Can't Stop/ Want To.....

Cant Stop

-Counting Down Until The New Season Of One Tree Hill
-Drinking Vanilla Coke Zero
-Watching Friends
-Making My Room A Mess
-Wanting Olive Garden Everyday
-Sleeping Until I Absolutely Have To Get Up

Want To

-Go To The Gym More
-Get Into School
-Lay Out In The Sun
-Play With My Nieces And Nephews
-Have A Really Deep Conversation With Someone In My Family
-Protect Everyone From Everything That Is Hurting Them
-Buy New Clothes And Shoes... Lots And Lots Of Shoes!

What One Tree Hill Character am I?

So I took this quiz not too long ago... Well about 5 or 6 months ago and it said that I was Lucas.

I decided to take it again just for fun and it turns out... I'm Brooke! It's weird how much a person can change in just 5 or 6 months, isn't it?

Which One Tree Hill Character Are You?

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These are the best days...

Well the start of this week has been an interesting one... to say the least! I don't think I have had so much fun all summer! Sunday was a nice day. It was the kind of sunday where you sleep in, go to church, come home and get in your pj's and the rest of the night is yours! It was wonderful! Monday started out with work... nothing really exciting there happened. (Wow, are you guys interested in this story or what?!) Then that night... I went on a date with a really cute boy! Now, thats a good way to start the week! We went to the pizza factory, in which I haven't been to for like 2 years! There were no awkward pauses in the conversation as we waited for our food and then, my date gets this "deer in the headlights" look on his face. The reason? His grandparents were there! Yeah.... that would usually be an awkward situation, right? Well it was actually funny and kinda cute! His grandpa grabbed my hand and asked at what age I fell into the pretty pool (Ha ha) and his grandma was just tiny and sweet. They ended up sitting in the booth behind us, but didn't disturb us one bit so I kinda forgot they were there. And we ended up getting into a pretty intense conversation so it was easy to forget other things. It was kinda funny because when my date went to pay the bill, the waitress told him it had already been taken care of! His grandparents were sweet and surprisingly it wasn't weird for me.

We had plans to watch a movie later that night when Skyler got off work at 11, but until then we just had time to kill. So we ended up going back to my apartment and just talked about everything for about 2 or 21/2 hours. It was crazy! But really fun! Then Sky got home and we watched the movie "The Eye" with Jessica Alba. Kinda good, kinda confusing and not really scary! After the movie was over, we all ended up getting into another intense conversation that lasted until 3 A.M. when the boy realized what time it was and needed to get home.

After he left, Skyler and I went down into her room to go to sleep, but Sky wasn't tired and I was too giddy :) I laid down thinking if I just closed my eyes, I could calm down enough to fall asleep, but then I started getting hungry. Being too lazy to walk up the stairs to get food, I instead ended up just giving up on the sleeping thing. So we laid there and talked and then skyler pointed out by opening her blinds that the sun was coming up. Around 6:30 we decided to go to Maverick and get chocolate milk, my hunger had still not subsided. Running on no sleep and excited at the fact that we were, for once, up before all of Provo, we were a little bit crazy and camera happy... But sunrise... thats the best time to make memories, right? Well when we got home we turned on One Tree Hill and both of us ended up falling asleep until 11:00 when my mom text me.

So we got ready and met my family in Lehi to go swimming! Well... upon arrival we found out that the pool was just closing due to some little kid not being able to control his bowl movements yet... sad day:( We decided to come down to Provo to go to the swimming pool just down from the hospital. It was way fun!

My handsome nephews and my beautiful niece were there with their parents and also my mom. Skyler and I laid out for a while and then decided not to be boring anymore! We convinced my mom to watch the kids for a few minutes while all of the adults went on the big slides! They were a blast! Then we jumped into the pool for a little bit and laid out again to dry off while the sun was out. I was particularly excited for my body to see the sun for the first time all summer!

It was also great because my nieces and nephews just make my day everytime I am with them! If I could be with them everyday, I think I would die a happy girl!

So a very tired Skyler and I made our way to our apartment. After remembering we hadn't eaten since we got chocolate milk at 6:30 in the am, we decided to go get a jamba juice. We then went back to our place, showered and just hung out until my date from the night before came over to go to the movie with us. We went to "What happens in Vegas" and it is hilarious! I loved it and I don't think I've seen a movie that funny in a long time! I suggest people see it! By the time we got back home I crashed in bed....

It was fun to actually have a summer day to myself! No work, or school, or any obligations. And acting my age was fun too! I mean isn't this the time of our lives when we're supposed to stay up all night, go to the pool the next day and just be kids while we can? I mean people do say "These are the best days".....

