What a lame-o...

Today is Make-A-Difference Day! Our Key Club went to work on landscaping for the Baldwin-Reynolds house like we did last year, but I felt kind of bad. I feel like Make-A-Difference Day should be about helping someone who is desperately in need. We worked in the cold all morning pulling weeds and raking leaves, and then, the man who was supervising us told us that the man across the street was in an accident, and he had lost his leg. He said that this man was really concerned about raking his leaves because he wasn't able to do it. We raked his leaves for him, and he came outside with his cane and was just so happy. It was a great day. I love our Key Club group. We all get along so well.

I'm having one of those days today when you just can't stop thinking about all of these things that happened in the past. It's a little sad. All you want to do is sit and remember. I hate these days.

Transformations

We had a free day in Writer's Workshop today, so I read a book I bought recently at Ollies. By the way, if you don't know what Ollies is or you don't have an Ollies where you live...I am very sorry for you. It's a store that has pretty much everything, but their book selection is prime, especially if you are looking for the type of Christian Living/Faith Based books that are about $15 in normal stores. At Ollies, you can get them for $3. Oh, happy day.

Anyway. As I was reading this book, I actually got teary. I know that I am an emotional sap, but it takes a little something-something to get me teary-eyed in school.

This book is attempting to turn me inside out!

It makes me so mad and sad and happy and scared and everything all at once.

The book is called The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. Let me tell you...this is one tough book to swallow. Shane Clairborne, the author, scares the heck out of me in the best way possible. I haven't even finished the book yet. When I do, I'll tell you more.

Tonight was my first night working at my new job (BP!) by myself without a trainer. Luckily, everything went beautifully. This is probably mostly due to the fact that I had the best trainer ever - Abby.

I came home from work to find homemade pizza and hand-dipped chocolate covered pretzels.

Life is good.

Homecoming Pictures!

My Last High School Homecoming

Homecoming was a total blast. Ab and I got all dressed up in our black and white (plus bright red lipsticks - so old Hollywood!), and we had our friend/date Adam dress to match us in all black. At the dance, we hung out with our favorite little junior high girls - Ab, Lex, and Britters. They're adorable. We love them. We had so much fun dancing and burning off all of the chocolate cake calories from Abby's dad's delicious, most amazing chocolate cake ever that we had the night before. Turns out that if you don't care what people think, you'll have so much fun at a dance. You can laugh, sing, dance, and be merry. Who cares if people think you're weird? We had an amazing time. More pictures to come eventually.

Some Big Changes

This is what can happen in a year. I feel like one of those commercial women - "I lost BLANK lbs by switching to NutriSystem!" Really...I didn't switch to NutriSystem. But I'm still really happy with the progress that I have made on my own. I feel happier, healthier, and so much more like myself. I think that's part of our problem. We always want more, more, more. Lately, I've been feeling bad about myself, like I'm still not quite thin enough, or there's still so much more weight to lose. It's those times that I have to remember how far I've come. That doesn't mean I'm giving up. It just means that I am proud of myself, and there is no reason to look down on myself if I'm not to the exact place/weight/position that I want to be in. I just have to keep being positive, striving to become a better person, but not losing my true self in the process.

Shelf Life

http://shelflifereads.blogspot.com/

This is my new blog for book reviews. I have so many thoughts in my head after reading books, and I want to share them with someone, even if it's just a blog.

Welcome to Adulthood...

I now have a job. Luckily, my first training session was with Abby. She's the best trainer ever; however, I am totally lost basically when it comes to lottery and reports. Ugh. No me gusta.

Growing up is super lame, I've decided.

At least I'll finally have some money.

Now all I need to do is get my license and stop being such a loser.