2 posts tagged “job”
Simple things that make me smile...
* When PostSecret posts their post by midnight on Saturday so I can check it before I go to bed.
* Driving my mom's convertiable with the top down on a sunny day
* When a boy makes me giggle
* Watching the snow fall in a warm room with hot chocolate
* Walking outside when it first starts to snow and it just starting to build up.
* Getting mail from old hostees/friends/vistors online via averageangel
* Waking up in the morning and blasting my music
* Walking past old friends/boyfriends when you look your best/hot (oh you know you enjoy doing it girls!)
* When people send random text messages saying "I Love You"/call me randomly to catch up
* When people leave good away messages up about me (yes, it has happend in the past! :P)
* My mentees (er...I should say ex-mentees)
* Riding on a plane
* Listening to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra play Ode To Joy live at the PAC
* Ice skating at Red Arrow Park
* Being in the middle of a concert, in the middle of a crowd, and just feeling the energy around me
* Helping out at my mom's 6th grade band camp
* Going to work every Saturday (even if I say I don't want to go, once I get there, I always want to be there.)
* Nutrolls
*Using to the third sink (only a few people understand :P)
* When I get a new comment/message on myspace or facebook
* Hearing from old friends from high school
* Working out
* Walking around campus with my mp3 player on, jamming to a song and smiling
* Driving and rocking out to some awesome music, singing along and tapping my foot (not on the gas pedal though :P)
* Getting dressed up
* Random Hugs
* Finishing a scrapbook page, and having people look at my scrapbook
complimenting me on all the hours (if not days) I've put into it.
* Getting that letter of 'acceptance'
* Getting back from the Nursing Home, having a feeling of love and goodness in my heart
* Going out to my Grandparents house and watching my family play Sheepshead
* My Grandma Shirley's chocolate cake
* Looking back at old livejournal entries to see how much I've grown
* Being able to look at the past and present and being happy with where I am
* Seeing my favorite band(s) in concert
* When people that I've only met twice comes and visits me at school
* When people make me feel special/loved
* Getting a single flower for nothing special...just that I'm sick.
* When people call me right away to tell me something that happened and tell me that I'm the first to know this big news
* Random nights that turn out to be so much fun.
* Dancing like an idiot with a group of good friends.
* Baking cookies and sharing them with everyone just to spread some cheer/smiles
* Getting into clean sheets/a freshly made bed/pulling my comforter out of the dryer
* Someone telling me I'm beautiful and meaning it
* Recording a tv show so that we can fast forward through the commericals
To Be Continued...
I thought it was a nice way to end tonight...with a smile on my face.
To become full you may need to first become empty.
I don't really have that much to write about besides another amazing concert. On Wednesday night I went to go see Jack's Mannequin for the second time this year. The last time I saw them was at Summerfest and it was when it stormed and hailed. It didn't matter to us though, we stood out in the rain and hail to meet the man that is one of my heros.
All of my friends hold a special place for Andrew McMahon in our hearts...not only because he was/is the lead singer of one of our favorite bands (Something Corporate) but he was also diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leaukemia back in the end of June. I suppose all fans are the same way about it, we were all saddened and were praying that he fought it and survived. All fans were hit with the same sadness but for anyone who had a friend or relative be diagnosed with cancer, it hit a little closer to home. For me and my friends it hit even harder because after hearing that news, 2 weeks later I got the call that my friend Mike had been diagnosed with Angeosarcoma on his heart. Andrew and Mike were fighting a battle that was beyond something that I could ever imagine. There was one difference, Andrew survived, Mike didn't. I suppose it may sound corney and overly emotional...but whenever I look at Andrew, I always know Mike is closeby. Maybe because he was a fan also; who knows.
On July 9th Andrew took his last pill and was cured of cancer. He survived partially because his sister Katie gave him a stem cell transplant...he wrote a song for her that has only been played live in concert about 5 times. On Wednesday night, he played it for the Milwaukee crowd. My friend Katie and I just looked at each other and had tears in our eyes (okay okay...we cried, Katie moreso bawled). It was one of those moments in a concert that you will never forget, and always remember.
So enough about that...the concert was amazing and I will surely go back if Jack's ever comes back again (but I'm kind of hoping the next time I see Andrew McMahon, it is with Something Corporate...I'm just bias, ha). If I see Andrew one more time it will put him up with Hanson to the amount of times I've seen them live.
As far as life is concerned, it's going! I finally got to meet all 22 of my mentees 2 weeks ago. They are AWESOME! Their energy just makes me smile even more so than I already do, and I feel so lucky to have gotten a group that flows well together. I'm ecstatic for this upcoming semester because of them. (I'm sure some of them may end up reading this, so I won't name favorites! :P)
And now I am off to go do some homework or something to that extent.
"There's gonna be some things in life that are going to make it hard for you to smile, but through all you see, all the rain and all the pain, you have to keep your sense of humor and keep on smiling."