"Best Days"

With everything I've ever done,id give it all to everyone for one more dayAnother night I'm waking throughAnther door I walk introI can't breakIt's a winding roadIt's a long way homeSo don't wait for someone to tell you it's too lateCuz these are the best daysThere's always something tomorrowSo I say let's make the best of tonightHere comes the rest of our livesI count the steps the distance toThe time when it was me and you is so far goneAnother face another friendAnother place another end but I'll hang onIt's a winding roadIt's a long way homeSo don't wait for someone to tell you it's too lateCuz these are the best daysThere's always something tomorrowSo I say let's make the best of tonightYeah let's make the best of tonightHere comes the rest of our livesIt's a winding roadIt's a long way homeSo don't wait for someone to tell you it's too lateCuz these are the best daysThere's always something tomorrowSo I say let's make the best of itSo don't wait cuz no-one can tell you it's too lateCuz these are the best daysThere's always something tomorrowSo I say let's make the best of tonightYeah let's make the best of tonightWe'll make the best of tonightHere comes the rest of our lives

pRAyiN FoR tiMe....

So the other day, one of my friends gave me Dorian Gray. I'm talking about the Oscar Wilde book, not the Swedish pop band, and if you don't already know it, it's this freaky story about this pretty boy, who's got a painting of himself up in his attic and year after year he stays, you know like young and beautiful but the painting itself changes to reflect just- the horrible, like the ugly person he's become on the inside. I don't know, stay young and beautiful forever? Maybe I'd take that deal. Anyway, it's the whole idea that art reflects the soul and sometimes it takes on a life of its own.
So i've been thinking about a different kind of art.... love. Not love as in.... Romance. But love as in good samaritan, friendship, world peace kind of love.
You know what I find odd? People who fight OVER something, instead of fighting FOR something. I mean, there's a huge difference. You see people fighting over a top selling book, a new iphone, tickets to the biggest movie of the summer, a spot on American Idol... whatever. Doesn't it seem kind of trivial? I mean I turn on the tv and I see people fighting for human rights or for a bottle of water, just so they don't die of thirst and I think... at least they're fighting for something real!
This song that Carrie Underwood remade (originally sang by George Michael... I know strange, right?) Anyway, it's got me thinking about all the things I could be doing for other people, rather than for myself. You could call it service, or charity or whatever you want... As long as it's doing something to better someone else. I mean, how good did you feel when you were a kid, in young mens or young womens and you would have to go rake a widows leaves or weed her flower beds? Maybe you had to make a dinner for the senior citizens on a special occasion or simply spend some time getting to know them. As adults, we don't really do these things anymore. I mean if we're involved in Relief Society or Priesthood, we have our occasions but we don't really ever do it on our own. Sure we might go visit our grandparents who are lonely but do you ever do something for random people? The feeling you get is amazing, just to see the look of appreciation and happiness on their faces.
This is something that I want in my career. Something where I can fulfill not only my needs, but the needs of other people. That really limits my options. I think about being a nurse... but I honestly couldn't stand the vomit and the feces I would have to spend the first couple years cleaning up. Now blood, I can do! So then I think about dentestry... it involves blood, but not the other stuff! And then I wonder if I could handle the bad breath and the creepy sound the drill makes that gives me chills... then I think about the less physical side of it. Maybe being a social worker or someone who can give somebody a better life. But taking from experience of what my sister Emilee use to do at a place called "RISE", I don't know if I could handle it. There is so many options to choose from and so many things to consider... it's enough to drive someone insane!
So today, I challenge you to do something for someone. Someone besides yourself and even your family. Maybe that person will be someone who is too proud to admit they need help. Or maybe it's an old man or woman in your neighborhood that you see walking to the mailbox and you rush to get there before they have to take another step. If you do it, I'll do it. And I promise that by the next time I post... the world could be just a little bit brighter! :)

Praying For Time Lyrics
These are the days of the open hand, They will not be the last

Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers

This is the year of the hungry man, Whose place is in the past

Hand in hand with ignorance and legitimate excuses
The rich declare themselves poor, And most of us are not sure

If we have too much but we’ll take our chances, Cause God stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way, He must have let us all out to play

And turned his back, And all God’s children Crept out the back door

And its hard to love, Theres so much to hate

Hanging onto hope When there is no hope to speak of

And the wounded skies above, Say its much too late Oh maybe we should all be praying for time
This is the year of the empty hand, Oh you hold onto what you can

And charity is a coat you wear twice a year
These are the days of the guilty man, The television takes a stand

And you find that what was over there, Is over here

o you scream from behind your door, Say whats mine is mine and not yours

I may have too much But I'll take my chances cause, God stopped keeping score

And you'll cling to the things they sold you Did you cover your eyes when they told you

That he cant come back, Cause he has no childrento come back for
And its hard to love, when theres so much to hate

And hanging onto hope, When there is no hope to speak of

And the wounded skies above, Say its much, much too late

Mm, well maybe we should all be praying for time