maybe we'll see this through if we get it together...
Today God was really showing off. The sky had no clouds...the air was warm...the wind was cool...there was an open air market in town and my flatmate, Yadira, and I took full advantage. I even bought a plant for my window...I'm trying to think of a really good name for her but havn't come up with one yet. Suggestions are welcome. My window faces North, so she gets minimal direct sunlight...which is perfect. I so love having plants...they make a room feel so much more cozy.
I sent a package home to my nephew today...he's getting an England Football (soccer) uniform! I thought he'd like that seeing as how he used to be really big into soccer. He'll be thirteen this fall and I really hate it that I'm missing him growing up. I'd really like him to know that I'm here for him if he ever needs me. He's got an Aunt that loves him very much. Plus, I know how horrible it is to be that age. You just hate everything. I completely understand. I still have 13-year old days.
Tonight is Kerrang! night...all my friends and I are going to see a band called "thisGIRL" and basically just have fun. I'm really lucky to have made the friends I have here. They've been a great support to me when I was down and I know they are glad to see me back on my game. I'll be really sad to leave them, but I know I don't belong here. England is a cool place, but it could never be home. I just don't quite fit in to the lack of morals that I'm constantly surrounded by and the apathetic attitude toward current events. I like having a BSU, Catholic Center, and Campus Crusade at arms length. There really aren't any religious organizations here. It's sort of frustrating. I'm promising myself to get more active when I'm back at good old U of K and try to apply myself to some worthwhile causes. We really are lucky to have the options we do at Kentucky.
All that stuff that I wrote yesterday...I'm really applying it. Something made the light go on in my head and I just realized a lot of things that I wasn't able to see before. It's so nice to have reality become part of my life again! I'm sick of relenquishing my full potential to a relationship that doesn't exist. I'd rather spend my time working on relationships that actually do exist...like my friendships here with some of the most awesome punk-rock girls I've ever known.
I'll leave you with something amusing. Apparently the British and Irish governments put warnings on all packs of cigarettes. They are written really huge across the front..these are some of my favorites:
~"Smoking KILLS"
~"Smoking seriously harms you and others around you."
~"Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes."
AND MY FAVORITE...
~Smoking may reduce the blood flow and causes IMPOTENCE
So, apparently, smoking is now a form of birth control...haha...
It just reminds me even more why I don't like smoking...in an extremely comedic way...
Tomorrow is CHURCH DAY and I get to see my 5 favorite Spanish kids in the whole wide world and give them their gifts from Ireland. They told me I could only miss church if I brought them presents and so I've gotten them some cool stuff to play with...including Shamrock seeds to plant. Remember in kindergarten planting seeds in milk cartons and watering them until they sprung up and then giving them to your mom for mother's day? I sure do...maybe these kids will love watching them grow just as much as I did!