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Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen, by Mary Schmich:
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
Memorial Day marks the official start of summer, joy. Which basically means I intend on taking advantage of covered parking for the next three months. I am going on a few adventures this summer - which I am wicked excited about.
May 27-30 I am off to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to visit my parents and help them close down one of our restaurants (www.bluemoongrille.com). Hopefully I will be able to enjoy sun and sand and hopefully there won't be any natural disasters...
June 16-18 Las Vegas for Jeremy's Birthday and to wish Lisa luck in the poker tournament!
July 1-5 Ft. Lauderdale for 4th of July celebrations. We're staying with my parents on Hollywood beach at this little motel with a bunch of their friends. And the ocean. Did i mention that the ocean is 100 feet from the motel?
July 18/19-22/23 Hartford, Connecticut for OPA National Convention... I'm excited :)
So hopefully it'll be enough to keep my mind off work :)
Other than that, things are alright. Ben is safely in Germany and is visiting family for the next few weeks. I am in moving mode - been cleaning and organizing lately in preparation - even though it's like months away. Can never be too prepared right?
Oh joy... Only a half hour of work left ...
- Location:in my cubicle at work
- Mood:
working - Music:edge 103.9 online
yay! the proxy is back... which means that i get to go to all those sites they don't want me to go to :-D
hopefully it'll stay this time!
woo hoo.
so ben is off to germany tomorrow which is very sad :-\ but he will be back in two weeks (with chocolate and fabulous pictures i hope!). in the meantime, i'm going to florida this weekend to visit my mom! and the day after i come back -- my mom's coming out here to visit me :) and to close on the condo they just bought for us to rent... yay.
so the condo is cute -- 7th street and northern (yes its far, but i expect everyone to come visit once we move it).
alright, back to work for a little bit... almost out of here anyways :) hope everyone is having a lovely day!
- Location:work!
- Mood:
bored - Music:nada
ok, so being home sick is boring. officially. i have done nothing at all except eat toast and peanut butter and watch television. couldn't even fall back asleep... oh well. this weekend was pretty fabulous. went to roosevelt lake with ben and his mom/dad/cousin. did some swimming and camping and sailing. almost fell off the boat a few time -- no alchol involved. but it really rocked. was nice to get away for a night and not think about anything really.
oh shoot - was supposed to send heather notes on that OPA presentation -- Ms. Heather, they are on their way.
So sunday was also filled with good times. when we came back (after the three hour nap and car wash) ben and i went to see Matt -- who is in town until all of Tuesday. Sad... and almost got thrown into the pool, but he couldn't do it.. haha. i have power.
ok that might be the cold medicine talking.
anywho. better get back to watching television, i think gilmore girls are on now. something from the first season? i heart re-runs.
:)
- Location:home -- ha! no work for me!
- Mood:
amused - Music:nada :-\
but, i spent today hanging out with one of my oldest friends, nicole. we shopped for like 5 hours and ate lunch at pb loco (yeah that's right, a peanut butter restaurant!) anyways, shopping was great, people watching at fashion square, peanut butter, cute flip flops, peanut butter, absolutly wonderful dress (need somewhere to go now...) and of course peanut butter :-D seriously, it's amazing. i think peanut butter might be the cure all for ... well... anything.
alias is finally back on wednesday -- i'm so excited :) (i think the return of alias night also means tacos at kristin hongs :D)
ooo and my mommie and daddy are in town this weekend and my mom is even staying for a whole week. we're looking for a townhouse ben and i can move into come august. excited? you bet! not having to deal with crampt spaces and no parking and small kitchens... yay.
k more later... i'm going to go back to watching friends and getting ready for rula bula... :-D
- Location:home... watching television, getting ready to go out :)
- Mood:
do... do... do... - Music:friends theme song...
- Mood: still ...
ummm yeah .. hope you all are having a great night!!
This is the cutest, sweetest cat I've ever met but I can't keep her and my sister's boyfriend won't let my sister keep her either ... Does anyone want her? All black, about a year old, part of an ear missing ... she looks like she's in good health, just a little skinny ...
If anyone can take her or knows of someone who can ... let me know -- I've gotta find a home for her asap!
And! Holy Moly (to quote Kristin Hong) ... Kimmy is 3 months pregnant, living with her boyfriend and her sister is engaged to a guy she spent a year building trails in the woods with ... needless to say their father (my dad's best friend) is not happy.
My parents though are very happy with my sister and I right now -- we're looking like angels.
other than that ... nada new ... its wierd that's Monday and I am not at the OPA meeting -- maybe I will go next week, just for old times sake and bring baked goods ... and maybe I can convince Ms Heather to come with ... what do you say??
