With Christmas so close, I'm now looking back on the past year and thinking of everything that's happened. I think I've had a more eventful year than ever before. I was kicked out of an apartment, lied about by my former landlord, found the love of my life, AND moved across the country.
Phew... even just typing all that out made me lose my breath!! It's amazing how much can change... I was actually really depressed a few months ago, and now I'm happier than I've ever been before! The years can only get better. I'm looking forward to ringing in the new year with everyone here (Jody, Kayla, Jabari, Jacob and Randy) and of course with Tyler, even though his new year will come six hours before mine.
I'm loving every moment of life, and I can't wait for it to go on. Tyler and I have been discussing it, and we've determined that if we both save up this year, and work for it, I'll be able to go there, and spend the Holidays with him next year.. Originally he had said he wanted to come here... but he's had a um... history, and he's worried about being sent away by the USA customs, because he's read up on it, and neither of us know if he'd actually be allowed into the country, so we changed it around. I'm SO excited!!!
I've always known, but I'm learning more and more that every moment of life is precious and beautiful, even if it doesn't seem so at the time. Once you get out of the rough spots, you can look back and see what beautiful things have formed from something not so beautiful.
Example: I was in a horrible situation in Salt Lake.. I didn't really have anywhere to go, I mean I had people willing to help, but no one that really could, and I understand that, I just really didn't have anywhere to go, and I was coping with being single, I mean I wasn't LOOKING for someone to share my life with... and almost all at once I found the one person who was meant for me, and I moved here to Mississippi to stay with a family that I've always loved spending time with... I just can't seem to get over how it all happened.
I think I'll always have down moments, but I know for a fact that I am extremely lucky to have my life start falling together from the shambles it was in at such a young age as 23.
Oh and what else? It was the most bizarre thing.. a few days ago I felt ill, like I was coming down with a bug or something. I was in bed all day, my head felt foggy, my throat hurt... and none of it made any sense. Maybe I was getting sick, but I didn't think so. Then Tyler sent me a text message saying he felt horrible and had been in bed all day with a cold, then it clicked! I was feeling it with him... we've done that before, it's so bizarre but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Jabari, Kayla's son will turn one year old on Wednesday, and we've got a cake for him and everything. I was thinking the other day about when he gets older, people will probably often try to give him one gift and say "Oh, your birthday is the day before Christmas, so I thought I'd just get one gift and call it done..." maybe he'll be fine with that when he's an adult, but for a kid? That's gotta be just terrible... plus he doesn't get to space out his birthday from Christmas... hahaha I'm sure he'll cope.
I'm also looking forward to spending Christmas here with these people, it's going to be so much fun!!!
Here's wishing all of my lovely followers a very Merry Christmas, and an extremely wonderfully Happy New Year!!!
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Chaos!!
Yeah so it's been a while since my last update! Sorry!!! Anywho... Our Thanksgiving was great, it was my aunt Jody's birthday so we celebrated that on the same day. There's been a lot of chaos here, but what kind boring life would there be without a good amount of chaos? A very boring one.. hahaha.
I'm getting set up with a Rheumatologist here in Mississippi, and I went to see an Ear Nose and Throat specialist today, but there was a problem with my insurance so I couldn't finish. That was fun... NOT! Although, they did vacuum the ear wax out of my left ear with a little vacuum made especially for ears... that felt so weird, and my ears are so overly ticklish... rather uncomfortable. Not to mention, the insurance person at that clinic was very rude to me, she was treating me like I was trying to cheat them or something. I was highly offended... I don't really want to go back, the doctor I saw even agreed that there was no real point in me going back because he couldn't see any problems with my ears, nose or throat.
Right now I'm sitting in the living room with my cousin Kayla, and she's playing music videos on the tv for her son Jabari so he'll settle down and go to sleep. He's in love with Brandy... we have the video to her new song Departed, and he stares at it. We keep saying that Brandy is my cousin's future daughter-in-law. It's fun.
