"I'm everything I am because you loved me..."

7/9/11-7/10/11

No, I'm not getting mushy, that's just the song that was playing outside my window last night.  It’s been a very quiet weekend.  Dani and Verity went to the national park, and I watched the entire first season of How I Met Your Mother.  Friday, I was thinking so much about what I was doing that I went a little overboard in not thinking about it at all.  That’s what Mondays are for, anyway.  For a whopping $30, I checked into a hotel down the street, and I enjoyed an overhead shower with warmish water, a clean room, and good food.  I also enjoyed some fun conversation with a good friend back home.  It was a little close to the street, though, so the sleep was not wonderful, but the shower was worth it.  Today I ran a few errands, called Ashley for her birthday (she’s older than me and always will be!), and did not much else.  All in all, I’d say quiet weekends with not much to do are incredibly underrated. 

I’m thankful...
1. for junk food and DVDs.  It felt a little like home for awhile.
2. for clean hair!  I washed it several times to get all of the old shampoo out that I know our shower head misses.  My head is less itchy now.
3. for cheesy love songs outside my window at 2 am.  It really had been a long time since I’d heard that Celine Dion song, and now it’s on my ITunes. 
4. for conversations back home.  I miss home, and I’m so close, and I’m not wishing these 2 weeks away, but I am kind of hoping that they move quickly. 
5. for getting used to not wearing make up.  I put it on for the first time in a month yesterday, and it felt a little strange.  Maybe I’ll feel better about going without it more often at home.  No one here seems to notice, so why should anyone there, right?
6. for my sister, Ashley.  She’s incredibly kind, extremely talkative, and loves animals (specifically dogs) more than is normal for any person.  I love you, Elmira!  I’m grateful that you were born, because otherwise, think of what Amy and I would look like :)

Goodnight All!