Sentimental Movies

I saw Benjamin Button when it was in the theatres but I watched it again the other day and something he said just hit me. "You can be madder than a mad dog, but in the end you just have to let go."

It's time.

Los Gemelos

Last Monday my brother's girlfriend had twins! A beautiful baby girl and boy. They are the first grandchildren in my family. We are all very excited. 99% of the time I am pretty happy that I live in Colorado, but right now I would really like to meet my niece and nephew.


I have no clue which one is which, I know the girl is a bit bigger, and at the time these pictures were take the boy was a bit red.

II

Two major wins this week. I found out I was accepted to the CU Denver College of Nursing. A major sigh of relief. I had about 8 schools I was planning on applying to, at least one a month for the next several months. All of which, are highly competitive. I really had the feeling that I might be applying for schools for some time. I didn't get in the first round at CU and was really devistated. I really don't want to move and CU is my only choice. After I was rejected the first time I found out that they had received a lot more applications than they had in the past, putting their acceptance rate at 15%. I have never been competitive and never really cared if I got a C in Chemistry, a field I never thought would affect me. Fastforward 5 years and I am calculating my GPA... But, it's all over (till grad school). I hadn't even realized how depressed I was, till I wasn't. I am so excited, happy, anxious, etc. Happy to be moving on with my life, I have felt like I have been in a static position for such a long time and now I am on my way!

Second piece of good news, I was offered a position at a local web development company doing their office management, AR, etc. They called it an executive assistant position. I am really excited, my boss seems really cool. They seem to be very flexible. I am going in tomorrow to meet with them and will start next week.

In two weeks I will be running my second half marathon. The same weekend my big brother will be moving to Denver. The weekend after is may 3rd annual Pumkin Carving Party and Contest. I am loving life right now. Fall is just starting to roll in. The leaves are dropping bit by bit and soon the trees will be bare. Soon I will have to put away my bike but pull out my stockings. I love the change of seasons. I know there are no surprises but I love to see what each season brings. Last year a lot of people left their pumpkins. It snowed the during the week and on Halloween it was beautiful.
This pic os from last year. This year I think I decided on the Bride of Frankenstein and Jerome is going to be Waldo from Where's Waldo. Should be fun.

Another tally for the L column

I am pretty emotional normally but yesterday I was a complete wreck for a minute. My husband went to China this summer for study abroad. I really, really wanted and have wanted a jade braclet. So, of course he was on a mission to find one. He got really into haggeling with the street vendors and eventually found this amaingly beautiful bracelet for me and haggled for quite some time while the man demonstrated its quality by cutting glass, etc. But the long and short of the story is that I was at my school gym and I had placed it in the bottom of my locker and when I came back from my shower and pulled out something it fell out and onto the floor, shattering in little pieces. I had wondered if it was fragile, unfortunately I found out it is. So my beautiful jade bracelet that I loved is gone. I was so devistated, I cried in the locker room, I went to class where I continued to sit in silence and cry. It sounds so stupid but I am crying now. I guess I know that I can replace it. My husband really enjoyed China and I am sure he will be back but it just sucks. I am pretty clumsy and it makes me feel like a child, like I shouldn't be allowed to have nice things, because I break them. I know we all break things some times I just wish it could have been something less important, something I didn't love so much.

I know it shouldn't feel like it, but it feels like a major loss. I just seriously need a win.

Current and highly recommended reads...

I recently read Push by Sapphire. She spoke last year at our school, and I had been wanting to read this book for a long time. If you have seen the movie you can imagine that it was a pretty difficult read, emotionally, not technically. The book was written from Precious's perspective, much like the movie. I usually don't like to watch movies based on books before I have read the book but in this case I just hadn't had a chance to read the book and really wanted to see the movie. And, Sapphire had given the movie a great endorsement. She had been approached about making a movie years earlier but didn't because she did not agree with the way the script was written, her level of involvement, etc. The movie followed the book pretty closely. I thought the book and movie were pretty great.


Push made a lot of references to The Color Purple, which of course I did not get because I have not read The Color Purple. So, I just had to go out and read it. I am so glad I did. It is such an amazing, beautifully written book. It is written in the same style as Push, hence all the references.

I am not good with rejection.

I never thought finding a job would be this hard. It sucks when you think you've found your dream job but your potential employer disagrees....

Thoughts about 9/11/2010

I saw a bit of coverage on the news yesterday while at the gym and I think it is unbelievable that so many Americans came out to protest the "Ground Zero Mosque instead of going to NYC to pray, remember those loved and lost, or mourn, etc. I am so sad at this time in America - it seems that it is becoming more acceptable to be unaccepting, unloving, racist. Why are these extremist getting coverage (I know here I am writing about it) but this wackjob in FL. WTF?! Even seemingly normal politicians or people saying, "even though they have the right, it doesn't mean it is the right thing to do..." I'm sorry, but this is a religious organization that is not affiliated with the people who attacked us. I can't imagine how painful it must be to be a Muslim. After 9 years the fear and hatred against Muslims continues to grow.

After 9/11 we saw the world come together in support of America, we saw Americans supporting each other. It was an amazing time. It sucks that this same event, that changed all of our lives, has the power to do just the opposite. Sad.


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