inspiration in cleaning. dork ass is right
It's 4:30am and i'm still cleaning. rather than shoving stuff into my closet or throwing it in bags, i'm going through everything to get things ready for when i move. also jer is staying with me tomorrow night and friday before he leaves for tennessee sunday for his 21st birthday. it's good motivation to do clean what i've needed to clean for a really long time. i love my parents so much, but they have never been big cleaners. i'm breaking that habit.
every time i try to clean i find memories everywhere. pictures, letters, random mementos. i swear they were put there on purpose to slow me down and look at everything while i try to clean. i cherish everything, whether it be countless pictures with friends or past relationships. everything fades...but it's what you hold onto and reflect on that reminds you that no matter how hard the times, there were good moments in everything. i made a box for those things and it's overflowing. i'll have plenty of visual aids for the stories i tell when i'm older.
i found a letter from my friend i met in jcl(junior classical league aka latin club). i went to 3 national conventions and 3 state conventions. there were so many memories. in this letter a certain part struck me. we had a picture taken at the formal dance the last night of the convention in new orleans. the part of the letter reads...
"aside from everything, you should know that the memory of you inspires me. the picture on my wall is the kind of thing that makes me straighten my tie before i step out."
finding things like this made me love cleaning my room. there were bad memories and good ones. i smiled at all of them remembering my youth and where it has taken me. who knew there was so much soul searching underneath so much clutter.
everything is going well. i love my job at indiana orthopaedic hospital and they keep giving me more responsibilities giving me the opportunity to prove myself. i got to push a lady in a wheelchair and use sign language to help a family find their relative in the hospital. it's the little things that make you feel so important.
Somehow i've managed to balance friends and a boyfriend better than i ever have previously. this has been such a great summer. jer and i are doing very very well. not sure how i fell upon someone as breathtaking as him. i've surrounded myself with so many positive influences and been able to guide my friends out of some troubling times. whether it be dinner at ocharleys every week, a drunken girls night in, or countless parties with a tight knit group.
these are the best days of our lives. we rush through them like we're trying to get somewhere better. but we'll always be comparing them as if nothing greater existed later in life.
what's your fondest memory so far this year?
everybody take care. my sappy ways will be drained along with all my energy in 2 hours. better clean while there's still something left in me.
every time i try to clean i find memories everywhere. pictures, letters, random mementos. i swear they were put there on purpose to slow me down and look at everything while i try to clean. i cherish everything, whether it be countless pictures with friends or past relationships. everything fades...but it's what you hold onto and reflect on that reminds you that no matter how hard the times, there were good moments in everything. i made a box for those things and it's overflowing. i'll have plenty of visual aids for the stories i tell when i'm older.
i found a letter from my friend i met in jcl(junior classical league aka latin club). i went to 3 national conventions and 3 state conventions. there were so many memories. in this letter a certain part struck me. we had a picture taken at the formal dance the last night of the convention in new orleans. the part of the letter reads...
"aside from everything, you should know that the memory of you inspires me. the picture on my wall is the kind of thing that makes me straighten my tie before i step out."
finding things like this made me love cleaning my room. there were bad memories and good ones. i smiled at all of them remembering my youth and where it has taken me. who knew there was so much soul searching underneath so much clutter.
everything is going well. i love my job at indiana orthopaedic hospital and they keep giving me more responsibilities giving me the opportunity to prove myself. i got to push a lady in a wheelchair and use sign language to help a family find their relative in the hospital. it's the little things that make you feel so important.
Somehow i've managed to balance friends and a boyfriend better than i ever have previously. this has been such a great summer. jer and i are doing very very well. not sure how i fell upon someone as breathtaking as him. i've surrounded myself with so many positive influences and been able to guide my friends out of some troubling times. whether it be dinner at ocharleys every week, a drunken girls night in, or countless parties with a tight knit group.
these are the best days of our lives. we rush through them like we're trying to get somewhere better. but we'll always be comparing them as if nothing greater existed later in life.
what's your fondest memory so far this year?
everybody take care. my sappy ways will be drained along with all my energy in 2 hours. better clean while there's still something left in me.