Being Brownieless: A new and unique experience

Today I had an experience unlike any I've ever had before. Basically, I felt stupid and awkward because I did not have a brownie. I found myself in a room surrounded by people holding mint brownies on little white napkins. And I alone did not have one. I felt so out of place. And then, my boss/professor came in and he didn't have a brownie either. So I felt a little relieved. Until I remembered that he has health problems that make it so he can't have very much sugar. But I had no good excuse for not having a brownie in my possession. Everyone else had one. And I felt people staring at me thinking, "Where's your brownie?" Now I've wanted brownies before, that aspect was definitely not uncommon. And yes, it would have been nice to have a brownie just because I think they are delicious and I never turn down the chance to eat a brownie. But I had never wanted one in this way before. I wanted one so that I wouldn't feel awkward and out of place in a room surrounded by people with brownies. But I didn't know where they got them. I didn't know if I could get one. I couldn't possibly ask anyone for the risk of looking foolish. Clearly everyone else knew about the brownies, why didn't I? And I didn't really know anyone well enough to ask them. So, I sat there, without a brownie, feeling awkward and being sad that I couldn't enjoy what everyone else had. And then I left because I couldn't take it anymore.

Present vs Future

A piece of advice: live in the present. I keep hearing everyone saying "I can't wait until the semester is over" or "after this test is over my life will be much better" or "I can't wait until I'm graduated and done with school" or "only x amount of days/weeks/months until y" but the real problem is that that is constantly happening... people are looking forward to things and trying to get past things so much that they don't really enjoy living. And I'll admit, I am guilty of this too sometimes. But I just think there is a big problem when you are always wishing and hoping for a new situation in the future. My goal is to be happy and grateful for what I have now, enjoy every day, and make the best of my current situation. I just think people are a lot happier when they say to themselves, "look how great my life is now" instead of "imagine how great my life will be when..."

Pickle Similes

So my sister and I decided today that pickle similes should be the new thing. So what you do is you take something you were already going to say, and compare whatever you are talking about to a pickle. And the best part is that it doesn't actually have to relate to pickles whatsoever. In fact it's much better if it doesnt. The simile can be used to describe something good, bad, neutral, it doesn't matter. Here are some examples:
"Man, it's windy like a pickle outside today."
"Wow, you type as fast as a pickle."
"This computer is as frustrating as a pickle."
"That music is loud like a pickle."
So as you can see, neither the thing you are describing nor the adjective you use to describe it need to have anything at all to do with pickles. But you throw it in just for fun. And trust me, it's fun. Just try it and you will see for yourself. Also I have to give credit to a facebook post of random kids from Centennial High School for the idea. It was not mine, but I am supporting the effort to pass it on. Also, the first example came from a facebook status and the second from a text from my sister. And as my sister said earlier: Let's spread the pickle love!

Quotes of the day from Ken

"Look it's a spaceship! Oh wait... that's a tree..."
"In a battle between a car and a goldfish, I would usually think the car would win. But this was an exception..."

Other Random Thoughts

Minnesota will be so fun! I am getting so excited! Although it will probably be a lot harder to make friends there. But oh well. And we will get to go boating on the weekends. And mainly I'm excited because it is going to be quite the new adventure. Also we want to go on a cruise for a late anniversary celebration. We are thinking to Mexico. That would be super fun. I hope we buy tickets soon. Also one day I am going to ride in a hot air balloon. Ken promised. And so that's why there are hot air balloons on my blog. Also because I love them!!! A lot. I've always wanted to go on one. Also Ken thinks it's ridiculous that I randomly search google images and youtube for hot air balloons just so I can look at them and get excited. Ok so it's probably ridiculous, but I don't care.

I love our ward!

Surprising? Perhaps. Considering that we meet at 8:30 am. That part is not so good. But now I feel like we are making more friends than ever before for some reason. I'm not really sure why. But it's great! And tonight we are cleaning the church. I'm not sure how that will go. But there is one couple that's going that we really like so that will definitely make it more fun :) And now we are trying to decide if we want to move back into the same ward after the summer. We aren't really sure yet. Or we might get a 2-bedroom. But now that we are kind of making friends we might not want to have to start over... so we will see.

Dang it...

No one read my blog today :( tragic... I guess everyone is so much busier than I am. Also I'm exhausted and need to go to bed. Also I'm sick of school so I think I will probably just never go back. The End.