tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831488025159088152024-02-19T01:02:14.068-06:00•Es Elle•Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-3715052388290051662013-07-08T22:23:00.001-05:002013-07-08T22:23:08.896-05:00Brussells what?!?!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-86959748247800960872013-06-12T00:56:00.000-05:002013-06-12T00:56:03.852-05:00Sweet Summertime<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WELL a lot has changed but one thing that has stayed the same is my lack for blogging. My goal for the summer <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(one of them)</span></i> is to update the blog and begin again. I always have so much on my mind and sharing the mind clutter somehow helps me to weed out the unnecessary and move on to what matters. I made it through my first year of pharmacy school<i><b>… WOOWHOOO….</b> </i>and am now back home working four days a week to make a little mulla and have some summer fun. I have two weeks of rotations to do in a pharmacy in July and am super excited about the experience. I guess one thing that made me think about blogging again was my sudden urge to decorate my place again. I go through these stages of wanting to redo rooms every 6-8 months and it doesn't help that I have plenty of rooms to redecorate that no one is living in. Since my roommate moved out, I have not been able to give any attention to my abode with my busy pharmacy school schedule. I made one room into a guest bedroom while the other was a roommates room. Then I had another roommate move in after the other left and turned the guest room into an office that neither one of us ended up using much. Since she moved out, I now have a bed, vanity, and side table in the room but really need a comforter and pillows for the bed. Also, the guest bathroom is completely empty! I went to a couple of stores today to browse and gain some inspiration for a new theme and could not find a thing. I immediately thought about how I used to love blogging and looking at all the other home decor blogs. I am not even sure at this point if I should even keep the office room an office. AND I am now thinking of a million different things I want to do to the kitchen, living room, and deck! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>ahhhhhhh did I mention that I am a broke college student?!</i> </span> I have multiple pictures of these rooms and the different changes they have been through so as soon as I get my thoughts together on this <strike>issue</strike> I will share the before/after/before and new inspirations coming my way. I hope you are having a <b><u>FABULOUS</u></b> summer and feel free to share your thoughts. I love the feedback :)</span></div>
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Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-69879060970175878852013-03-21T22:45:00.001-05:002013-03-21T22:45:51.576-05:00Where is the warm weather?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am sure most people have been blogging about the same thing… but seriously… it's almost April and we are having high temps of 50! This is just getting <b>ridic</b>! I feel like I can't get out of winter hibernation mode. I absolutely <u>cannot stand</u> cold weather and <u>never</u> want to leave my bed, much less my house! Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow which means we should be in Spring right now! Well in regards to these bipolar temperatures, I am having to adjust my schedule every day it seems. It did finally stop raining and even though the sun is out, it is still super cold. I got a gym membership at the beginning of the semester, which was good and I was going regularly but now that we have already had spring break and it looks like spring outside, I want to just get out of the house and go for a run. I hate to be stuck in a gym on a pretty day but it is definitely too cold for me to get out and go for a run in the morning. So, I have been trying to think of other ways that I can shed this muffin I've obtained from Spring Break'n. I do have apple TV and thought that I could find some workout programs on Netflix and couldn't<i>… not sure why.</i> Then I realized that there is a YouTube app so I started searching yoga full length classes and came across a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUVZAMbGtDg" target="_blank">yoga class by Tara Stiles</a> and decided to try it out. I pulled my yoga mat out and within the first 5 minutes I was already shedding clothes one piece at a time<i>… coco thinks her mom is crazy.</i> But let me just say, this is a <b>fabulous</b> video! The closest thing I have found to a <u>real</u> yoga class <i>(and I am really picky).</i> She also has videos of her cooking some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EDgsW-JJPc" target="_blank">great detox recipes </a>that I totally took notes on. If you are like me, and dread getting out in the cold weather but can see the <u>lbs</u> piling on by the day, this video is <b>amazing</b> and you should try it. I have already placed it in my schedule every morning and am so excited to have a workout I can look forward to and not having to get out in the freezing cold. I hope you are all doing well! School is… well school. I blog to take my mind off of school so I apologize if you never hear about my PharmD experiences <i>(I promise they aren't that great)</i> <b>:) </b></span></div>