It snowed here last Thursday. It never snows here in December... they all say I brought it because I came here from Utah. Yeah... apparently it's my fault... I even told Tyler it was snowing and his words were "Oh... well done!" hahaha. He's so funny. We got to rush around in the snow, wich was only about an inch, if that, and everyone here was freaking out because it was SNOW so all the businesses were closed, even my cousin Jacob who is autistic had to have his doctor appointment cancelled because the clinic was closed, and he had to go 24 hours without one of his most important medications... that was especially FUN!
I found out that the people here in the south are usually really nice, until it starts snowing and getting cold. I found that out on Thursday, because I went into a mail-it shop to send Tyler his Christmas present, and the lady in there, as soon as I opened the door and went to go inside, she said "We're CLOSED!!!" very rude-like... so we went to the post office, and I picked up a customs form, because it's being shipped overseas, and I asked the lady there if I had to write what was inside in detail because I knew it would be stuck on the outside of the box and I wanted to try and let it be a surprise for him. The woman was very rude to me she said "There's NO Surprises!!!" so I said "Okay so it's gonna stay on ther--" so she cut me off again an said "I said NO SURPRISES!!" so I blinked a few times and just went on to ask "So it'll get there by Christmas, right?" and all she said to that was "Yes! 10 Days!!!" so I just stood there in shock that she was being so unbelievebly rude, and said "All right, I just asked because the website said today was the last day for the United Kingdo--" and again, she cut me off, "10 DAYS!!!!"
Amazing really... me and Kayla and Jody have taken to saying "10 DAYS!!!" as a kind of inside joke.... I simply told Tyler not to look at the green thing when he gets his "Christmas Card"... because he still has no idea I'm sending more than a Card... he seemed confused, but agreed to avoid looking at the green thing. He's so sweet I know he'll actually try really hard to not look at it... aww...
Anyway... now that I've let that all out I suppose I'll let you people get back to your lives... HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!! Much love to you all!!!
I'm getting set up with a Rheumatologist here in Mississippi, and I went to see an Ear Nose and Throat specialist today, but there was a problem with my insurance so I couldn't finish. That was fun... NOT! Although, they did vacuum the ear wax out of my left ear with a little vacuum made especially for ears... that felt so weird, and my ears are so overly ticklish... rather uncomfortable. Not to mention, the insurance person at that clinic was very rude to me, she was treating me like I was trying to cheat them or something. I was highly offended... I don't really want to go back, the doctor I saw even agreed that there was no real point in me going back because he couldn't see any problems with my ears, nose or throat.
Right now I'm sitting in the living room with my cousin Kayla, and she's playing music videos on the tv for her son Jabari so he'll settle down and go to sleep. He's in love with Brandy... we have the video to her new song Departed, and he stares at it. We keep saying that Brandy is my cousin's future daughter-in-law. It's fun.
It snowed here last Thursday. It never snows here in December... they all say I brought it because I came here from Utah. Yeah... apparently it's my fault... I even told Tyler it was snowing and his words were "Oh... well done!" hahaha. He's so funny. We got to rush around in the snow, wich was only about an inch, if that, and everyone here was freaking out because it was SNOW so all the businesses were closed, even my cousin Jacob who is autistic had to have his doctor appointment cancelled because the clinic was closed, and he had to go 24 hours without one of his most important medications... that was especially FUN!
I found out that the people here in the south are usually really nice, until it starts snowing and getting cold. I found that out on Thursday, because I went into a mail-it shop to send Tyler his Christmas present, and the lady in there, as soon as I opened the door and went to go inside, she said "We're CLOSED!!!" very rude-like... so we went to the post office, and I picked up a customs form, because it's being shipped overseas, and I asked the lady there if I had to write what was inside in detail because I knew it would be stuck on the outside of the box and I wanted to try and let it be a surprise for him. The woman was very rude to me she said "There's NO Surprises!!!" so I said "Okay so it's gonna stay on ther--" so she cut me off again an said "I said NO SURPRISES!!" so I blinked a few times and just went on to ask "So it'll get there by Christmas, right?" and all she said to that was "Yes! 10 Days!!!" so I just stood there in shock that she was being so unbelievebly rude, and said "All right, I just asked because the website said today was the last day for the United Kingdo--" and again, she cut me off, "10 DAYS!!!!"
