I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift."

-Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines

Saturday, April 23, 2011

all of april

SO many things have happened this month. I guess I should start with spring break. Usually this is just a family vacation for me so I wouldn't have much to talk about. But this year, I got to bring one of my best best best friends ever, Isabela. Isa is such a happy, wonderful, friendly girl. So, naturally, she was a great source of joy on this much needed vacation. We spent the week in Captiva, Florida along with our other friends Kristina and Olivia. I swear it is the most beautiful place in the entire world.












Aside from the glorious relief of spring break, I have been very busy with school and the musical. Guerin did 'The Music Man' this spring and it has been very hectic for the last several weeks, but once it was showtime I knew the hard work had paid off.

It was SO great to see Molly Sarah and Ellyn at opening night.

The last thing that was just absolutely fantastic about this month was my one-day trip to Tecumseh for the day camp open house! Not only did I finally get to spend more time with Colleen, I got to know Ellyn a little better on the bus, saw Shannon for the first time since summer, met Marc and a TON of others, and made some great friends in a few visiting youngsters!











April has been a very stressful month. However, within the stress I've been able to find some joy. It has just taken a lot more effort than usual. It's easy to be joyful on a tropical island or at Camp Tecumseh. It's a little harder to be joyful when you're staying up until 2 am every night for an entire week doing homework. Difficult, but not impossible. Joy is all around us. We just need to look for it.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

more to come, i swear.

TOP JOY THIS WEEK:
1. Guerin's spring musical, The Music Man, opened on Thursday and had 2 more shows on Friday and Saturday. Big shock: IT WENT SO WELL!
2. I GOT HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE AFTER SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!!!
3. I went to Camp Tecumseh today. Obviously that makes it a good day.
4. I had five diet cokes, one coffee frappacino, and one jamoca shake, plus lots of food today.
5. I JUST FEEL SO HAPPY!

* On a side note, I have not been keeping my promise to myself and posting once a week. I can't help it. I shouldn't even be posting now I have SO much to do. But soon I'll catch up.
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