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<br />Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-86798589110370769642013-03-18T21:15:00.000-05:002013-03-18T21:15:14.663-05:00Oh how I've missed you this spring break week!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a friend/colleague lose her little white fluffy dog the other day after being hit by a car. Her puppy Bella always makes me think of my little Coco when she would post pictures on facebook/twitter/instagram and my heart is absolutely breaking for her. When I found out, it moved me to tears because I cannot even imagine what I would do if I lost Coco. She pampered and loved her dog with the same amount of passion and care that I do for Coco, like our own little baby. I feel so bad because there are many times <i>(just yesterday)</i> that I have let Coco out in the backyard without a leash on and she takes off running across the road to see another dog and could easily be hit by these crazy teenagers that come racing through the neighborhood. I feel bad always having her on a leash and want her to have some independence and freedom but it is so not worth it at the cost of her life. Being in school so much, constantly consumed with studying all the time, and being active has kept me from being home as much and really spending quality time with her. I feel so guilty for just having her as my pet and not being the parent/owner that I should be. The best thing about having little dogs is they always love you unconditionally no matter what you do/don't do. For that I should never take Coco's unconditional love for granted and give her all the undivided attention and care that she deserves. My heart hurts for my friend and keep her in your prayers as this is going to be a very difficult circumstance to overcome. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Quote of the Day:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #330000;">We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. ~George Eliot</span></span></div>
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Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-50689565441972784832013-01-22T14:54:00.003-06:002013-01-22T14:54:40.700-06:00Spring Semester<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I know it's been a while since I've blogged about what is going on and I actually really miss it so I am going to try and get back into the swing of writing everyday. So I got through my first semester of Pharmacy School last fall and was so excited to be able to start this next semester. I have made some close friends and feel mentally, physically, and emotionally ready to take on this new semester. We do have 2 more classes added to our school load and the course work is a lot more than last semester but I guess that is to be expected that it's just going to get tougher with each semester. I haven't been feeling too well the past 24 hrs and feel like I am coming down with a stomach bug that has been going around down here. The plan for today was to stay at the school and study all day but after class, I could not make it due to feeling so neauseous so I came home and trying to relax and feel better. I really cannot afford to get sick with the amount of work I have to get done by lab tomorrow so keep me in your prayers. Hope you all doing well, I'm going to be better about my updates and actually have a bunch of updates on my place and some new decorating to show! *Lots of Love*</span></div>
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behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter
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Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-41835185433723770512012-09-12T15:45:00.002-05:002012-09-12T15:45:35.364-05:00The $50 Lesson<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?" She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed with pride! "Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!" I told her. "What do you mean?" she replied. So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out and give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house." She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?" I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party." Her parents aren't speaking to me anymore.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Ron Paul 2012!)</span></i>Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-1604069422533257422012-09-11T23:55:00.000-05:002012-09-11T23:55:10.442-05:00A change is going to come...<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Change is inevitable.</em> This is one thing I have learned from my life thus far. It seems just when you get adjusted to life a certain way or everything in life seems to be going just right or as planned, a change comes and throws it all off course. Sometimes we are resposible for these changes and in most instances, it is out of our control. I am going on my fifth week of pharmacy school and this has been a huge adjustment for me! I am sort of in the "could've should've would've" phase right now. I was so used to studying all night and working all day and then nights I didn't study, I was out with friends and just always busy when I lived in Birmingham. Moving to Auburn, I did not have one friend here, quit my job, lived by myself, and took only my classes. I thought this would be great to give me some down time since I had been non stop busy but I now feel that it has only created a crutch for me that I am having a hard time getting rid of. No doubt my classes were super hard and I took all science classes but that was all I did, go to class and study. If I had any down time, I watched tv or sat on the computer. When I lived in my 280 apt, I may have turned on the television not even a handful of times the entire year I lived there. So needless to say, I got a little <strike>lazy</strike> relaxed. I started having too