An Afternoon Run Along The Charles

It was a really, really great afternoon. I still smile when I think about it. 

*Pictures are from my phone. I don't think they would probably be any better if they were from a camera but any excuse will do, I suppose.


**Sorry that my blog has basically just been one giant photobombing session lately. Maybe a stroke of writing genius will hit me soon... maybe.

Why??

When I think "maxi dress" I think of maxi pads and then I think that a girl must want to wear this dress because she is on her period and doesn't feel like putting anything else on and then I think of how horrible it would be to wear a maxi pad in a maxi dress and then I wonder why on earth anyone would name a dress "Maxi Dress". 

Hilarium

This is what I did at work today. Productive? You could say that. 

Funny? Obviously.

Reed read an article once that said that people who laugh a lot live longer. He keeps telling me that I'm probably going to live to be 120 years old because I laugh too much. 

I told him that's great. It will be awesome because all the people my age are going to be hilarious. 

And he said, "compared to what?" in his best Marcel voice.

So good.

I've been feeling a little bit eugghhish lately. I feel like my emotions sort of remind me of runny eggs. I don't even know what that means but I suppose that would be my excuse for the lack of interesting posts as of late.

 In fact, I still have nothing of real interest to say so I thought I would simply inform you that a long while back a read a book. A really great book. The Secret Life of Bees. Read it because you will like it! It didn't exactly get me branching out in the reading area but my mom suggested it and she only suggests really good books so I read it and it was wonderful. I'm currently working on Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis. I'm having a hard time focusing on it (that reminds me--it's due tomorrow. Shows you how much effort I've put into reading it) but he makes a lot of good points and I feel like there is a lot of truth to what he has to say. So, read on. 

Maybe when I feel like I can put my feelings into words besides "eugghh" and "runny eggs", I'll get back to you. To keep you satisfied, please enjoy these pictures of Reed on his 33rd birthday! That old man... Gotta love him. 

I got him that awesome shirt with his favorite quote on it.

All of those animals sing... I promise, it's not as creepy as it looks.

WHY? Have I never had an Edible Arrangement before today?? Incredible. 

Some February Fun

 Birthday Partay! 

Valentine's Day Cookies! 

I Love My Quad

Walk On

One time my friend told me that time doesn't go fast or slow, it just goes.

Well, I do not believe that for one second. Time is always going fast or slow. I have never lived one day, week or year, looked back and thought, 'yep, that was just as long as it was supposed to be.' 

Lately, time seems to be getting away from me. It always goes so much faster than expected and, for the first time in a year and a half, I wish more than anything that it could slow down. Ever since a certain someone left me, I've just been working to live my life so that the time would go by as quickly as possible. Well, I was successful, that's for sure. I love my life so much. I love the people that I get to spend my time with, I love living where I do, I love learning the lessons I'm learning. Most of all I love getting to spend time with Reed. And even though I am so, SO excited for the next adventures in my life, I just can't help but feeling sad that this is ending soon. Don't get me wrong, it is hard. I mean really hard. But Heavenly Father sent me here and he has made it so enjoyable for me and I want it to last as long as possible. I'm having a hard time grasping the idea that this is all going to end and probably before I want it to.

Good thing I have a very wise daddy. Morning drives to school were always a good opportunity for my dad to give me life lessons because I was usually too tired to comment and he could just tell me what he wanted to. It was also a time when he got to listen to any music that he wanted because it was his truck. These two factors combined turned into a little diddy about Jack and Diane, if you know what I mean. After dad hummed along for a while he turned to me and said, "You know, Haley, I really love this song. It's just that I don't like the lyrics"
I insert little comments every now and then so he knows I'm listening, "Why is that, Dad?"
"Because it's not true. When you're sixteen, life can be pretty great, but trust me, it only gets better."
Obviously this couldn't be true because I was seventeen and life was actually getting harder. But, even if I don't believe him at first, Dad will be right eventually (it's some freaky law of nature).

So! Because I can't control time and as long as I'm doing fun things, it will probably continue to go faster than I want, I'm just going to have to enjoy it while I can. I'll remember that as much as I love this step, Heavenly Father has something even better for me up His sleeve. I just have to trust Him and enjoy the ride! Here's to life getting better!

"If you treat everyone you meet as if they are in the middle of a crisis, you are probably right. Listen, feel and empathize--you will know that we are all the same."

~Elena Diane Jin