So in conclusion ... i miss you all ... i think it's gym time now so i can see my wonderful boy sometime tonight <3
- Mood:
bouncy
1 susan
2 susie q
3 b.m.
Three Parts of Your Heritage:
1 italian
2 english
3 european mutt
Three Things That Scare You:
1 never being successful
2 being without people i love
3 growing up
Three of Your Everyday Essentials:
1 ipod
2 name badge (to let me into and out of my office)
3 sweatshirt (cause it's cold in here)
Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1 jeans
2 tee shirt
3 earrings
Three Things You Want in a Relationship (Other Than Real Love):
1 communication
2 honesty
3 passion
Two Truths and a Lie (in No Particular Order):
1 i have been white water rafting
2 i am directly connected to kevin bacon
3 i was locked out of my apartment last night
Three PHYSICAL Things about the Opposite Sex that Appeal to You:
1 eyes
2 smile
3 arms
Three of Your Favorite Hobbies:
1 taking pictures
2 spending time with friends/boyfriend
3 traveling
Three Things You Want Really Badly Right Now:
1 new job
2 quality time with friends/boyfriend
3 a bigger closet
Three Places You Want to Go on Vacation:
1 South Pacific (i.e. Tahiti)
2 Australia/New Zealand
3 Caribbean - anywhere
Three Things You Want to Do Before You Die:
1 have a family
2 travel the world
3 go to culinary school
Three People I Would Like to See Take This Quiz:
1 elma
2 shelby
3 ben
- Mood: bored
- Music:dave matthews -- the space between
yay
What could be so important you might ask that you must watch while writing your innermost thoughts in your journal? lois and clark, the new adventures of superman of course. my roommate and i went to target the other night and they totally had season one on dvd :) yay. haven't seen this show in years! i remember taping this when i was little -- that's nuts. ah the memories.
other good memories ... let's see here ... it's not quite a memory yet -- but this weekend was pretty incredible. went to san diego with ben and spent the entire week walking around and talking and lying on the beach ... heaven on earth has got to be the only way to describe it.
sigh...
so today was nuts at work. the past two days, i've been so bored that i've checked every email account i've got -- anyways, come lunch time ... everything i've been waiting for all week came all at once :) joy. i love changes. you know what i love more though? peanut butter and apples. and silly girly movies, talking to kristin hong after watching alias, random phone calls from my sister, happy text messages, going through old pictures, cheesy special effects, the food network, days that feel like autumn, leaves that change color, toes in the sand, jumping over waves in the ocean ... monday night meetings (never thought i would miss those ... woo hoo for this monday :)
wow tomorrow's friday ... how did this week fly by soo quickly? i am excited for this weekend i guess ... hope to see some of my favorite people :) ok getting sleepy ... which is sad for 9:30 at night ... i'm lame, i know. all for now ... more to come later :)
- Mood:
geeky
Sigh ... Amy is like seriously the most awesome person ever ... it's getting hotter and hotter in here and she was cool enough to bring me a smoothie ... yay!
- Mood: bored
Anyways, congrats to the happy couple :)
- Mood: happy
- Music:You and I -- lifehouse
anyways, i survived my first round of corporate layoffs and my first week without all those people who knew everything. and can i just say -- ben and i are awesome. so after work, me and shannon met up with some friends from saguaro .. john, frenchie, chu, megs, the russian, saabi, steve and steve's friend scott. it was cool -- weird to see everyone together considering it was the first time in 4 years. it kinda felt like a high school reunion.
anyone notice that it feels like fall in the mornings these days? slight side note - i know, but i love fall. i just miss the east coast around this time of year and seeing the leaves turn and watching the world transform from this green lush-ness (at least in ct) to this orange-y, red-ish beautiful place that screams for kids to play in giant piles of leaves and eat apples at lymen ... ok getting too specific and wanting to visit my grandparents now ...
what else?
ben's amazing, i suck at pool, really want to dance, can't wait for the wedding this weekend ... should be ... interesting? i hope!
did i mention it's way past my bedtime? ok - goodnight all! sweet dreams and all that ...:)
- Music:guess?
Hello everyone, hope you all are having a lovely day.
I have gone crazy and I am not afraid to admit it.
Lukily though, I am not the only one. My sister and Jason are attacking eachother with spoons? Oh boy. It is a very good thing I am moving out next week .... heh ....
OK going now.
Dinner with the entire high school crowd tomorrow night minus cookie - aka john and I'm still not sure why we ever called him cookie - followed by a few rounds at rula bula for Karen's homecoming - a one night only appearance ....
