Childhood Memories

Well Im about to go relive childhood favorites! I was at a Dinner Group the other night for Singles Ward, and we started talking about Anne of Green Gables, and they mentioned a "continuing story" that i dont think ive seeeeen.. so i really wanted to see that.. but I went to the library.. and somebody currently has it out.. as soon as my mother is awake.. Im gunna get her pin number and put it on hold! And.. while I was at the library, I noticed that there's also a prequel which I don't think I've seen.. that was also out .. that I will also have to put on hold! But I atleast got Anne of Green Gables, and Anne of Avonlea.. tho it'll be a little weird to be watching the Prequel, and then the "continuing story" lol. Atleast I'll have recently seen the middle parts. And I think there's a "sequel" too. I wonder which comes first, the sequel, or the continuing story... hmmm.. lol

And I also went over to another library to pick up a child hood favorite called Willy the Sparrow!! My mother gave our copy away to some sibling or other when they moved out and got married and had kids.. loooong ago.. completely without my permission I'm sure.. as it usually is when things disappear from my house. But I get to watch it now! yay!

Height

I went to my Endocrinologist today.. aand nothing very eventful, but she did of course (or rather, the nurse before her), take my weight and height!
And I have decided that I can officially start telling people that I'm 5'7" cuz I was only 2 millimeters under that. For the longest time I've been saying I was like 5'6.5" lol, but no more man! If you people that are really 5'3.25" can say your 5'4", then I can say I'm 5'7"
woot.

Church

Well this past sunday I went to Singles Ward all by my lonesome in a way, of course since I no longer had Michael and Paula to sit next to in our pew! However, I actually got there 5 minutes early this sunday, which in singles ward time.. is forever lol. There were about three other people there (maybe) lol. I ended up sitting down next to a girl named Ali, that used to be one of my YCLs at girls camp lol, she's about 19. I chatted with her for a while, until Tamara got there and she sat down on my left, and a girl named Michelle that I met in a dinner group a week ago, sat down next to Tamara as well. Eventually Ali left me, to go sit with some other people lol, so I was glad to have Tamara and Michelle! They're fun to talk to.

I realized during sacrament though, that it was weird not to have Michael's presence on my right side. Just felt empty.

And in Sunday School, Desiree and Jarom sat on either side of me. I kept having the instinct to put my arm around the person to my right.. but then I'd realize it wasn't Michael lol. And I missed having Paula to pass notes with!

Dr Bryson

Well I think many of you will recognize the name of Bryson lol. Yes, one of the sons of Sister Bryson. I went to him yesterday for a kinesiologist appt yesterday. The goal was to make sure that nothing was wrong with my intestines like others in the family and to find out what he thought I was allergic to..

He ended up telling me the following
Avoid
Red 40
High fructose corn syrup
Caffeine
Chocolate (except dark is okay on occasion)

Add (to Diet)
Iodine
-seaweed
-kelp
-seafood
Omega 3 fatty acids
butter
eggs
flax seed
spicy
-ginger
-turmeric / curcumin (curry)
-capsaicin (cayenne)


Red 40 is in everything by the way haha.. it's the most used food coloring in the world, Yellow Number 5 is number 2 competitor for the top spot... and it's almost a million pounds above Yellow Number 5...

We'll see how seriously I end up taking this dietary instruction =) It's not like I eat junk food that much. "Avoid" doesn't mean never eat.

Sending off Michael

Well, I went over to Michael's house yesterday around 7 o'clock just to drop by.. spend some last minute time, and give him the scrapbook that I made him from the past year. We sat on his couch with the rest of the family doing their own things in the living room, as he looked through the book. We chatted for a while, and then went on a walk. Nice alone time, where we could hug goodbye, and that kind of thing..

I started crying while we were hugging.. which I guess is good. I felt really at peace almost immediately afterwards.. so I know it's what the Lord wants, and that we're all just following along the right plan right now.

