1. Okay, so you know how last week I said I wasn't going to eat fast food for a couple of months? Sooooooooo...yeah. I kind of already broke that one, which I knew in the back of mind was sort of an unrealistic goal and I probably shouldn't have even made it a goal. WELL, here's the good news. I didn't eat at any actually junk foody type fast food place (like McDonalds or Chick-Fil-A or Taco Bell). I ate, ahem, quite a few times, at the Mexican taco shop by my work, which I consider to be healthier than some fast food places, but maybe that's just me trying to trick myself into believing it's somewhat healthy so that I can continue eating at taco shops, regularly. OH MY GOSH but I am so happy that I ate there the other day because the BEST THING EVER HAPPENED. I went with my co-worker, Adri, to get a burrito after work. Well, Adri, the social girl that she is, is friends with the taco shop man, so he gave us FREE burritos! I got a carne asada burrito FOR FREE. If you know me, you know that I LOVE TACO SHOPS. I'd rather eat at a taco shop than the fanciest restaraunt in the whole wide world. So, getting a free burrito there literally made my LIFE haha. And then the goodness just continues because I went in to get another burrito the next day and the awesome taco shop man gave it to me for $2 instead of $7....ummmmmmmmmm, this made me so incredibly happy you don't even know. I did tip him of course, but still, so much cheaper. And I'm not saying I'm using him, because I'd be going there non stop, even if I had to pay full price, but it's pretty dang awesome if these discounts continue.
Another thing, I LOVE WHERE I WORK. I know I've said that before, but I haven't stated this following reason. I love where I work because it feels like I'm working downtown in this little community. Ugh, I don't know how to explain that better...but basically, Golden Spoon is located downtown, in the gay/lesbian community, Hillcrest, surrounded by all these other stores, like the taco shop, Papa John's, Subway, the pharmacy, a few bars, etc. And it's so incredibly cool because we know the people around us. We know the people that work at Subway because they use our bathroom and one of them used to work for us. We know the taco shop man, obviously, from my above story. We know the Papa John's workers (well, at least one of them) because he used to give us free pizza and we'd give him free frozen yogurt (well, I didn't give it to him, but my co-workers did, until they got in trouble, but that's another story). I don't know what my obsession is with loving the feeling of being united with other people, but it's just so cool that we know the people that we work by us! Haha! I'm a weirdo.
2. Yesterday felt like SUMMER!!! It was insane how much it felt like summer. Besides it being hot, it also just had this "summery" feeling. There was this excitement in the air! It reminded me of the feeling I always get on the fourth of July. I went to work and left the door open, which made me very happy because it felt like summer came right into Golden Spoon (I've already stated that I'm weird, right? haha). Then I dropped the Traina kids off at the pool, went home and took a nap in my very hot room, picked the Trainas up from the pool, and then spent some good ol' quality time with my family. Avery pretended to be a school teacher while my mom, step-dad, Mikaya, and I were her students. I always like to be the rambunctious student, when she pretends to be a teacher, so I got in lots of trouble, filled out many worksheets, and even had Mrs. Rands (Avery) call my "parents" twice. It was a funny, fun filled, evening with my family! We also ate pie for Pi Day.
3. After spending some time with my family, Rollin and I went and saw Cinderella.
This movie is SOOOOO good. It surpassed my expectations.
My favorite thing about it was the theme, which was, "Have courage, and be kind."
I have to constantly remind myself to have courage. And kindness is something that I think the world lacks right now. Even a lot girls at my school, who have been taught to be Christ-like their entire lives, seem to be having a major problem with simply being kind. I love that Cinderella was kind, but knew how to stand up for herself. When she stood up for herself, she didn't offend, or put down the other person. She just stated what she felt kindly, but firmly. I wish that everyone was as kind as Cinderella!
Anyways, the movie was funny, kept you interested, had great characters, had great character development, and was overall a very well made movie.
Also, I love the parts they added or developed more than the original movie, that gave the movie more depth and made it make more sense. For example, they made it so that she meets the prince before she meets him at the ball. She "falls in love" with him before she even knows he's a prince and he "falls in love" with her, when she's in her raggedy clothes, distressedly riding her horse, because she's feeling emotional haha. He sees her at her worst and is still crazy about her, and she sees him, as a normal person, not a prince, and is still crazy about him. SO CUTE!
I highly recommend it!
