So Much for Throwback Jerseys and Typewriters.....

I would just like to say that I will be eternally grateful for the 'backspace button'. Because I am pretty fast at typing, but as my fingers seem to be flying across the keys, I seem to hit about every other key besides the one that I was intending on hitting. So I worked on wretched college scholarship applications. WORST IDEA EVER! There were tons of questions, followed by an insane amount of response lines. Which means, if you want to get the scholarship, you must resort to old school methods. Now don't get me wrong! I am all for 1920s movies and NBA throwback jerseys but I must say no when it comes to TYPEWRITERS. I now know why they were discontinued.... because it is practically impossible to hit every right key in a 300 word essay. Needless to say, I had to retype the essay 8 times before I got it right! OH MY GOSH! Before I was done, I had to take an ice cream break and watch my favorite NBA team, because I could face the awful death machine, otherwise known as the typewriter. I have always thought that I was born in the wrong time period, but today I was proven unmistakeably, wrong. I was born in this era because every twenty minutes I have to update my Facebook status, check my GMail, check my phone for text messages, and surf the web 24/7. If I didn't have technology, quite frankly I think that I would cry myself to sleep at night. So the moral of the story is, live in the present because the stuff we have now is great! So if you ever have the awful sensation of running a typewriter I am very very sorry. So I better get at least one scholarship that I put my heart and soul into! haha!

Morning After It Rains

Sometimes my life feels like the current weather in my small hometown. One day the weather is warm enough to fool everyone into thinking that is almost spring. The next day it rains. Then it's really cloudy and as if the weather couldn't possibly get any worse you wake up in the morning to a blizzard and fog! But a couple of days later, the fog clears, the snow melts and it turns into a beautiful day. The air is crisp with humidity, and the clean air sends a shiver down your spine. This is like my current life. But as much as I would love to see the fog clear and the blizzard of life subside, it hasn't. So even though I am still roughing the storms of life, I know that the fog will clear and I will get to taste the morning after it rains.

Off with the green produce apron!

For those of you who hated work today and those of you who hate the people you work with.... I am here to testify that having a WONDERFUL day at work, is in fact, POSSIBLE! It sounds kind of scary and a little intense and yes, it is! I loved work today! I got to work in customer service today. (usually I am confined to work in the mornings throwing freight with my zebra jammies.) Although I love going to work in the morning, there is just something about working from 4-10 in customer service! I am a social butterfly! It was wonderful! Even though I wasn't even working with wonderful people! Like the morning crew is so much more super fun than the night crew! But really I was so happy the entire time I was there! I wasn't practically forced into a vow of silence as I put out the roma tomatoes! HAHA No one could figure out why I could sound so happy on the phone and be nice to even the most terrible customers! Wow! It was exhilarating! The best news is that tomorrow I get to do the same thing!! I am so excited! I can't even breathe! So next time you are headed to your dull, possibly monotonous job, just think that you have it better than the girl in the yellow car because you aren't touching moldy avocados. So I am still a people-person! And I love working in a checkstand! I am going to boycott the green produce apron! :)

The Modified View Through My Rear View Mirror

My entire life, ever since I can remember, all I have ever wanted to do was leave my small, confining town. The population is around 3,000, if that gives any of you readers and idea. It has one stoplight, two competing grocery stores and one movie theater. I have dreamed for many years of the day that I would get in my yellow car packed to the brim with boxes labeled 'Kyleigh's College Stuff', and drive away from my small hometown. I have always imagined my small town in my rear view mirror and smiled. That has always been what I wanted, until just barely. I went to a leadership weekend at a college that I have been highly considering attending in the fall. I had a very rude awakening of what college life might actually be like. No one knew me. This is strange! Remember where I am from! Everyone in my little town knows me, my parents, where I work and everything that I am involved in. I considered myself an outgoing person but yet again I was proven drastically wrong. I was completely out of my element! I didn't know what to do or say! I didn't even remember how to be smooth when I was flirting! I thought that I was good at it! But yet again---my bubble has been burst! I need to work on my boy skills obviously. I guess that this conference yielded one very important piece of information. I will now enjoy, to the fullest, my last months of pure high school life. Although this is definitely a strange feeling, I openly welcome it. I never want to be one of those people that are stuck in high school, that never move on. They are constantly saying 'Back in the day....' I will not be this! I know that I just need to enjoy life right where I am. I will stop wishing away my time in my little hometown. Because no matter what, after graduation nothing will be the same. But it can't be. And I guess I am excited about that. What would life be like if every day was high school? There would be never-ending drama and a constant popularity contest! What a mess! I will never wish to go back but I am content to be here in my little town, in my own little world, stuck in high school. :)

