I'll Be Home For Summer

I don't know about you,but I hate when I have those dreams that are insanely amazing, realistic, perfect, riveting, exhilarating and then BAM! It's not real. You wake up and reality slaps you right in the face and says "Hello, wake up! I like to trick you by making you believe that dreams are real!" It's rather lame if you ask me,but I guess without dreams like that we wouldn't have stories to tell, blogs to write or reality to face.

My dream last night was pretty legit if you ask me. It seemed pretty real for the most part until I woke up. All I know is that my parents got my brother, my good friend and I all tickets to go home for spring break. We ended up going home and it was legit because we got to hang out with family and go to this magic show. Then my phone broke so I couldn't get a hold of any of my friends to hang out,but it was fine because I was having a lot of fun with my family. Eventually I saw one of my besties at the store and it was amazingly awesome because we hadn't seen each other in so long. I bet you could imagine by now how much I was enjoying this dream and then SMACK! I get slapped in the face and wake up from this dreamland and face reality.

Need less to say, I miss home a lot. I miss my family a ton! I miss my friends to the max as well,but I am looking forward to a great summer full of lots of memories. Can't wait to see you all again in due time.

To Infinity and Beyond

Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Carribean, Lord of The Rings and Spiderman all have one commonality; trilogies,but none of these trilogies come close to comparing to the most recent completed triology; Toy Story. As a kid I remember watching Toy Story 1 and being amazed at Buzz Lightyears awesome features, laughing histarically at the little green aliens and being terrified of the toy destroyer, Sid.

Stopping at Toy Story 1 wasn't enough for the Pixar filmakers. Over the next years, more and more Pixar films came out such as; A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Wall-E, Ratatouille, and Up. In 1999, the second adaption of Toy Story hit the screens and as a kid I remember getting excited to see the loved characters from Toy Story 1 again. Toy Story 2 did it for me and I didn't expect another Toy Story to come out,but it wasn't until last summer that yet another Toy Story came out. When Toy Story 3 came out, I was there, in the front rows on the opening day. I have never been more excited for an animated film in my life.

I'm sure that a lot of my generation can relate to the Toy Story trilogy and appreciate it for what it is. Andy, Woody, Buzz, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, Ham, Rex, and many other loved toys were basically growing up at the same time we were. They came to life on our screens, fought through peril with Sid, Stinky Pete and Zurg and 'grew up'. Now that the Toy Story adaptions are over I appreciate them more for what they were. Thank-you Pixar filmakers for making Toys, Fish, Monsters, Rats, Cars, Superheroes and Love come to life on my TV screen. There is nothing like sitting down and watching a good Pixar movie with a bunch of friends no matter what age you are!


"The CLAAWWWW" - Little Green Aliens
"You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity" - Buzz
"You ARE A TOY! T-O-Y TOY!!" - Woody
"I don't like confrontation!!" - Rex
" Ages 3 and Up; it's on my box, ages 3 and Up! I'm not supposed to be babysitting princess drool" - Mr. Potato Head
"Highly explosive...keep away from children. COOL!" - Sid

Silently Struggling

In the United States alone, around 10% of the population of 18 years and older struggle with depression. I wrote a paper on depression this week and the statistics were profound. People really struggle with depression and as sad as it is to say, it's an increasing problem. Most people who have this struggle don't like discussing it with others, but there are a few who do seek help. I commend them for their determined action to tell others about their struggles.
Recently, a lot of my friends  have been struggling. Their struggle has been different than usual though. It has been silent. To get you to relate to what i'm talking about it's like when you see your friend in the hall, ask 'how are you' and they respond 'good' ,but you can see in their eyes or with their body language that something is wrong. As a friend  you don't want to pry so you just kind of brush it off,but the truth is; we all need a little boost here and there. You don't necessarily have to spill your guts out to anyone,but if that's how you roll than go for it.  I have found that giving someone a quick word of encouragement, praying for them or doing something nice for them can go a long way.
We all have struggles, so that's nothing new, so if you see a friend that's down or struggling, go the extra mile. Give them a hug, a joke, an encouraging word, say a prayer with them, or invite them to hang out and just have a good time. Showing God's love to others goes a long way.

Have You Ever Wondered What a Smashed Coin Looks Like?

Recently I've been having a major problem with procrastination. Sometimes I look at my long list of homework and think it will just do itself,but obviously that's just foolish thinking. My new strategy to conquer this problem of procrastination is doing my homework in the afternoon. It seems as though everything exciting happens at night and I have a really hard time saying no to my friends who are throwing candy, birthday cake and streamers in my face asking to hang out.
With softball starting I have to start using better strategies to manage my time or else I'll be a smooshed coin on a railroad track by the end of this semester. That won't be the case for me. I'll smoosh this procrastination to the railroad track before it ties me down and smashes me.
Peace and blessings.

Electrons and Protons

Why is it that one negative comment, gesture or person can ruin a perfectly good day? A day can be going so smoothly and then BAM someone says something that completely tips you over. I think it's sad that a simple little comment can effect someones entire day, week, month, year, or even a lifetime. Why can't we take that negative energy and somehow turn into positive energy? I think we can. We don't have that much to complain about. Next time you get a negative thought or someone says something negative to you think of something good that's happened to you in your day, a good memory, a song, or a funny joke.

I've realized that seeing a positive person is such a refreshing thing,but in our society today we have a tendency to shoot down the person who brings us up. Instead of bringing them down, we need to follow along with them. Get on board the positive train and take a ride. It may make your life a whole lot easier!

Change is a Choice

I'm happy that God has given us the command to love others. In recent events that have taken place in my life, God has showed me that He commands us to love others to teach us many things about Himself, ourselves and others. In the big picture, if we really think about it, helping others can be done in 2 different ways: 1. For the sole purpose of self-satisfaction or 2. Because we want to show God's love through us. When it comes down to it, if you are helping others to please yourself you are not going to be satisfied in the end because we as humans fail, but if we do it in want of pleasing God, satisfaction will occur because God will not fail us.

Recently, God has shown me that the best thing to do in helping others is to love them with a Christ-like love and don't try to change them. People will change on their own and must make their own choices. That's why we need to lead by example through our actions.


A challenge I give to everyone this week: Love others and help them because you want to please God, not because you want to satisfy yourself.

Three Little Days

I am pleased to announce that it is officially Friday. After struggling to get by this turtle like week the weekend is finally here. I never appreciated the weekends as much as I do now until I got to college. College has taught me that weekends aren't just three little days of the week,but something much more. To participate in a full week of classes, work, socializing, and homework without a chance to breathe can help you appreciate the weekend a lot more. It's refreshing to finally get the chance to sit, relax, do some homework here and there, goof off with friends and get a spiritual recharge. I'm urging you to take advantage of weekends and cherish every second of them because they normally are the recharge for your upcoming week.

Speaking of weekends, I thoroughly enjoyed last weekend. A couple of my Gould friends and I went to a little town we'd like to call, Delafield. As college students, we got creative and took advantage of the fact that we had a camera, a car and a group of crazy girls. Unlike most college students, our weekends don't consist of parties, but of joyous adventures and crazy picture taking. I am pleased to announce that we find different ways of having fun and have fun doing it. I bet no one would have ever thought that Best Buy could be a fun place to hang out, but our group of girls begs to differ. Taking pictures with a Best Buy worker, playing video games, getting on laptops, making new friends (Angelia and Sophia), watching big screen TV's and testing out the latest stereo systems proved to be one of the most exciting weekends yet. I don't know if anything can top that. I can't wait to see what this weekend has in store.