much down time and not knowing anyone, I laid around all the time and got in a slump. So now pharmacy school is non stop; classes, meetings, conferences, projects, patient visit,s and then studying at night. I'm having to make a HUGE change not only in my lifestyle but in my attitude because I just want to come home and have down time since that is what I have been used to here. I know pharmacy is going to go great and I know it is going to be hard and I am totally prepared for that. I am just wanting to get this whole sun up to sun down, life consuming, busy bee thing down. And the crazy part about it is that a year ago I would have had no problem jumping right in. So, what I am trying to say is; all of life, things are not always going to go as planned and won't always happen when you're most ready for them. A change will <em>always</em> come. Every where we go we see things changing in our towns, city, country, the world, and in each individual life. All we can do is embrace change and anticipate our ability to evolve and keep going. I know it's been a while since I have blogged, due to many <em>changes</em> that have been going on in my life but I haven't given up on it yet! :) Hope you all have a blessed rest of the week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Quote of the Night:</strong> <em>Change; we don’t like it, we fear it, but we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change, or we get left behind. And it hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But here's the truth: The more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Sometimes change, is, everything. ~ Greys Anatomy</em></span><br />
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Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-22395033421574220582012-08-15T16:36:00.001-05:002012-08-15T16:36:55.247-05:00CollideSometimes we're on a collision course, and we just don't know it. Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do about it. A woman in Paris was on her way to go shopping, but she had forgotten her coat - went back to get it. When she had gotten her coat, the phone had rung, so she'd stopped to answer it; talked for a couple of minutes. While the woman was on the phone, Daisy was rehearsing for a performance at the Paris Opera House. And while she was rehearsing, the woman, off the phone now, had gone outside to get a taxi. Now a taxi driver had dropped off a fare earlier and had stopped to get a cup of coffee. And all the while, Daisy was rehearsing. And this cab driver, who dropped off the earlier fare; who'd stopped to get the cup of coffee, had picked up the lady who was going to shopping, and had missed getting an earlier cab. The taxi had to stop for a man crossing the street, who had left for work five minutes later than he normally did, because he forgot to set off his alarm. While that man, late for work, was crossing the street, Daisy had finished rehearsing, and was taking a shower. And while Daisy was showering, the taxi was waiting outside a boutique for the woman to pick up a package, which hadn't been wrapped yet, because the girl who was supposed to wrap it had broken up with her boyfriend the night before, and forgot. When the package was wrapped, the woman, who was back in the cab, was blocked by a delivery truck, all the while Daisy was getting dressed. The delivery truck pulled away and the taxi was able to move, while Daisy, the last to be dressed, waited for one of her friends, who had broken a shoelace. While the taxi was stopped, waiting for a traffic light, Daisy and her friend came out the back of the theater. And if only one thing had happened differently: if that shoelace hadn't broken; or that delivery truck had moved moments earlier; or that package had been wrapped and ready, because the girl hadn't broken up with her boyfriend; or that man had set his alarm and got up five minutes earlier; or that taxi driver hadn't stopped for a cup of coffee; or that woman had remembered her coat, and got into an earlier cab, Daisy and her friend would've crossed the street, and the taxi would've driven by. But life being what it is - a series of intersecting lives and incidents, out of anyone's control - that taxi did not go by, and that driver was momentarily distracted, and that taxi hit Daisy, and her leg was crushed.<br /><span class="linksoda"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/quotes?qt0504294"></a></span>Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-88702043226213036652012-06-14T00:53:00.000-05:002012-06-14T00:53:02.061-05:00•Smile•<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a wonderful weekend at Bonnaroo and as much as I would love to expound on all of my experiences, this week has been hell and well I just need to to <b>smile</b>. Sometimes you just need to sit back, remember what you are here for, that nothing is impossible, thank God for the life you've been given and just <b>Smile</b>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, time passes (such as it does). It was again my father’s birthday and time for another humorous reminder of the annual event. I was perusing the birthday cards in a local department store when I came across a very cute card:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">“According to biochemists, the materials that make up the human body are worth only 97 cents.” (Hallmark Greeting Card Co.) An underestimation, I thought.