Stop and smell the roses.

A lot can change in a week. Last week at this time I was facing the reality of a situation that is now semi-under control. I am truly grateful for that. I am also thankful how one event can change someones attitude towards life. Everything happens for a reason, even though someone might not be able to see why events unfolded the way they do, they will eventually see why it happen the way it did (does that make sense?). Sometimes it DOES take someone getting thumped (and really hard) in order for them to get help. Each time I go and see my cousin, she looks like she is getting better. She told me yesterday that she was glad that I had been coming to visit her (or for our phone chats) and how I was helping her and I got choked up. I have been holding in these feelings and putting on my brave soldier face all week, and I need to let it all go. I need to face the fact that life is short and it is a privileged that one gets to wake up each day.

We live in such a busy society, where one has a million (and sometimes more) things that they have to try to squeeze in 24 hours. This is my challenge for you: stop and smell the roses. Take a break from studying, working (whatever you do) and relax and reflect. I know it's easier said than done, but JUST DO IT! Also, call someone you haven't talked to in a while and catch up. We live in a society where facebook and text messages become a way of life (believe me, I am WAY guilty of this), but having voice (and face to face contact) is awesome. I love getting random phone calls from someone I haven't talked to in a while and catching up. Those are the best.

I got my grades back from taking summer school, my summer school gpa is 3.5. That is the BEST I have ever done.. EVER. #iguesshardworkpaysoff (there you go Kat). My gpa is now 2.84. I still have a ways to go to raise it to a 3.0 (or higher) but with this good of a semester, I now know that anything is possible. For a while (and I know this is going to come up again in future blogposts, but I have to write it while I still feel it), I was wondering why I was back in school, or if school was even the right choice for me, and I guess it is! I am currently trying to finish my UH application and then we will see what my future holds. I am just trying to stay positive. I will be taking my two week summer vacation (well I will still be working, but no school) and try and take my own advice and stop and smell the roses. I am going to the beach next weekend, and I will be turning my phone off. I know you're thinking, "Lindsey, how are you going to live without facebook, twitter, foresquare, words with friends, etc)?" Well folks, I WILL! I am just ready to get a good book and read at the beach and take a step back from life. Thank goodness we live so close to Galveston, and thank goodness for surrogate families who let me join there summer vacations : )

Thanks again for letting me vent through this and for allowing me to 'open a window to my mind'. Until next time-