Perspective

It's so easy to get wrapped up in the details of your own life...to get upset or frustrated at all the things going wrong. For instance, this morning I couldn't find my glasses, spilled coffee on my computer, ran late for class, then got so frustrated with one of my teachers I wanted to stab myself in the eye. I also have the underlying 25 page paper to write and my two finals to study for. These are my "problems" that I stress and bitch about.

And then I found out a good friend of mine has stage 4 pancreatic cancer that has moved to her aorta.

And that, ladies and gentleman, is what you call "perspective."

Finding out someone has cancer really puts my little nuances into perspective. It also makes me extremely thankful for the things I have. It makes me thankful that my family has insurance so that I can have glasses. It makes me thankful that I have a computer and can afford coffee. It makes me thankful that I am in law school and have the opportunity to have class to be late to and to write papers for. It makes me thankful that I have the ability to study for classes and the opportunity to learn.

I lead such a blessed, amazing life, full of so many wonderful people. It's so important to realize what I have and to just... be happy, joyous and thankful for everything. So, I ask of you two things: 1. I ask you to always be thankful, not just in November, but always, and 2. I ask you to please pray for my friend.

Have a blessed and wonderful Monday lovies. 

Dear Weekend, Thanks for Blowing. My. Mind.

So weekends are alway typically better than weekdays. No work/school, football, sleeping later and some time to catch up with the DVR. Even if there's homework...weekends are just better.

But then there comes a weekend that kicks all the rest of the weekends little white butts.

Friday, November 9 2012

Even though Thursday was my last day at work, I always take Friday's off. I don't have any classes and I never worked on Fridays. Friday was my day off. The day I could just relax, sleep in, and not have Income Tax :) So Fridays are always nice. Z and I decided to celebrate our 4-year anniversary on Friday night (even though Saturday the 10th is the official day) because one of our besties (yes "our" because we both love her) birthday was Saturday. So we went and ate steak and had a wonderful nice night out to ourselves on Friday.

Saturday, November 10 2012

So Saturday, my parents came in to watch the last Texas Tech home game against Kansas. I always love when my parents come in. As I said, I've been having major homesickness so it's therapeutic and just...nice to have them here for the weekend. Anyways, Saturday was nice because:

Texas Tech beat Kansas in OT!

We got to celebrate one of my most amazing friends' 26th Birthday.

We decided instead of doing a traditional wine-of-the-month club for a year, me and my two other friends chose 4 months and decorated the bottles accordingly. I did Oct-Jan. The pictures on the top and bottom are the bottles, the one on the left is me K and her bf J. The middle is the Consonants :). 

Love this guy

And Z and I celebrated 4 years of loving each other.

And my parents finally told me the big secret they've been planning for awhile. A few weeks ago they hinted they had officially planned my graduation present but gave me NO HINTS. By the way... I love hints. I love getting and giving hints---to the point of where I eventually just give away the present. I'm the worst present-secret keeper which works well for those I'm giving presents to. I just get so excited.

Anyways

So on Saturday my parents told me about my graduation present. They made this book and gave it to me.

The first page. I love these two.

Hmmm...Where are we going?

LONDON!

and PARIS!!! Please notice my Paris charm on my bracelet. So appropro!

*Disclaimer--my parents actually gave me this earlier but I hadn't showered, was in my jams, and wasn't wearing makeup. I was WAY less posed at that point but I refused to let anyone document it haha*

So YES! Aug 6-15 we will be eating fish and chips and french bread with wine until we can't eat anymore. I am so excited. I have the most wonderful parents and I am so looking forward to making some wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime experiences with them. 

Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Cowboys won and I got to spend most of the day with my parents, just our little threesome. I truly cherish those moments with them. We chatted and planned our European vacay, ate McAllisters (typical Sunday lunch), got some honey-do's done around the house, and just lounged. It was wonderful. I love them so.

So that was my weekend, filled with love, celebrations, family, and friends. I hope you all had wonderful weekends too. With all the excitement, it's important to remember that without our veterans, we wouldn't be able to have the freedoms we sometimes take for granted. Please take a moment and thank the veterans you know and send up a prayer/thoughts for all the veterans that have come before us and will come after us. We are such a blessed nation, and it's because of them we can live the lives we do.

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." -Elmer Davis

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It's OK Thursdays

Linking up with Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup for "It's OK Thursdays." Let's get to it shall we?

It's OK...

That I haven't posted in a few days because all I have wanted to talk about is politics and I would like to keep my friends on both sides of the aisle...

That I found a dog two weeks ago, had to keep it for a few days (trying to find its owner/a new home) and when I eventually had to take it to a vet in LBK that fosters and adopts out animals, I cried...

That I'm bittersweet about today being my last day at work...

That I get my hopes up when applying for a job I really want...

To make mistakes and trust people when maybe I shouldn't have....

To be confident in myself and my abilities...

To not want human-kids right now...

To spoil my current animal-kids to death...

That I haven't started studying for finals, haven't started working on my paper that is due Tuesday, and haven't started working on another paper that's due in two weeks....

well maybe that isn't ok...moving on

That I'm homesick...

That I absolutely love trash T.V. (See Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Long Island Medium, SYTTD)

That I absolutely love my boyfriend for watching them with me...

That I am absolutely extremely excited for this weekend as it is my 4-year anniversary with Z and the birthday of one of my best friends (who is sometimes mistaken for my lesbian girlfriend...more on that later)...

Well poppies (I'm pretty sure that's a term used in Pirates of the Caribbean) I hope you are all having a lovely Thursday and an even more wondermous Friday and a fabulous weekend. I would love to hear what's "OK" with you today...or any day for that matter :)

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