Life is Short

I recieved an email tonight that, in a nutshell, said that we should enjoy what we want while we are here on earth because who knows when our time will run out? and it got me thinking, sure, I havent lived long enough to have grey hairs, or to have laugh lines and wrinkles on my face. But I HAVE lived long enough to experience the pain of loosing a loved one, a favorite family member, a beloved friend, to know that life is short, and so many people do not understand that. So go on! Enjoy life while you can! Buy the hammock and sleep in it all afternoon! (just dont get a sunburn!) Eat that extra cookie at supper! dont make the bed in the morning! spend your day off with those you love instead of cleaning! Life is short so live it to the max :D

Stupid Choices

So many choices! :( on Saturday (Feb. 13) a very good friend of mine passed away in Hartland. His funeral is Wednesday, and I want so badly to go. Unfortunately, I have classes. I want so badly to tell Rick and/ or Wayne that I HAVE to go home, and work something out so I can submit my stories and NOT flunk out, but I also realize that I have to be here to do the stories. But I still want to go home. I feel in my heart that I need to be there, but it is my duty to be here. What is the right choice? Say my final goodbye to a dear friend, or miss two extra days of class? I need to be in both places at once.
Another choice I have to make is where I am going to be living for the summer. Charlottetown or Hartland. *Sigh. So many choices. I don't like being a grown up anymore. I'm ready to be a kid again, please. There are pros and cons to each place that I could stay. Home, well, I worked for 18 years to get out of there, but it's also in the country that I love so much and I can spend time with Grammie and all my friends and family there, but I have new friends here who mean just as much to me. And I miss them when I go away. *Sigh. All will be worked out in due time I suppose.

Another dream!

Another dream to write about!!!
Last night I dreamt that my room-mate, Kelsey and I had a huge fight, over what I don't know, but we just couldn't get along anymore, so I moved out into my house (which is not 'technically' mine in real life, since I aint bought it yet!). After a short while (maybe only a few hours) after moving in, my friend Mike got in contact with me and told me he had gone blind, and he knew that I would help him and take care of him, and he wanted to move in with me. I agreed and he came while I was out somwhere. WHen I entered the house, he was waiting for me in the kitchen with an open box of books that he had bought for me as a present for letting him live in my house. He turned to face me as though he wasn't blind, and tried to act as though he could see. I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around his waist, tightly hugging him. "I know you're blind." I said. He responded but I don't remember what he said, then he turned and started to pick the books up one by one from the box and tell me what they were. He passed me a Sherlock Holmes book after a bit, but couldn't remember what it was and after trying to figure it out, I hugged him again and told him what it was. Then, for some reason, I had to go see my father. I don't know why, whether he was in the hospital or what, but I HAD to go see him. Mike said it was ok, and went to a party with one of his friends.
Then I woke up. Don't cha hate waking up in the middle of a dream?

What I am Thankful For :)

So, this is a list of stuff that I am thankful for in my life. Most of it is serious, but some of it is just me being silly. What are YOU thankful for?

My parents
Madison
Amanda
Samara
Brenden
Georgia
Ti Gilles
My God-parents
My God-sister
Peter
Kyle
Camping
The time I had with loved ones that have passed on
Bathrooms lol
My friends
Facebook
Myspace
Youtube
Music
Clean clothes
food
water
Pepsi
email
love
My cell phone
money
People who don't annoy me
My computer
being able to walk and run
Church
living in a free country
cookies
Chuck Norris
JoAnn still being alive
God
knowing how to play cribbage
sweet old men
old people in general
soldiers
veterans
"Master"
writing
books
newspapers
gentlemen
life
snow
sun
warmth
cold
rain
the ocean
the forest
animals
horses
Pokey
work
being able to blog freely
paper
pens
trees because they clear the air so we can breathe :D
flowers
my plants
CMT
my record player
the time I've had with John Glass and the memories I have of him.

A good night :)

Tonight was a good night :) lol! My room-mate was going into Borden tonight, and I have family there, so I said I would go along and see them. First stop was at my great-aunt Rita's, but she was sleeping, so I moved on up the road to visit my Uncle Billy. My uncle Everette was also there, so I had a nice visit with the both of them, and aunt Barb made me a nice home cooked meal before I left. After leaving Billy's house, I went back to visit Rita. She's such a sweet old lady. She was very happy to see me, and I her. She reminds me of my Granny, her sister, a lady who I treasured dearly in the 12 years she was in my life.
After I spent time with Aunt Rita, I went down the street to visit my cousins Jimmy and Cathy. Dear sweet people they are too. Turns out Wednesday night is their crib night, and a couple of their friends come over and play cribbage with them. I was included in the game, and had a wonderful time playing with Cathy, Kenny and Donny. (jimmy sat out to help me 'cause I'm still a beginner) Turns out Donny (Noonan) grew up next door to my father, and recognized me as his daughter (or rather, as a Keough, then as his daughter) After studying my face a bit, he also determined that I looked like my Aunts Helen and Ruthie. To be honest, I cant see Helen in myself, but Ruthie I can. After playing a few rounds of crib with the lot of em, I decided I had better go now, and bid them goodnight.
Walking around the town while waiting for my room-mate, I walked down to my Granny's old house, which is for sale and I wish to buy, and copied down the address, and the number to call to learn what the price is on it. On the sign was a sticker saying "new price" which made me somewhat happy. Happy because the price is lower obviously! But it made me worry, if the house doesn't sell soon, will they tear it down? Or just keep it for sale? Either way, I intend to call and express my interest in the house and hopefully before long, I will be the owner of a house full of memories :)

Sponsorship :)

so, today i started sponsoring a five-year-old girl from Honduras, her name is Paola Alejandra Pasadas Olivera. I'm really excited to be sponsoring her, and really excited to get to know this little girl! I feel so good about what I am doing, and even though I can't really afford this, I felt like this was the time for me to start my sponsorship, and it's something I've wanted to do ever since I could remember. In order to be able to sponsor this little girl, I am giving up chocolate milk and Tim Horton's. I'm looking forward to having a relationship with Paola and hearing from her as she grows up, and maybe someday getting a chance to meet her.

FML

Too much stuff has been going on lately. I'm just tired of it all.
First off, Hayden dying drained my energy for a few days, and then my dad had to have surgery this week, yesterday actually, and i'm just so drained from that, with the stress of the surgery first of all, and then people coming at me from all directions wanting me to pass on their well wishes and love and prayers and all that and i just cant keep up with it! and i'm so busy right now anyways, with school, and volunteering for the Salvation Army, and it looks like i'm going to be getting a job next week or the week after, and Christmas is coming up, and I'm trying to get everyone bought for for that, and I'm just so tired. all i want to do is go home. I NEED to go home, but I'm going in (hopefully) two weeks for a Christmas vacation. I'm so tired. so very tired and sleep doesn't seem to help, and i don't get enough to begin with, and the kid next door yelling all night sure don't help me to get more.
Life right now is not working in my favour. Besides all that, my best friend here has swine flu, although he is getting better, i drove home with him on friday, and he had it then, so i've been exposed so that makes matters worse too because if i get it, well, i'm just fucked because i can't go home and infect my father right after he has heart surgery.
fml.