This has become a compilation of the least and most important thoughts and experiences that I have had in my short life. Read along if that's your jam.
"Arthur Henry King has said, 'Love is not just an ecstasy, not just an
intense feeling. It is a driving force. It is something that carries us
through our life of joyful duty'".
- Dallin H. Oaks, Powerful Ideas - October 1995
I like that a lot.
Do you ever have a song that automatically energizes and makes you go crazy? Well right now that song for me is:
It kills me. So I was doing homework right near here...
AND Anyway Radioactive comes on and I have the irrepressible urge to cartwheel and go crazy. SO I DID (if it is irrepressible you can't not do it) right there in the basement of PS. For all those nerds doing homework at 5:00 on a Friday evening (my friend Pace included....) to see!
HA! IT WAS GREAT. So then I was on a music high for the rest of the night.
I jumped and skipped and sang and total body jammed the walk home with Cassie. IT WAS SO GREAT. SO FREEING. People where watching and I just jammed all the more intensely. Then we went to the basketball game here...
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...and on the walk I didn't walk. NAY! I RAN AND FLAILED...
I looked a lot like this....
...And then when I got to the crosswalk I cartwheeled across. I turned that bad boy into a cross-cartwheel. AWWW YEAHHHH
WHEWWWW THAT was such a grand adventure I had. And it all started with Imagine Dragons.
I think I am keeping that promise to enjoy life more fully!
Number of state championships won: 2. Number of journals filled up: 1.75. Number of watches I own: 1. Number of near-death experiences: 1. Number of times I have known exactly what I want: 1. Number of colleges I applied to: 3. Number of colleges I got into: 3. Number of songs on my iTunes: 2922. Number of Facebook friends: 0. Number of classes passed: 306. Number of broken bones: 4. Number of blind dates: 1. Number of temples attended: 5. Number of times I have read the Harry Potter series all the way through: 11. Number of all-nighters pulled: 1. Number of times feelings acted upon: 449. Number of car wrecks, my fault: 2; not my fault: 2. Number of horses ridden: 17. Number of horses I have fallen off: 12. Number of proms attended: 3. Number of hospital visits: 5. Number of times I have wished I were someone else: 0. Number of times I've been told I have the prettiest eyes: 6,982. Number of dishes washed, by hand: 1,987; in dishwasher: 5,732. Number of songs memorized:156. Number of prayers said: 6,696. Number of prayers answered: 5,000 and counting. Number of callings held: 7. Number of times I forgot: 10,294. Number of siblings, full: 4; half: 4. Number of library runs: 882. Number of flips on trampolines: 943. Number of surgeries: 1. Number of sneezes, explosive: 2,800; suppressed: 1,000. Number of goals, soccer: 3; basketball: 80; lacrosse: 45; volleyball: 9; life: 54,982. Number of Pins pinned: 441 and counting. Number of Pandora stations, used: 5; forgotten: 12. Number of braids: 11,017. Number of textbooks bought, used: 20; forgotten: 13. Number of times donated hair: 3. Number of times donated blood: 0. Number of dogs: 2. Number of cell phones: 8. Number of iPods, lost: 1; stolen: 1; sold: 2. Number of times I've painted my fingernails: 622. Number of falls: 601. Number of letters sent: 82. Number of letters received: 64. Number of kisses, given: 44; received: 107. Number of Chemistry classes: 1. Number of Physics classes: 1. Number of Anthropology classes: 6. Number of times lost: 3,908. Number of baseball games watched: 362. Number of football games watched: 16. Number of miles traveled: 8,162. Number of candles bought: 1. Number of beds slept in: 15. Number of times peed my pants: 19. Number of lies told, major: 2; minor: 45. Number songs that remind me: 110. Number of hours spent in the basement of BS/PS: 100. Number of TV shows I watch: 0. Number of TV shows I wish I could watch: 3. Favorite number: 13. Number of weddings attended: 6.5. Number of times asked if I was a twin: 47. Number of times asked if I was a triplet: 22. Number of feet tall: 5'2". Number of days since I was home: 79. Number of states visited: 15. Number of countries visited: 3. Number of hangnails picked: 623. Number of blog posts: 61. Number of times said goodbye: 1 too many.