Speaking of which, I should really start packing for Florida, and for my new apartment for that matter ....
ciao all :)
- Mood:
thirsty
The good news. Things are getting better. I mastered Excel spreadsheets today at work and it's amazing how fabulous that felt. And! and I think I understand and have accepted my purpose at work. I am the communications person and it's my job to make things less messy - or so I think. Anyways, even if I am a glorified assistant of sorts. And!! it's been 3 weeks ... that's right, almost a month and it hasn't felt like that long at all.
And I got an apartment with my friend Shannon - we'll be living at 36th and McDowell and we got it all by ourselves - no parental help :) I'm proud of us .. but I'm gonna miss my cat a lot and my sister too. I was just getting used to em all. I guess I can always come and visit right? Cause for once, it will be like having family in the same city - and I can watch pistacchio when they're out of town :)
The bad news. Kristin Hong is leaving on Saturday and I am going to miss her a lot (especially since Karen, Jenna and Erin are all gone as well ... at least Karen's coming back :) And in just a few months - Kris will be home too and it will be awesomeness cause everyone will be together again ...
and i feel like i'm writing like a five year old ....
oh well, that's what i feel like right now.
and i've decided to ditch any and all negative attitudes. i have amazing friends and i don't want to let mean people or people that stress me out affect? effect? me in any way whatsoever. if said person is not happy, willing to be or messes up a perfectly good day ... they will be disowned - at least for the time being.
Have decided that I want to see Dave this summer no matter the memories attached to the summer concert event. Also want to see Bob Seager in concert sometime - if he's still alive. And if british boy happens to stop by sometime early next year ... so be it. i'm adult enough to host my ex-boyfriend for a few days while he takes in all the southwest has to offer, right?
hope all are well and sane-er than i :)
- Mood: hopeful
- Music:encore
why i like it... it's awesome to have a real job. i have a computer all to myself. i can work all day and listen to my ipod. i have a desk i can leave stuff in. i have a cabinet that locks and pictures on my desk. so it's almost like a real office. the work is easy and interesting and relates somewhat to what i went to school for 4 years for.
why i am frustrated everyday... that totally awesome desk i have is in a shared cubicle with a guy named bob. he is a perfectly decent guy - but 1. treats me like i am five years old and 2. is overqualified for his position and i don't think happy about that fact. everyday i feel like i am fighting to be taken seriously. i am given jobs and i try to do them to the best of my ability, and as quickly and efficiently as i can. i work through lunch to finish projects and the only time i talk to anyone during the day - it is to "the server guy" named matt. matt is a very nice guy but as soon as he figured out that i was two weeks out of college and born in 1983 (didn't even want to tell him that it's october of 83) he just shut down. and i don't know if it's my fault for being naive or for wanting to know too much or for not condoning past decisions...
i want to be honest with every person that i meet and it's very difficult to do that if i am constantly worried about what they think of me. i miss my friends. i miss being in high school, in college. and i miss having someone to go to, a shoulder to cry on ... someone to tell me that i am not crazy, that i can do this. and i know it's stupid, i realize that much. but it doesn't change the fact that i want that.
i've learned a few things from, i think my new friend, matt. number one: spelling is for contests. number two: when you're irritated, upset or emotional - write it down and get it out of your system. he suggests erasing and starting over - without the emotion. sure, works in real life ... not in my world. so thanks matt... but i'll leave this one to remember for a while.
- Mood:
intimidated - Music:everything will be alright - the killers
i thought today was doomed from the beginning ... nothing was going right. the woman at kingswood was so rude to me - and first thing in the morning, i mean common! and then the seemingly cute guy at enterprise turned out to be kind of a jackass as he would not let the whole me not wanting additional insurance thing go. but i talked to my mom on my way in this morning and she made me feel totally better. i heart my mom a lot. so i filled out paperwork today and met people and talked a lot about numbers and tried to figure out what was wrong with particular numbers - pinpointing problems and running formulas. it was cool.
plus! i have a roommate for this year! shannon and i are going in together on an apartment in the biltmore area. it's fairly close to where i live without being too far away from tempe and asu and all the wonderful people in opa :) basically i am excited!
it has been so long since i have been able to be excited about anything and i finally am. i have a job related to my major that comes with a badge and a parking pass and i have a potentially awesome apartment and get to live with one of my oldest friends and by august, everyone will be home - just in time to take advantage of working for a vacation company ... i'm gonna stop now and chill for a while :) maybe even take the time to watch a really good movie ... sigh ... i love movies :)
- Mood:
cheerful
