I HATE My Nose Right Now!

I usually don't get allergies but for some reason they've now hit me hard! Last night I hated my nose! I couldn't breathe out of my nose so I had to breathe through my mouth which sucks because then I woke up with a sore throat. I've never had allergies this bad before and it's horrible! Hopefully I'll be able to sleep better tonight. If I don't get some better sleep I'm not going to make it tomorrow.

My Poor Daddy

This morning I was in the bathroom getting ready for work when my dad came home from work, he's been working graves for the past couple of weeks. I heard him come in and then I heard some odd sounding footsteps. I walked into the kitchen to find my dad limping! I asked him what happened to him and his response was, "My toes got ran over by a 6,000lb. lift truck." 6,000lbs! It crushed his poor toes. He spent a few hours in the emergency room while they tried to stop the bleeding and reset his toes. Here's the kicker though... He's going to try to go back to work tonight! I'm going to try to stop him but lord only knows if he'll actually listen to me. I hope his toes heal properly, poor guy.

Scary Night

Last night I was up late, big surprise, getting ready to go to bed when I started hearing noises at the front of my apartment. One of the reasons I enjoy living in an apartment is because when I hear noises I think to myself, "Neighbors" and blow it off. So, I'm blowing off the noises when I hear my back screen door open and shut and then I loud bang that I couldn't place. I still have no clue what that noise was. I got scared and couldn't move as the noises continued! The only thing I could bring myself to do was text Steven. He rushed over, just as nervous as I was, and I unfroze a little bit. Realized that I had been texting other people and responded to their texts so they knew what was going on. Once others heard that I was worried someone was breaking in everybody wanted to come over and make sure all was well. I figured one was enough and told them to stay. Steven was nice enough to stay until I fell asleep. My land lord found nothing. I still have no clue what it was. It took me forever to get to sleep because I was freaking out. Then I had to put the curtain over the window fan and turn the fan off because I was freaking out that someone was looking at me through my window fan. I got the other fan but it wasn't enough and I got too hot during the night so now I'm sleep deprived AND sick to my stomach. Today sucks, I want tomorrow to be here now.

That Thing You Do

Yesterday I was sick AGAIN! This is seriously getting ridiculous. After I went home, ate chicken noodle soup, took medicine, and took a nap. I did all of this because Dr. Steven came over and made me. I love it when he gets all concerned and feels like he needs to take care of me. Anyway, after I woke up we watched That Thing You Do. It was really cute. I enjoyed it and I loved the music. It was just a fun show and I would suggest it to anyone. By the way, I've already been yelled at for not seeing this movie sooner so save your breathe, I've heard it all before.

Tolerance

The other day I was laying in bed sick and when I'm sick I sit and stew about things that piss me off. Yesterday I sat and stewed about a big one. A thing I call Religious Hate Groups. Obviously, people who use religion to spread hate. It especially drives me crazy when it's Christians. The word Christian means follower of Christ. Jesus Christ NEVER advocated hate. If there was any man who was the perfect example of tolerance, He's it. He even showed compassion to the people who beat and ultimately killed Him. If that isn't tolerance, please tell me what is. So when I see a bunch of "Christians" standing on the side lines of a gay pride parade holding up signs that say things like, "God Hates You" or "Burn in Hell" or "Gay is Not the Way" it just pisses me off that people are so hypocritical!

Since Christians are supposed to by Christ-Like let's observe how Jesus Christ handled the situation when a sinner was brought before him for judgement. Alright boys and girls, whip out your scriptures and turn to St. John 8:1-11. Observe St John 8:3-5 "And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"

Does He make a sign that says "burn in hell?" Does He pick up a stone and start administering the law? No. He simply says "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (St John 8:7) Instead of condemning her, he loved her and showed her mercy. What a marvelous example. He doesn't even chide her. Then after all the people who were hoping for a bloody show leave he addresses her and asks her if any man has condemned her. When she says no he replies, "Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more."(St John 8:10-11) This is Christ-like behavior. This is how a Christian should act. Also, how many scriptures are there that warn us against judging others?

Another thing, why are you putting so much energy into protesting against gays? Does the fact that they're gay really hurt you? I don't think so. It just makes you uncomfortable and so you feel like you've got to act like a child and prove them wrong. Instead, why don't you put that energy into writing your senators to get more prison time for child molesters, rapists, and gang bangers? You know, the people's whose actions actually hurt you and the ones you love. Call me crazy but to me that just makes so much more sense. This rant is probably pointless. Either the people who have the problems I'm addressing here are not going to read it or not take it seriously if they do read it or the people who read it already agree with me and aren't part of the problem. I just had to get it off my chest.

Is This Possible?

So I have seasonal depression and I've had it for a while. I used to think that it was the overcast, cold weather that made me depressed but it's been overcast and cold for a few days now and I feel fine. What? If I don't mind the overcast what's making me depressed? I thought about it for a while and realized that it's the trees and plants that make me depressed during winter. I can't stand that they're dead! The lack of green depresses me. I want things that are alive and thriving around me!

Utah is only green and lush about 5 months out of the year and that's if we had a lot of moisture in the winter. If we don't, everything dries out and dies during the summer as well. Utah is my home, it's where I grew up, and I love it but it's no good for my seasonal depression. So now what? I couldn't move, I would miss my family. Maybe I could convince them all to move to Washington with me???

So I guess I'll just have to really enjoy the green while it's here and buy a ton of house plants to keep me happy during the winter. Without moving, I don't know what else to do.