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">With this card in mind, I toyed with the idea of calculating just how much the average human body is worth. So I and a friend (who was interested in biochemistry) sat down to figure out just how much a human body could fetch on the fair market exchange. Using a biochemical supply catalog, we investigated the price of the various chemicals and came up with some shocking results. Human DNA was $770 per gram. Hemoglobin was $3 a gram. Insulin was $48 per gram. Follicle-stimulating hormone (or FSH) was relatively expensive (about $4,900,000 per gram). A righteous amount of bucks, we concluded.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">We averaged all the chemicals per gram (dry weight) of a human being, arriving at $250.25 per gram. Human beings are approximately 70% water, so we calculated my dry weight as 24,545 g. Next we calculated how much the average human body was worth. The final amount was most gratifying: $6,142,386.30. Not bad, I concluded gleefully. I’m a six million dollar man, and I can’t even run 60 miles per hour.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">One must here draw a balance between a human being and a bunch of chemicals from a supply catalog. If it were possible to purchase these chemicals, you would not purchase a human being, but merely an assembly of molecules. But why the discrepancy between the 97 cent figure and the calculated one? The answer is easy. By paying for thevarious proteins and hormones, one is paying for those chemicals which are high up in the genetic ladder, while carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and water are relatively cheap and easy to come by. For example, proteins are long folded chains of amino acids which are commercially available for anywhere between $3 and $12,000 per gram. However, the smaller molecular weight amino acids are somewhere around 30 cents a gram. Thus we see a cost difference in the size and complexity of the chemicals.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">As we learn in science courses at a very young age, cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems. As we progress we learn that the cell itself is made up of smaller units called organelles. One of the organelles is ribosome. The cost of assembling DNA and proteins from ribosomes is phenomenal. To synthesize a human being from organelles is prohibitively expensive, in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Next we must form cells, and then tissues. Organs must then be created and then the organs formed into systems and finally into a living, breathing human being. The cost at each step becomes progressively higher as the complexity of the process increases. An incomprehensible task, to say the least. Thus the naked truth faces us, and we quickly realize that each human being is priceless.</span></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-36341685786269267202012-05-14T23:16:00.004-05:002012-05-14T23:16:56.895-05:00Change is Good<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.</span><br />
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<br />Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-55530678147071330002012-04-29T20:01:00.000-05:002012-04-29T20:01:32.600-05:00Study study study<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm studying in my Mammalian book and going through the lecture slides along with it and come across this… need I say more? ha Dr. Wit is too funny! </span><br />
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<br />Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-37200750495392351822012-04-29T00:04:00.002-05:002012-04-29T00:04:55.302-05:00Sick days are not Vacation days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">well I guess this picture sums up the past 4 days for me. I have been in bed sick, <i>with what I think is the flu,</i> for the past 4 days straight. With finals literally right around the corner, this was <u>not</u> a blessing in disguise. Honestly, I would have rather had my nose in the books!!! I am beginning to <b>FREAK OUT</b> with how much information I have to know <strike>in less than a week</strike>! This was definitely not the time to be getting bed written sick. Of course, every experience and circumstance reminds me of a quote/song/something I saw/read and I thought of this. Although, I could barely get out of the bed to use the restroom, I guess in some twisted, obsessed with school way, I should've been studying! ha Well it all comes down to the fact that James Franco is badass, we all should aspire to be just like him! :) Hope you had a better weekend than I have! Tomorrow is Sunday, the beginning to a new healthy week! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well today was our last day of classes and was a little bittersweet. This semester was Dr. Wit's last semester to teach and today was his last day. He is retiring and has been a professor at Auburn University for a long time. He is honestly one of the smartest, most respectable men I have ever met in my life. Mammalian was definitely a very hard class but you know as a student, I know Dr. Wit was just trying to stretch us to our full potential which is exactly what we need in preparation for Pharmacy School. I am so thankful and honored to have been able to be in his last class and learn from him. He gave a speech in class today about the measurement of human life and our self worth. He told us that in our age we measure ourselves two different ways. One way was performance, we tend to measure our self worth by how well we are doing in class and what grades we are making. He explained that this is a slippery slope because you will never be satisfied. Even if you make A's, you will then want to be the person with the highest A and so on. The second way of measuring our self worth is by appearance. If we look good then we are better and will get