4. I had the BEST day at work the other day. I worked with Zahira. And she is just awesome. She is very sweet, hard working, easy to talk to, and easy to be around. We opened the doors, so once again, it felt like summer, which I loved! We were busy busy busy, which meant we got way good tips. And I just felt on top of my game. Occasionally I feel slower; less on top of things (probably because I'm tired...or I don't know...maybe I'm just slower sometimes haha). But I love those days when I'm able to work really fast and be friendly and just feel on top of things. I felt so happy the whole time and when I got home, I was still so happy!
5. I went to the gym 3 times this past week! I worked out for a total of 2.8666 hours haha. It felt good. But one night I worked out until 1ish in the morning and then couldn't fall asleep until around 7 AM because my mind was so awake from working out. Definitely not going to do that again. And, I'm still paying for that mistake. My sleep is so off right now, haha.
6. I only have 51 days left until I leave for Alaska (which is going to fly by!) and 190 days until Europe! And I've got most of my shopping done for Alaska and some of my shopping done for Europe.
7. Oh yeah, I met (well, FB messaged) the girl that I'll be working with in Alaska. She'll be my roommate and I'll pretty much be with her 24/7 so I'm hoping that we become friends! Our "boss" emailed us to let us know who each other is, so we could email or get to know each other or whatever, before working together. And the lady said, "I hope you two become eternal bosom buddies." HAHA. It made me laugh. This lady sounds like a hoot! I'm excited to work in Alaska this summer. I'm extremely scared, but I just have to remember, "Have courage, and be kind."
8. This is a very small detail, but I found great shoes at WALMART! Yes, at Walmart haha. It makes me happy because they were only $12.99, are Faded Glory, and are some of my favorite shoes that I've ever had. It's so nice to find cheap stuff that I love.
9. I got an email from a guy I dated (well, sort of dated-ish) saying he was sorry for treating me not so kindly in the past. I had forgotten, or stopped caring about the whole thing, to be honest, but it was nice to hear that he was sorry. It made me want to apologize to every person that I've ever hurt in my life! It's so important to humble ourselves enough to admit we did something wrong. It made me really happy. I didn't need his apology, but I'm grateful for it.
10. I went to Plato's Closet (sell and buy used clothing store) and found the most perfect clothes, all for so cheap! I bought them for Europe/after Europe, so I can't wear them much before, especially not in Alaska, but I am so excited about them! I bought a sweater with lace on the bottom, a cream colored cardigan, skinny jeans that are comfortable and fit well, a shirt, and new yoga pants that have 18% elastic, which pleases me greatly (the cheap kind of yoga pants only have like 2% elastic and always start fitting all weird and bending at the knees)
11. The season finale of The Bachelor was on Monday. I haven't watched it yet, but since I must know all things Bachelor right away (I literally look up the spoilers before the season even starts), so I already know that Whitney wins, but that he really seemed to want Becca to want him, and that Britt and Kaitlyn are the new Bachelorettes (yes, there are TWO of them for this upcoming season...weird). I like Whitney but wish that Becca would have won, because he seemed crazy about her. I wish she would have been crazy about him, back, but she can't force it. Oh, the struggle of finding mutual feelings between two people. I REALLY love Britt. Kaitlyn is cool too but I'm really glad that Britt won with her! Britt is the SWEETEST. She is not fake or manipulative at all, from what I can see, and her "explosion" as Carly called it, wasn't even an explosion. She didn't even raise her voice. Chris just couldn't handle someone with hardly any emotions at all, ugh. We need more patient guys out there, who want sweet, maybe sometimes sensitive girls, instead of these girls that just seem BLAH, typical, sarcastic, and not that sweet. I'll just have to find a guy who isn't so easily tricked haha.
And since life isn't all roses and tulips, here are some things I've been struggling with...
1. I have been feeling completely overwhelmed with how much I have to do each day. I have work, nannying jobs, and homework, and somehow have to try to fit in working out, spending a little bit of time with my family, and time to myself. Socializing with peers is almost completely out of the question, as I really don't have time for that at all.
2. I love my work, but people are quite gossipy and nit picky about things there. A little too negative at times...
I feel like if I do one thing wrong, I might get less hours or not be considered a hard worker, because that's happened to a few people that I work with. It has me walking on egg shells. I really liked how at Chick-Fil-A, people were very positive and knew that you're only human, so obviously you're going to make mistakes.
I love working at Golden Spoon a lot better, but this aspect of it, has me a little stressed.
I think that's about all, at least all that I'm willing to share on my blog, haha.
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