rain.

Call me crazy but I love rain.

Sure I was born and raised in sunny southern california,

but I might go as far to say that I prefer rainy days to sunny.

The rain just makes most everything ten times better.

It makes everything more beautiful,

the grass, the trees, the sky, the sunsets,

but mostly city lights at night,

glowing and reflecting on the ground,

and hello?!

RAIN BOOTS??

Me in my red hunter boots and forget about it,

I'll be the happiest girl out there playing in the rain with those suckers on.

And who could hate the haunting aroma of wet pavement?

i think no one, there is nothing quite like it.

I remember rainy days as a kid and it reminds me of all my favorite things:

Seattle, Hawaii, movies all day, soccer, hockey, relaxing music, naps with the windows open, slip n slides, dancing, mud sliding and stephens hot chocolate.

I love all those things with out rain, but with rain makes them that much better.

goodnight.

I can't stop listening to this song.

missing you.

Is it possible to miss someone you've never met?

I feel that way today.

I don't consider myself an impatient person by any means, but as of late I'm missing you.

whoever you are.

Life

Do you ever have those days where you just don't know what you're doing with your life?

I have that today. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with my life, it's wonderful and full of amazing people that I love so much. But sometimes I just wonder, maybe it's other people that make me wonder.

Every time I'm at home, or I see someone I have not seen in a long time they ask me, "how's school?" I somehow feel crappy. I mean, I know I should be graduated by now, but who's to tell me my time line? I may not have accomplished much in school, yet, but I've learned tons about myself. Like what I need, what I want, learned some pretty hard life lessons and I still am, learned financial lessons and I've become such a stronger and better person, I am independent.

It's hard because most people are not seeing this as an accomplishment, their kids are graduated and married and having babies. Thats great for them, but I'm not there. I'm glad I have learned to be independent before being independent is forced on me by a career, a husband and kids.

My education is in the making people. Whatever I decide to do I will be ridiculously good at it and I'll love it. For now, I'll just keep being me and go where life takes me.

DEBT FREE!

I did it! FINALLY.

I am officailly debt free. It only took all summer and that will be my excuse for not blogging once in many months.

So i saw this today and i cannot agree more:

also, i realized how much i miss making rad forts as a kid. why did i ever stop??

my kids are getting a play room designed as a fort. complete with rad hanging lights, paper animals, a hammock for reading, tons of pillows, loud music playing, lots of dancing, flowers everywhere, tea parties and dress up, and of course the walls will be some kind of surface where they can draw on it.

...but its not like ive thought about it or anything...