck as well it just looked like a big mound of snow me and two of my co-workers had to work for like an hour to get it out. So we finally got it out and I left but my gas tank was at 0 miles to go until I needed to refuel haha so I went to the gas station but I got stuck trying to get in it haha....then I pulled in the wrong way and had to flip around lol. Then by that time it was like past nine and I called my boss at Raintree and I was like you know what I have not had a very good day and I'm completely exhausted all I want to do is get home and go to sleep so hes like ok you should do that I was like yes I should lol. So finally i was on my way home and I was driving down the highway just fine until I started going downhill and all of a sudden my car just completely starts sliding right off the highway into a huge snowbank and I was stuck...AGAIN. I had to call my dad and ask him to come pull me out except some other random nice guy pulled me out just before my dad came so my dad followed me home but I made it! YES! After that I slept and slept and slept....and then was awake all night because I slept too much....Oh well....
PHEW! ok I'm done. Sorry I warned you at the top... just really had to vent for a second....more like an hour but whatever. I'm cutting back my hours at Raintree so I go in at 6 pm...then I still have to go over to marriott at 11...we'll see how that goes. Stay tuned :)
And I promise not to complain once for the rest of the week! You have permission to slap me if I do.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
New Years Resolutions
So I've never really been a person that has ever set any new years resolutions but I do set goals and I guess they are the same thing right? And it's a perfectly good excuse to set goals, especially at the beginning of the year when you have 364 more days to actually accomplish them. I believe this will be most easily written down in a list format...(and Hannah told me to make a list)
First of all my BIG new years resolution is to become a better person. That basically means doing a lot of things, and its very general so I guess that is why its my BIG new years resolution lol. If I could do nothing else, that would be the one thing I hope I did. And really thats not just a one year resolution, that would be a lifetime resolution.
My Resolutions
- Make new friends/meet new people
- Be more outgoing
- Learn how to understand other people better
- Go to college(and get good grades)
- Move out of my dads house
- Decide what I want to do with the rest of my life lol :)
- Learn to play the guitar
- No rated R movies
- NO speeding tickets!
- Pay off my car/get something better before next years snow falls haha
- Save up a lot more money
- Go to more music concerts
- Gain weight(instead of lose weight hah!)
- Go on a vacation/trip
- NO speeding tickets!
- Listen to more music
- Write more poems
- Make more of an effort to connect with other people
- Play with my dog more
- Write more blogs than I did last year
- Figure out the answers to life's mysteries :)
- Collect more business cards
- Spend more time with my family
- Spend more time looking at the stars (and spot more shooting stars)
- Make sure the ducks always have bread to eat
- Discover the things that make me truly happy, and then make sure I'm always doing them. :)
Really, this list could go on forever so...I'm sure there are a billion trillion things I will think of to add right after I get done with this blog but I'm tired. It's hard to think and write my thoughts down at this point lol oh well this blog is lame what can I say...
First of all my BIG new years resolution is to become a better person. That basically means doing a lot of things, and its very general so I guess that is why its my BIG new years resolution lol. If I could do nothing else, that would be the one thing I hope I did. And really thats not just a one year resolution, that would be a lifetime resolution.
My Resolutions
- Make new friends/meet new people
- Be more outgoing
- Learn how to understand other people better
- Go to college(and get good grades)
- Move out of my dads house
- Decide what I want to do with the rest of my life lol :)
- Learn to play the guitar
- No rated R movies
- NO speeding tickets!
- Pay off my car/get something better before next years snow falls haha
- Save up a lot more money
- Go to more music concerts
- Gain weight(instead of lose weight hah!)
- Go on a vacation/trip
- NO speeding tickets!
- Listen to more music
- Write more poems
- Make more of an effort to connect with other people
- Play with my dog more
- Write more blogs than I did last year
- Figure out the answers to life's mysteries :)
- Collect more business cards
- Spend more time with my family
- Spend more time looking at the stars (and spot more shooting stars)
- Make sure the ducks always have bread to eat
- Discover the things that make me truly happy, and then make sure I'm always doing them. :)
Really, this list could go on forever so...I'm sure there are a billion trillion things I will think of to add right after I get done with this blog but I'm tired. It's hard to think and write my thoughts down at this point lol oh well this blog is lame what can I say...
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