February 2012
2 posts
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else...
January 2012
4 posts
Ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.
– John Wooden
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment...
– Vince Lombardi
Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in.
– Lou Holtz
December 2011
4 posts
Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often...
– Mark Jenkins
Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of...
– Cesare Pavese
November 2011
17 posts
Big changes
Completely finished with school forever and ever, Amen= 13 days
Starting my big move to Indy= 34 days
Starting my first big girl job at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Indianapolis= 47 days
My NoreakyPoo leaves for boot camp in Ft. Benning, GA = 5 months, 22 days
Holy Frijoles.
My best days are ahead of me.
If you ever treat me like just an option, I’ll help narrow down your choices...
– (via shes-gone-country) In the infamous words of Michelle Tanner, you got it, dude.
You can either make yourself miserable or make yourself strong—the amount...
Lazy night in
-Rainy night
-PJs
-Robe
-Cider
-Left over Halloween candy
-Catching up on Gossip Girl and Glee
After such a hectic week, there’s nothing I can think of that I’d rather be doing. I’m a fan. Sometimes it’s nice to tone it down a notch. :)
I love being inspired. I love people that do things just because it’s the right thing to do. Every day I push myself to be better than the day before. I never want to settle for mediocrity, and let this mantra permeate throughout all aspects of my life. Mediocre grades, mediocre work, mediocre friends, mediocre conversations- it just doesn’t cut it.
“Always dream and shoot...
I’m fierce. My ambition does pushups in its sleep. That means I won’t stop applying til I get what I want. Taking on the job market and making it my bitch. They ain’t ready for this jelly.
What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
That being said…. thank you God, for more things than I can name. But off the top of my head: a home, a hot shower, a cup of tea, freedom, an awesome mama, a fantastic boyfriend, a good group of friends who never run out of fun, my education, my job that reminds me every day why I love living in America, endless...
October 2011
29 posts
The world is a book, and those who do not travel, only read one page.
– Saint Augustine
I wanted to stay there, in that night… more than anything I wanted before. But I...
– Kevin Arnold
Did you marinate yourself in your own feces?!?
– Erin Castillo
Thoughts on my morning commute
Things I absolutely adore:
—Fun sunglasses. Hot pink, American flag, too big, whatever! Love em all.
—Friends that aren’t flakes
—Opportunity. And tons of it.
—When you let someone in to your lane and they do the courtesy “thank you” by holding their hand up.
Things I can’t stand:
That Dev song “Dancin in the Dark” . Not only is...
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