Amazing really... me and Kayla and Jody have taken to saying "10 DAYS!!!" as a kind of inside joke.... I simply told Tyler not to look at the green thing when he gets his "Christmas Card"... because he still has no idea I'm sending more than a Card... he seemed confused, but agreed to avoid looking at the green thing. He's so sweet I know he'll actually try really hard to not look at it... aww...
Anyway... now that I've let that all out I suppose I'll let you people get back to your lives... HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!! Much love to you all!!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Thankful Thanksgiving
Well this past week it was Thanksgiving... and for once I've felt like I've had alot more to be thankful for than I ever have... that makes me sound ungrateful for what I've had in the past, and that isn't necessarily what I mean by that.
What's different, is that this year, I feel like I'm actually living my life, because I'm surrounded by people I love, people who don't drain the life out of me.
We didn't have our Thanksgiving dinner on the actual day, because my aunt Jody had to work, and she was off Saturday, plus Saturday was her birthday, so we combined the two. It was a pretty good day... Kayla and I put together a surprise gift bag for her (she hadn't been expecting a gift) and the look on her face was worth it. It felt so good to hand it to her, and see how happy she was. She deserves so much more, she does so much for all of us.
And now (come on, don't tell me you weren't expecting this part) I must say that I am most certainly extremely thankful for Tyler... he and I have had a few rough days this past week, but I've never met anyone more worth it, and I doubt I ever could. I recieved a letter from him in the mail on Friday, and just holding it in my hands made me feel so many things... so I told him he'd better hurry up and get himself over here so I can feel how much better it'll feel to have my arms around him, rather than a letter he wrote (wow, how sappy am I? hahahaha)
Anywho... I have much to be thankful for, and of courst not least at all, those of you who read this blog. Oh yes, and Today is my nephew Jonathan's birthday! He's 9 years old, I can't believe it! I remember the day he was born... and before I know it he's gonna be 25 and I'm going to be in culture shock. Then tomorrow is his little brother Sam's birthday... what is going on??? This isn't fair! Why are these kids growing up so fast!!! Also, my cousin Kayla's son Jabari's birthday is on December 24th... he'll be a year old.. AHH make the children stop aging! I can't keep up!
Anyway... signing off! <3
What's different, is that this year, I feel like I'm actually living my life, because I'm surrounded by people I love, people who don't drain the life out of me.
We didn't have our Thanksgiving dinner on the actual day, because my aunt Jody had to work, and she was off Saturday, plus Saturday was her birthday, so we combined the two. It was a pretty good day... Kayla and I put together a surprise gift bag for her (she hadn't been expecting a gift) and the look on her face was worth it. It felt so good to hand it to her, and see how happy she was. She deserves so much more, she does so much for all of us.
And now (come on, don't tell me you weren't expecting this part) I must say that I am most certainly extremely thankful for Tyler... he and I have had a few rough days this past week, but I've never met anyone more worth it, and I doubt I ever could. I recieved a letter from him in the mail on Friday, and just holding it in my hands made me feel so many things... so I told him he'd better hurry up and get himself over here so I can feel how much better it'll feel to have my arms around him, rather than a letter he wrote (wow, how sappy am I? hahahaha)
Anywho... I have much to be thankful for, and of courst not least at all, those of you who read this blog. Oh yes, and Today is my nephew Jonathan's birthday! He's 9 years old, I can't believe it! I remember the day he was born... and before I know it he's gonna be 25 and I'm going to be in culture shock. Then tomorrow is his little brother Sam's birthday... what is going on??? This isn't fair! Why are these kids growing up so fast!!! Also, my cousin Kayla's son Jabari's birthday is on December 24th... he'll be a year old.. AHH make the children stop aging! I can't keep up!
Anyway... signing off! <3
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