Dream for an Insomniac

It's 2:51 am, and I can't sleep...

I went Christmas shopping today. It was pretty gruesome. Christmas shopping is not fun unless: a) You have a lot of money, b) You find really great deals, c) You have some idea what to buy people and where to get it. Unfortunately, none of these factors were working in my favor. I have this disorder in which I randomly buy things and later have no idea who I should give them to. Only 5 days left until Christmas, and only 2 before I leave to go out of town for it.

Well, I did it...I graduated from college! (Applause) Thank you. It wasn't easy, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I'm not glad about all the student loans I now have to pay back, but whatever. We had a graduation celebration at my parents' house Monday night, so that was fun. Zack is even more excited about my graduating than I am, I think (maybe b/c when I'm stressed out, I take it out on him...then again, maybe it's b/c now I can work full-time and make some $$$!) I checked my grades for this semester a few minutes ago. I got one A and two A+. Ya, I'm pretty smart=D. I'm so glad not to be worrying about projects and finals and driving an hour and a half to and from school anymore!! Woohoo!!

I'm going to Colorado in a couple of weeks, so I'm excited about that. I have some pretty fun and big plans for the upcoming year. It's going to be the best one ever...because I'm going to make it that way! The last few have been pretty rough for Zack and I, but I think good things are in store for us! Well, I guess that's enough ranting. My ibupropen has kicked in and my head's stopped hurting, so I'm going to go try to lay on it some more. It's officially 3:10 a.m., so I guess I should. Ta-ta for now.

Christmas Memories

Well, since I've been getting absolutely NO lOVE on my blog, I thought I'd do a more interactive post this time.

One of my favorite Christmas memories is driving to Palatka to see our family when I was little, and being so cold in the car on the way up because our heater didn't work in the car, and snuggling under this old blanket my dad got in Mexico in the backseat with my two sisters Meghan and Rachel, and singing Christmas carols on the way.

Please comment me with one of your favorite Christmas memories!! I'd love to hear them!!

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Fight for your right to be thankful!

If you're like me, you love Thanksgiving...the food, the family, the thankfulness, the food. However, I am shocked and appalled at the lack of recognition it receives in this country. Am I alone in this? Stores go nutso over Halloween, of which I'm no fan, but whatever. Then, from November 1, a month which should be set aside for turkeys and scarecrows and horns of plenty, before your very pumpkin pie-loving little eyes, they're stocking Christmas trees and boxes of candy canes and pre-lit reindeer for your front lawn! Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas just as much as the next guy, but it's so commercialized now that it's disgusting. A holiday that is supposed to be about Jesus' birth has been turned into another greedy excuse to exploit. And a holiday about being thankful for what you have instead of worrying about what you want or what you have to give, fades in the background.

A couple of weeks ago, I went out shopping for a Thanksgiving wreath to hang on my door. I found nothing. Absolutely no Thanksgiving merchandise for sale...I looked everywhere. Sure, I found some paper plates with pumpkins and some dish towels in fall colors, but mostly I found things like fat little singing santas, fake Christmas trees and stockings hangers-- in mid-November!! Am I alone in my sadness over the loss of the celebration of Thanksgiving? (Wow, talk about a lot of prepositional phrases!) Maybe I'm so vehement because I live in Spring Hill, the land of gaudy Christmas decorations and home to people who leave their Christmas lights up YEAR ROUND (no, I'm not kidding, and yes, I said PEOPLE). Christmas decorations are just not appropriate until the day after Thanksgiving, people, don't you know this??!!

I just love Thanksgiving, a time when the pilgrims and the Indians sat down together and gave thanks for what they had. Sure, the Indians didn't know that the white men were about to bring years of oppression to their race, but they ate Turkey and green bean casserole together just the same.

I guess the reason Thanksgiving is looked upon with such indifference, even disdain by so many today is that more and more people reject the fact that there's Anyone to be thankful to. If they are thankful, then they have to admit that there's Someone to thank. I pray that God has mercy on such a selfish, greedy, thankless nation. And I for one am going to fight for Thanksgiving, and do my best to be thankful every day for the blessings God has giving me, because I don't deserve a one.

Hallowierd

It's October. Halloween month. Lot's of spooky stuff going on. A lot of scary movies coming out in the theaters. Can I just tell you a secret? I don't like to be scared! And I am forever trying to figure out people who do. What the heck?! A few minutes ago I opened a perfectly innocent-looking email from a friend about trying to find the differences in the two pictures. So, here I sit, concentrating on these pictures, trying to find the differences in the two scenes, when all of a sudden this demon-looking creature with fangs and blood all over its face pops onto my screen screaming with this half-lion, half-ringwraith sound. Immediately I hide my face and try to block out the sounds, but I'm absolutley horrified. Like, shaking and a little weapy feeling. I have a slightly sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, even sitting here now. Could someone please tell me what is fun about that? I just don't see it. I don't ride roller coasters because I don't like that feeling that I'm going to die. I don't think scary movies are entertaining, and I don't go to haunted houses. Could someone please help me understand this phenomena? If you have any thoughts, comment me.