sun. run. fun.

 (the hair is growing)

 and it is a beachy mess which can only mean, summer:]

Here in Phoenix it is just about summer season.

The familiar heat has started to set in and come this time next month it will be scorching.

I can't wait for the tan (that the first day of spring break has allowed me to jump start) and the beachy hair and the warm nights and the sunshine. With the temperature going up so has the distance I run..which the heat will make more and more intense..

My life is still full of uncertainty and I have that aching feeling that I should be starting some sort of a grownup job...but the idea of summer just makes me want to get a job that finally puts that bartenders license I got into action...

"And basically just wonder, when will my life begin?"- Tangled

kicked in the teeth.

“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” -Walt Disney

Heard back from the second, out of a solid fifteen, job I applied for.
It was another, "No, thank you."
Darn, I really wanted that one.

happy february fourteenth.

Regardless whether you are celebrating this day as the national day of love or as my beloved state's hundred and first year of existence, happy february fourteenth.

Arizona State/Valentine Red Velvet MilkyWay Cookie in honor of the day.
enjoy:]

 

fairytales, princesses, the color pink, and things that sparkle.

My life lately has been pretty consumed with all things pink and heart shaped. I guess working in a preschool classroom in February will do that to you. But it has made me think. Recently one of the little girls in my class told everyone her favorite color was "sparkle." Another little girl showed me all the pictures she took with the princesses at Disneyland. And I love it. I think it is wonderful that these beautiful, innocent little beings believe that life can be pink and sparkle with love and that all the problems can be solved with the sweet love of another person. Imagine how wonderful the world would be if everyone believed like that..If we all believed, like an innocent little child, in fairy tales and loved our world and each other just the way they do. I think we would be much better off. But I have always been a believer in these fairy tales and the idea that there is a happily ever after out there for everyone and that love conquers all. I know there are a lot of harsh critics out there who think that is naive and silly but I truly think it is important for all children to believe in fairy tales and things that are sparkly and most importantly full of love. I can only hope that their favorite color will always be "sparkle" and that they will always see the world as the beautiful place they see it as now.

"We love because He first loved us." 1John4:19

one of my favorite things..

I just love this comfy sweater and the boy who left it with me:]

baby it's cold outside.

Why is it so cold?
Everyone keeps telling me that God has an amazing plan for my life.
And I know He does, this is just the waiting part of things.
But I will wait.
And in the mean time, smile as best I can.

breakingpoint.

life does not ever go as you plan.

you know that moment when you are twenty-two, you live with your mom,

and everything in your life has gone the opposite direction as you wanted it to?
I pray that for you, you do not and never do know that moment.
I have not been able to get things right for awhile now and I think I have finally reached a hopeless, unavoidable, breaking point.

 

"The devil may visit us, but God lives here." Mlle. Babptistine