Witness

Today I was driving home from the gym. My mind was focused on what the numbers on the scale had said, what I was doing later in the evening, and the ridiculous amount of traffic. I soon spotted the source for the traffic.

Someone had gotten pulled over by an unmarked cop car.

Haha. Sucker!

Being the nosy rubber-necker that I am, I watched what transpired as I was stopped at the red light. I had the perfect view.

The car had pulled onto a hill of a little driveway close to the Smith's parking lot, and the cop had pulled up right behind the car. The cop went to the window of the tiny red car and spoke to the driver. Then he went around to the back by the trunk. (drug bust, anyone??) He put his hands against the car and started to push.

This was the point where I felt like a total jerk. The poor little car had run out of gas 100 yards away from the gas station and now couldn't make it up the hill.  The cop pushed and I mentally cheered him on. Go! Go! GO! Just then a white suburban stopped his car on the other side and another character came into the picture. A young hipster jumped out and ran to help the cop. Together they pushed the car up the incline.

The light turned green and I drove home.

I witnessed common decency from the human race. And it made my heart swell. I'm grateful to be a human today. I'm grateful to be alive. I'm grateful for cops and hipsters. I'm grateful to have witnessed such a simple yet immense act of service.

Chinese New Year

Today we celebrated Chinese New Year in our third grade classroom.  We made fans, wrote about the zodiac signs, and colored a picture of a dragon.  In honor of the fun theme day, we passed out yummy fortune cookies.  The students had a lot of fun comparing their fortunes and deciding what they meant.  The best part of the day was when a little boy comes up to me and says “My fortune is kinda weird.”  I took the fortune and read it aloud.

‘You will soon have a romantic encounter.’

 I giggled to myself.

Another little girl approached behind Boy #1. “Mine says the same thing.” She stated disappointedly  

I giggled to myself some more.

What I wanted to say: “It’s a match made in Heaven! You two should fall in love! What wonderful fortunes! Hooray for Chinese New Year!”

What I did say: “That’s cool; have a seat.”

I love teaching. (:

Truths

I'm doing this for bethany. 

We we're lost at sea.

News

Student teaching. Finished.

Substitute job. Attained.

Long term substitute job. Planned.

Teacher? TBA

tough times....

Best friends are great

Until they're not around.

That's when a boyfriend would come in handy.

dubs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ljNixuCwc 

My brother is cooler than your brother!

My brother is just THAT cool.

Lazy days... Crazy days... Daze-y Days.

Summer

I forget that I love summer.  I don’t know how I forget since it’s really quite an amazing time of year… but alas, my brain is old.  This summer has been very productive, fun, invigorating, rewarding, hot, and conclusive.  I have been working just a little bit less than full time and I really love my coworkers.  They rock.

I bought two of my favorite things in the world (due to the fact that I’ve been working so much… I could afford them) I bought a Cannon Digital SLR. (: I absolutely love it and I take pictures of everything! I also bought…a NEW CAR! It’s a 2009 Pontiac Vibe. Fairly adorable, mind you.  It was a sad day to see the old blue beetle go; it was my dream car after all.  But my Vibe is awesome!  It’s a wonderful car and I’m excited to drive it around. 

My love life?  It doesn’t exist.

I have been going to a singles ward though and I love how much I learn about the Gospel while I’m there. (:

I’ve spent many nights camping (bugs included) with my family.  I love spending time with them and the rafting was a great adventure.

One of my favorite things I’ve done this summer is start writing a story with my two best friends.  It’s a blog story.  We have no idea where it’s going, but it’s goin’.  Take a look at it here. 

I’ve started to realize how quickly the summer is going and I will soon have to be a responsible adult again… but for now… I’m going to go eat a PB&J.