Festival of Colors!

Yesterday Erin, Spencer, Dan and I went to the Festival of Colors at the Krishna Temple. FUN. I want to go every year! We had to park like a mile away from the temple because there were so many people.

They had bags of colored flour that we could buy and then throw at people. It was so much fun.

This is what we looked like about 10 minutes after we got there.. left to right: Dan, Erin, Spencer, me.

and this is what it looked like right after we left... hha It was soooo much fun. can't wait t go again next year!

Jumping to conclusions.

Mike and Ike Tangy Twister Jelly Beans really aren't that good, and they give bad breath, but I eat them anyways.

I went grocery shopping yesterday and totally splurged. I bought cookies, cake and milk, I LOVE milk, Toaster Strudels and a lot of goodies I probably should not have bought in the first place... Ha ha. That's what i get for going to the grocery store when I am Hungary.

so, I had an interesting night last night. I had a date so the girls at school wanted to make me look "hott". (pssh like i need help to do that!!! KIDDING) I had my hair done and my makeup done. The makeup was a little over the edge, my face was TAN while my neck was the translucent white that it is. So, naturally I ended up taking it off anyways. My hair was BIG, so I had to calm that down as well. I'm not looking to be ALL made up, I mean I like to look good, and I know how to look good, just not drag queenish.

Anyways, the date was... interesting, to say the least.
That's all I have to say about that.

Work is getting very, very, very boring. I figure I can now blog while at work, kind of like writing in a journal, except the whole world can see it.
Plus, if I get caught, bad things could happen. Ha ha.
I don't like being here for long periods of time, however, It pays really well, that is the only reason I am here. I have almost quit more then enough times. But I love my coworkers so that's why i am here.

I just want to type and type and type. Mostly because I have nothing else to do...
some people are so dumb. I say, "thank you for calling!" then wait two seconds for them to respond, they don't so I disconnect the call, but as I disconnect, they decide to start talking and I get dinged in quality.. BLAH!

well, I guess I could be done for today.. I am off in 10 minutes!!!

life

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience(s)."
-My service man Gary from Glenwood!

Rampage

I don't know why i was on such an 'I hate the world and everything in it' rampage yesterday...

Sometimes the need to explode from bottling certain things up for so long comes at a very unexpected time. I was having a fantastic day yesterday, I did absolutely nothing, vegged (if you will) for 7 hours straight. It was wonderful, I made pancakes and sat on the couch, ALL day long. Then 4:30 rolled around and I figured I might want to start being productive. So I got ready to head into school.

I started a new class yesterday at Bon Losse, called Nuts and Bolts. Basically, learning how to be professionals by building up our own clientele and producing a successful business culture.
Which is really helpful, it is just taking away from my floor time. I feel like I am hardly on the floor any more at all. Monday's we have skills (practicals) from 5-7, 7-9 is free floor time. Tuesday is free floor time. Wednesday I have Nuts and Bolts from 5-7 free floor time till 8, and then 'actual class' (bookwork, tests, notes, all the "exciting" things) from 8-9. Thursday is free floor time. Last but certainly not least Friday I have free floor time for a whopping 3 hours! Then 'actual class' from 8-9.

Well as much as you wanted to know my daily school routine, there you have it. Haha.

I have decided that I like music, a lot.

I also make the best dang flan you've ever had in your entire life. I LOVE FLAN.

well, as much fun as "blogging" is, I am going to go do something a little more productive, like clean out my car for instance. It really is getting BAD... I can't find ANYTHING. haha.

Danielle

If I were menace to society...

Sometimes I catch myself thinking of THE most random things while driving or walking somewhere. My mind likes to wonder and make up its own endings to certain incidents. I guess my mind makes the endings up as I would want them to happen. But everyone knows that is not how that works. Who would have thought so many people close to me would have such an impact on my life?
My Uncle Brian for instance, I find myself thinking about him a lot lately, I am really close to their family. Teresa, Brian, Chase, Justin, Addison, and the newly born Michael. It has been nearly 4 months since he passed away, and when I look at his picture that I have on my dashboard in my car, I can't help but to think of all the memories I have of him. On November 17th 2007, I was up in Salt Lake all day, I was supposed to be meeting my boyfriend at the time for lunch at 12:00. Dallin (Boyfriend) calls me at 1145 and tells me he wont be able to met me until later. I was still living in Provo, and because I am punctual I was already in Salt Lake visiting family. So, I thought to myself, oh perfect, now I have nothing to do all day and will have to sit around and wait until 6:00 (When I was supposed to meet Dallin). I decided to visit family until the time came to meet Dallin for dinner, well, I was going to go and visit Brian and Teresa, but I didn't know how he felt and didn't want to bother them if it wasn't a good day. So I didn't. 6:00pm rolls round, no call from Dallin, 7:00pm rolls around, no call from Dallin. So My aunt Jana and Uncle Rob invited me to go to Training Table to get dinner with them and my other aunt and uncle I hadn't seen in a while.
8:00pm rolls around, still no call from Dallin. I was getting very flustered by this time, not only had he not called me, but I had been waiting since 11am to see him. So i just went home with Jana and Rob and started to get ready to get to bed. At 9:30, I get a call from Dallin, I didn't care what was holding him up but I wanted to make sure he was aware that I was not at all happy. I am not one to make a big deal of something, not to mention it takes a lot to get me down. I am a very happy person. But i don't like being lied to and I don't like waiting. Then again, who does?
So, me, being the understanding person I am, drove the 15 miles it takes to get from my Aunt's house to his house. We were watching Disturbia, when my phone started ringing. It was my aunt sending me a text that read "Uncle Brian died tonight". That was ALL it said. I felt like I couldn't breath, the first thing that went through my head was, " I had all day to go visit him and I didn't." It was eating at me. I felt terrible, I couldn't think of anything else to do but cry. So I did, I let the tears flow like a river right after a storm. I got up and left the room, called my parents and told them the news, they told me I needed to call the people that were supposed to be coming with me to California for Thanksgiving. Tell them I was not going anymore and that they would need to find another way to get to California. My parents were leaving California in the morning. I was hysterical, I could barely talk, barely breath. Dallin came out to the living room and was trying to be sympathetic, I don't know if he just didn't know how to be sympathetic, or what. But his hugs and words felt heartless. I Had to leave, I grabbed my things and left.
That night was horrendous. I didn't sleep, i couldn't. Around 3am I get a call from Dallin. He figured I would be awake. The stupid prick thinks it is a good idea to end our relationship. I couldn't believe what i was hearing. "You want to do this, right now?!" Dallin said it would be better to end it now then hold it out. I haven't been able to forgive him for that day. I don't think i will be able to, nor do I really want to.
Everything happens for a reason. Whether that reason is to bring us into the gospel or to help us grow stronger as a person. They kind of go hand in hand. I realized it then, that, in order to love someone else, you have to learn to love yourself.
School is in an hour, I had the day off of work today and missionary (Bryce) was supposed to be online so we could finish our conversations from the past few weeks. But he was not. Oh well, his loss.
Another thing I have realized, even if you are having a crappy day, if you just think positive and have a good attitude it changes the way you feel and the way you act. If you truly want to be happy, then ACT happy and let the rest follow.
you'll notice a big difference.

Danielle