Things I've learned

You can’t control whether or not somebody will love you. Either they will or they won’t, and both are okay.

I don’t want to fast forward through the bad times; I would never learn anything about myself and grow as a person.

Having happiness as your goal in life isn’t silly; being happy gives you strength to do everything else you need to do.

Manipulating people can make you feel smart and powerful, but eventually it makes you feel stupid and small.

Withholding forgiveness really does only hurt you.

Believing you know everything just makes you ignore ideas and advice that could really help you.

There is a perfect song for every situation and emotion. Music can get you through anything.

If you get an idea in your head and believe it to be absolute truth, sometimes you close yourself off to reality. Convincing yourself something is true doesn’t mean it is.

Avoiding things usually makes them harder.

Thinking about something can be a powerful tool, an unhealthy obsession, or a complete waste of time depending on what the something is.

If you walk by something on the floor fifty times and are annoyed that it’s there every time, maybe you should just pick it up and put it where it goes.

Taking one day at a time

A basic survival tool, but a good one. It works. Something I am quite thankful for at this time in my life, as it makes the overwhelming temporarily manageable. I really don't recommend simultaneous emotional and physical trials...in fact, it sucks. But I think that focusing on just getting through the day and taking strength from the remaining good things will see me through to the other side. At least that's the plan. :-)

Lapses in writing

Sometimes there is no much happening in my life that I can't manage to think of a single thing to say.

Last minute packing

To do: 10 loads of laundry, all the packing, find my license, get house and cat ready for us being gone

Already done:

Random collection of thoughts

Riahna looks so adorable getting on and off the school bus. Such a big girl.

I'm really enjoying having time every day where just Julien is home with me. That's something you don't always get with the second child.

For my sanity, I need this election to be over. Hasn't it been going on forever? Of course, it would need to end the way I want it to, otherwise my sanity will be in question for a very long time.

Disney World in 9 days!

Allergies suck.

Life would be a sad sad exercise without music and dance.

It's Britney, Bitch

It's official...Britney will be opening the VMA's again this year. After last year's train wreck, I'm surprised they're giving her another chance. She'd better be brilliant. Something tells me she won't disappoint.

UPDATE: Whatever. That didn't count as opening the show. Total false advertising. I was happy to see her win though.

Happiness in song

Amy MacDonald - This is the life


Passenger - Night vision binoculars (Walk you home)