My Brain Has Been Reduced to Oatmeal

Have you ever done enough homework to make your brain turn to mush? Well my brain has been turned into a useless bowl of oatmeal! Nothing is going on! TRUST ME! I have a new college class that I am working on. It has to do with drugs and drug interactions, which are extremely interesting to me, because I am going to become a pharmacist. But I had to do a HUGE study guide that is five pages and counting.... [because as much as I wish that I could say that it was done... it's not] And I also had to write a four page paper on caffeine. Interesting huh? Well for all of those caffeine addicts out there, [I am exempt from the curse because never has Mountain Dew once graced my lips.] there is only so much that you can write about caffeine! Haha well anyway I also got assigned to do a book group at my local library. I wouldn't mind except the book that I am currently being forced to read is about magic, knights and bloody boars. Don't ask! Just trust me on this one! It has been a rough 167 pages! But the worst part is that there is still more than 200 pages that I haven't read and I know that it is bound to be worse! Anyway, I will take my oatmeal reduced brain and try to finish my countless hours of work ahead of me! Who knew that graduating could liquefy brains??

Daddy's Cooking Runs in My Veins....

I decided that I am obsessed with food.... well and cooking. One of my new year's resolutions this year was to eat better. You know... better foods with more substance. Like an apple instead of a resee's. But I have taken healthy cooking to new levels. Did you know that Google is officially my new best friend? Anything that you want to find fat free cookies, sugar free waffles, there are innumerable possibilities! I have been trying new recipes constantly! I love it! It is kind of a challenge.... taking raw ingredients and a piece of paper and turning it into something wonderful! I love shocking my family with my latest 'healthy' concoction! Most of the time it is incredible! It is hard to believe that food that is so good for you that can taste well AMAZING!! There is so much satisfaction in the art of cooking. But before I can cook, I have to put on my iPod and get in 'The Zone'. The Zone is a wonderful trait that my father and I both share. My family always knows when Daddy is cookin, because we come home to hard 80's rock and the intoxicating aroma of Daddy's cooking! So I guess that it runs through my veins! If you have any exquisite recipes post them! tata!

And Waiting....

Do you know what the worst thing in the entire world is??? WAITING... Waiting at traffic lights, waiting in line, waiting for a phone call or text message, waiting for a night that you have been planning, and well just plain waiting! I hate it! I mean I love it when things are on time! The worst is waiting for good news. I think that society today seems to be waiting for someone or something better. I am also fall into this rut. It seems like life can never give us enough. We can never have enough money or clothes or food. But I guess that in a strange and simple way, waiting is like a beautiful gift to all humanity. Because the longer you wait for something, it seems to be sweeter to the taste, more incredible to be heard, more enchanting to hold and more like a victory. And most of the time, when I wait for something it seems to be better. Maybe I am just psychotic to think that waiting can do humans wonders, but I rest my case. So I am going to try to wait for things. Possibly, even treasure the anxiety that results from the 'W' word. So today I challenge all my readers to wait..... for something..... anything....

Life Is Like Basketball.....

Something really struck me, as I was watching my favorite NBA team play, and play really well I might add! I realized that life is alot like basketball. First, there will always be all-stars and sometimes you are a bench warmer. There are times in life when you have to cheer your heart out and be the best sixth-man, even if it's hard. Even though those players might be the all-stars of today, someday you will get your turn to shine. Like in basketball, teamwork is crucial to not only your successes but everyone else's.If you play like a team, then naturally you win. And sometimes, just like basketball, no matter how hard you try you still lose the game. But that just means that you buckle up and try again. A true champion is not one that has never fallen, but no matter how many times he falls, he just gets right back up. Time is short in basketball, so you have to act fast. Take every moment for what it's worth! And LIVE! Life is like basketball because there are those that are passionate about the game and try to be their very best, and those who will only ever achieve mediocrity. So today I want to passionately play the game, share the highlights and live for the love of it. I want to holler and scream until I can't breathe when my teammates and I win. I want to be the all-star and never be mediocre.I want to be known, well maybe not for my basketball skills, but for how I played the game. So let's live like a basketball game, fast-paced, full of roller coasters, and enthusiasm! LET'S PLAY BALL!