Afterwards we went back to his house, and his family had him running around posing in different places, like with his rabbit Lucy, and on top of the infamous red car. It was fun to watch, and I also got some pictures in too. Then he gave me a pint of my favorite Mint Chocolate Ice Cream, because he knew that there hadn't been much ice cream around the house lately, and that I really need my ice cream when I'm depressed lol. I had actually been eating icecream all day cuz I convinced my dad to get me some the day before.. but I still went home and finished off the pint. ^_^

I'm glad things have finally happened, and we're no longer in super limbo. But I am now, once again single in my life.. which will be interesting I guess.

Tin Phone

Well today i tried the experiment of tying string between two tin cans.. but it didn't work so well. I think it's cuz the way i have the cans situated so that the string is taut.. the vibrations don't travel well because its around a corner or two... and etc.. and i think the distance is too big.. i think it's only sposed to work for distances of up to 20ft.. ho hum lol
but it didn't work any ways.. made me sad. =/ lol. itd be cool to have someone across the street from me and we could communicate thru our secret tin cans. cooler as a kid im sure.. but still.

Sending off Paula

Well today I said goodbye to my best friend Paula. It almost feels more real when I'm not around her that she's leaving. I think about it and my throat restricts. I went over to her house around 2, arrived ten minutes later. She was on the computer with Dallan. Her mother was who answered the door, even before I got to the door lol.
We didn't do much really. Paula and her mother looked through my little scrap book that I made for Paula.. and just kinda took a tour of her room "empty" which pretty much looks the same as it does with her stuff in it. And we sat around and talked a little.. and got on her computer so she could show me pictures and I could make her watch my awesome Target ad video. Every now and then her mother would call down asking if she forgot some item, which paula had indeed forgotten lol. Hopefully she doesn't forget my scrap book! =)
At 3:00 or soo.. her mother came downstairs telling Paula it was time to go say goodbye to grandma.. which kind of threw us for a little loop since we were expecting to sit around for another hour.. but Paula and I walked out to my car and talked for a little bit before her mother and Dallan said I could drop her off, and they were just going to drive away and leave her lol. So Paula and I hugged, and she got in my car and I drove her around the corner! ^_^ We hugged goodbye, one last time, and paula waved goodbye to me as she walked into her grandma's house. Paula was a real sweetie about it.

I'm not sure when exactly it'll feel really real that she's gone.. but for now.. I'm still sad about it.. even if it'll prolly hit me the most when she's not there on sunday. And Michael won't be there either. I was tempted to stop by starbucks on the way home and use my giftcard that I got in NY to get a shake or "blend" or whatever they call it.. but I was a little low on gas so I decided not to.. but I really want ice cream... and all we have is a tiny container of sugar free banana nut or something.. and you know how hard sugar free ice cream always is.. makes it almost not worth the effort.. who knows maybe I'll splurge and go buy myself icecream ...
we'll see.

Target

my favorite ad in the whole wide world. haha
(in the mindset of people moving away to college, esp!)

My Ear

Well... i went and had my appt today.. felt kind of useless to me.. like most of my doctor appointments do lol but oh well. I guess the doctors feel like they're serving a purpose. I basically went in.. waited for like 30 minutes longer than I should have had to... and then went in.. and he came in shortly thereafter.. and I took the band-aid off my ear and he took out the cotton.. looked in my ear with his little thingy, and said "yup the packing's still there" and putt the cotton back in.. and blabbed to me about sending his son that's my age off to college this week for 5 minutes.. and then sent me on my way.. lol.
Yah kind of lame.. so I'm supposed to start putting drops in my ear every day to dissolve the packing.. so that he can look and see if the patch took.. like.. in Thanksgiving =/ I get no information until then..

LBJ Drum Major on KEYE Tonight

The following is an email I received from my old Band Director.

Dear LBJ Band Members and Parents:

I know you will want to catch this this evening (Tuesday).
KEYE-CBS Channel 42's story about our drum major Alec Gramann airs this evening at 6:00pm.

Invite your friends to check it out. The reporter says she believes we'll really like the presentation.

Go Jaguars!
Go Alec!

(if you don't catch it .. http://www.keyetv.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid
=20234@keye.dayport.com