somewhere and of course he said he was sorry to break it to us but our looks will fade, we will get wrinkles and we won't stay this way forever. He went on to say that our self worth was neither of those things but by who we are and who we are becoming. He said that he thinks each one of us as a unique creation that has a self worth of well over $6 billion and that we are very special. I was seriously moved to tears. Too bad I couldn't have heard this at the beginning of the semester. It was just so crazy that while he was saying all of this, I was thinking "Oh my gosh! This is exactly why I have felt this way the whole semester." All semester I have measured my self worth by my grades. My grades have not been great at all and it's almost immediately that I start thinking about shopping or getting my hair done or what do I need to do to change my body, weight, hair color, clothes, makeup, etc. I wasn't making the grades and it made my self confidence so low that I was trying to find a way too "look" better so I would "feel" better about myself. Dr. Wit could not have possibly described me and my emotions this semester anymore to a T than that. It hit me driving home that this Nike quote I found a few days ago stated the same thing and everything started to make sense. This semester has been rough on me and I have had many ups and downs but I would not take any of it back because of what I have learned through it all. The down times keep you grounded and make you appreciate the ups and I would hate to think differently. So lesson of the day??? All we can do is our best, measure yourself by who you are and who you are becoming and not by numbers or looks. If you are doing your best in everything, you will reach your goal and be successful. I know it's a hard concept when those things make you feel so good about yourself but like Audrey Hepburn says "Happy girls are the prettiest girls." If we have the confidence and love who we are and who we are becoming, that will do wonders on our looks and confidence will definitely help with our grades! We got this! Finals are right around the corner and I am ready to take the challenge! *Hope you all have a blessed week*</span> </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"I have such a reverence for Bruce Springsteen's career and how he's built it,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> the interesting part is it's a love affair that takes place in an amphitheater between two people. It didn't happen with Springsteen, ironically, it happened with another artist. I went to a concert when I was younger with a girl, and to this day when I hear that artist, it's the soundtrack to that girl. I never think about her any other time, except when that song is on. That's where the 'Springsteen' came from, and he seemed to be the perfect guy to craft that story around because of my love for him. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I lived that song. I was 15 years-old and she was 16. We had that love affair where you connect with someone, and the artist that was playing becomes a soundtrack to your relationship. We didn't stay together, but to this day, when I hear Bruce Springsteen, I think of her and I hope she thinks of me." - Eric Church</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Love Love Love this song, definitely takes me back to being 17 and my first love. Ironically, he had a jeep as well. We both went our separate ways but I do think of him often. There is a sense of innocence and naivety that comes with your first love that I think, for the rest of your life, you wish you could get back. When you experience that first love, you are on top of the world, no one is ever going to tear you a part, you are going to be together forever and everything is just so happy and wonderful. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Through experiences and the ups and downs of life, you become a little hard, a little broken down, a little less expectant of the "happily ever after." I guess the hardest part of all is trying to keep the innocence and high expectations despite life's let downs. The best part of it all, is how much you learn, grow, and discover yourself through those let downs. For some, they may have their happily ever after with that first person, which I think is just fabulous. I hope you enjoy this song and it takes you back to your first love, in a positive way! :) </span></div>Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-17852360811839600342012-04-24T21:46:00.000-05:002012-04-24T21:46:07.390-05:00RIP My Little Pat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well I came home from class today and found Pat laying at the bottom of his bowl. :( He has been sick for a while now and I actually thought he was starting to feel better but he left this world this morning. It was pretty sad just because he was my first betta fish. He was so pretty and would swim around and jump in the water all excited when I would talk to him. Cleaning him out of the bowl was so hard and so sad. Pat will be the first fish I have ever had and my last. RIP Pat! Me and Coco miss you!!! Hope your having fun in Heaven's lake! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Quote of the Night:</b> <i>Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.</i> - Winston Churchill</span>Es Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909549660366062350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283148802515908815.post-91553717372472697742012-04-08T11:48:00.003-05:002012-04-08T11:48:48.900-05:00*Happy Easter*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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