The Blizzard of the Decade

First and foremost I would like to say, Mother Nature, you indeed suck. So, Monday night hear about this massive storm blowing in and that it is going to be the blizzard of the decade. I am hearing weather storm warnings here and there and I am hearing all these weathermen telling us to take extra precautions when it came to getting home before the storm hit. So we all took the precautions and we were all ready when a cloud came along, sneezed on us, and went on it's way. The temperatures dropped but there was only frost. I was totally bummed out and told myself to wait till morning and that this blizzard still had a good 12 hours, supposedly, left to it. This morning I woke up to nothing but plummeted temps and that same frosty layer that I had said goodnight to. Lame. My opinion personally is that if it is going to be below freezing we might as well have some snow to go with. This morning I also woke up to the slew of updates on facebook about the "storm" and while I fully agree... Good grief people!
I learned today that the amount of snow does not define a blizzard. Interestingly enough it is the combination of a massive temperature drop and high mph winds. Not necessarily the snow falling. Interesting yeah? I thought so.
Today we also had our family photos. It's kind of a tradition to do over Thanksgiving Holidays. I barely managed to pull myself together but we did it.
Anyways, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy stuffing your face, watching football, and all the napping you could ever indulge yourself in.

I Solemnly Swear I Am Up to No Good

I just have to post about how freaking amazing Harry Potter is. Yes, I am one of those people. I have been a devout Harry Potter fan since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone came out when I was about 9 and I continued all through the rest of my adolescent years. I was even disappointed that I hadn't received my Hogwarts acceptance letter for my 11th birthday, I had convinced myself I'd get one. And now I sit here and I have mixed emotions about it all coming to an end in less than a year. On some level I am truly, deeply, disturbed. Harry Potter has been a constant in my life and now it is coming to an end. I felt this when I finished Deathly Hallows but I told myself that there were always the releases of the movies and I at least had a couple more years. The time has come and the end is just around the corner. All is well though because there is always re-reading and re-watching to be done.
Mischief Managed,
Bren :)

Career Exploration

As a school activity I had to sit through a scheduled career exploration seminar thing with my class. We did profiling on ourselves, endless profiling, and we came up with potential jobs. The average student had over 20 suggestions of career types that would fit their interests and personalities. I had 7. They recommend that I would like working in the medical field. Which is true, medicine and the human body has always fascinated me, and it is indeed where I want to be and what I want to do with my life. But according to them I don't want interaction with live human beings if I don't have to. They recommend that I work with dead people. I laughed. Then realized this wasn't the first time it had crossed my mind. I had always found a great amount of relief and a sense of peace and solitude while alone. I even would go as far as to say I prefer to be by myself and I am for the most part. After coming to this realization I promptly turned to my friend and said, "That's it! That's what I need! I need to work with corpses!" Maybe the counselors and the Career Exploration program isn't a bunch of crap after all.

Chocolate Addiction

You know in the movies where the girl has some serious issues with pms, men, stress, and/or work and they turn to tv dramas and they hit the chocolate hard to create their own course of therapy treatment? Yeah. That's me. This whole week. I have been craving nothing but chocolate. I can barely manage to choke down any other food. And I really know that sounds ridiculous but I am not joking. Hot chocolate for breakfast, dark chocolate bar for lunch, truffle for a snack, a milk chocolate bar for dinner and some other form of chocolate for dessert. Ok, well that was a bit of and exaggeration... Well... Kinda. Everyone has their dirty little secrets and their guilty pleasures, don't judge me by mine unless you want to be judged by yours. I blame it purely on being a woman and having pms. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it. ;)
Just for future reference the best kind of chocolate brands are Lindt, Godiva, Cadbury, Kara, See's, Milka, Choxie, Dove, Rocky Mountain Chocolate, Andies, Ghirardelli, and Ferrero Rocher. Hershey is crap. It brings shame to the chocolate name. Best hot chocolate? Probably Starbucks or Kneaders. If you have to drink from a powder you want Stephen's or Nestle. Again, SwissMiss is no good. Chocolate baked goods are delish too. Kneaders also has an array of delish chocolate brownies and other chocolate pastries. Chili's Lava Cake is to die for too. Best ice cream? Dreyers Double Fudge Brownie. I know my chocolate, there is no doubt about it. Also, the darker the chocolate the better it tastes and the better it is for you. Remember... No judgments. Hahaha.
And about the tv dramas... I am still, and always will be, very very stuck on Grey's Anatomy. Chocolate and Grey's... You seriously cannot go wrong with that.

Holidays

Between holiday specials, seeing Christmas decorations up in the stores, cold weather and Mikey's little holiday craft projects from Mrs. Smith's class I am itching for the holidays. I have never been big on the holidays, in fact, this would be a first. Holidays tend to get me down but I am welcoming them with open arms this year. I want the lights, snow, and the days off of school. :)
I feel the need to consume mass amounts of chocolate, listen to Christmas carols, eat candy canes, stay in my pj's all day, dress warm, and to go shopping. If that is not the holiday spirit I don't know what is.
Even though I've pretty much grown out of Christmas it is always so fun to be around the kiddlies at Christmas time. If there was anything that could and can bring a smile to my face at Christmas time it is those two dolls. They are probably pretty much some of my favorite people in my life.
So... Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!!

One year older and wiser too...

Well I have been 18 for a week now and before I go on to tell you all the wonders of being of legal age to buy dry ice, I would like to thank everyone who wished me a happy birthday. I appreciated every last one of them.
In the first week of being an 18 year old I moved up to Relief Society and got my first calling as a visiting teacher. I busted up my thumb and went to insta-care by myself and filled out all the paperwork myself without parental consent or whatever. I got a cell phone, so if you need to contact me just let me know and I'll be happy to give you my number. I tried a new restaurant called "Shoots", way good food and I am usually not a big fan of Chinese food. I got my own birth certificate printed off. I got a state ID. I got a new bank account. I got a debit card and bought a cell phone cover as my first purchase. I spent a lot of time watching Grey's Anatomy. Best. Show. EVER. Just by the way.
It has been a very busy week but I guess that comes with being an adult. Here's to growing older!

Kendall Payne - Scratch

Grey's Anatomy Therapy

It's been a long hard week so I've been having daily counseling sessions with Seattle Grace surgical team. In one of my sessions I came across this quote and I feel the need to write down this quote because it is significant in my life right now. Enjoy.

"A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying."

Some days I can't help but wonder if I have put it off way too long. All we can do is Keep Breathing.

Condolences

My deepest condolences go out to those who have lost their daughter, their sister, their friend, their classmate and loving neighbor today. So many precious lives are taken away by senseless drivers. Even one killed is one too many. I am so sorry for those who have lost such a sweet spirit in their life. My heart goes out to you. May peace be with all of you and may peace be with her family. God be with you till we meet again sweetheart.

Blessings and Early Birthdays

All this week I have been stressed trying to get my hands on a laptop computer. I am happy to report that the search is over. It ended with my grandpa, my hero, my best friend supplying me with one of his that he never used anymore. It comes as an early birthday present because my grandpa realized last night that I was serious when I asked him to come along and help me pick one. So today he surprised me with the fabulous piece of technology that I am using to post this blog post. My nana, being such the wonderful nana that I adore picked me out a beautiful laptop carrier. Very classy. Love it. So here's to thanking my lovely grandparents, once again, to whom without I would be utterly lost. Thank you so much! Words could never express my gratitude and love!

All my love

-bren