Thankful Thursday

Today, I'm going to search deep to find something to be thankful about because, quite frankly, I'm not feeling much of anything other than crappy tonight. There are some nights that I just feel like the world is not my friend, and there are no people that I can completely lean on. I know in my heart that this isn't true, and that there are people I can count on, but it seems at times like satan is doing everything he can do to make me feel isolated from others. I won't go in to specifics, but I will say that sometimes I feel like no matter how close I get to someone or how much I think I can depend on someone, sooner or later, they will let me down. I'm not too sure how to get over this feeling and just open my heart to people regardless of how they treat me, but I have this huge wall up to protect myself and so far, I've not been able to break it down. Just once, I'd like to meet someone who would prove me wrong. (Even as I say that, I know it's not true; there are many people who have been there with me through thick and thin. To them, they have my love and devotion forever) Maybe I'm mostly referring to men, but not totally-this applies to all relationships and myself. Anyway, I'm rambling. Sorry. I don't usually get on a soapbox in such a public forum, but life isn't all bells and whistles, is it?
Having said all this, I'm eternally grateful for friends who I feel I can call on at any time and I know they'll be there for me, even if I'm being silly. This weekend is an example. Amanda B. and I are going to King of Prussia for a clothing shopping spree. And I love her for telling me that I'm the only one she'd want to do this with. I'm grateful for her friendship and anyone else that can shop with me. I like to look at everything! (Hey, maybe there's my problem with men......I've often heard that men don't like to shop....)
Okay, I'm done. And now I'm just going to be grateful for those eternal friends that I do have.

Just call me a critic

Anyone who knows me well (and then maybe some people who don't) knows that I have the heart of an amateur critic. I'll admit, I haven't had any training and my views are probably biased, slanted, and skewed. But I will be flexing my critic muscles tonight because I don't feel the reviews (or at least reputation) has been completely fair.
But I get ahead of myself. Let me start off by explaining that I went to Connecticut last week to spend time with "the MaMa" and have a little downtime. I don't regret having such a hectic schedule, but it demands some serious time off (when I'm able). I figured that since it was my birthday, and since my trip up to New York for New Year's Eve didn't pan out, I'd take the oppurtunity. I drove up on my actual birthday. I already blogged about what a choice experience that was, so I'll spare the rest of the ugly details. *Sigh* Traveling in the east is just not the same as traveling in the west. The next day, I woke up when I darn well felt like it, and spent the day with mom, getting errands done and basically not having any responsibilites of my own. Such a wonderful feeling. We went out to eat at Chili's and went to bed, again, when we darn well felt like it. The next morning, more errands with mom (details of managing one's life are so annoying when one is trying to have fun) and finally, after lunch in her lovely city of New Haven, we went shopping. This photo is titled "Uh Oh, They're At It Again".

The next morning, we lounged around and got ready to head into the city, and as anyone knows, for women, this takes longer than one expects. We got into NY later than we had hoped and raced through the streets to find the right subway. We did manage to take some fun photos along the way:
Mama right outside Grand Central.

I'm in this one, you just have to look closely.

Ahhhh, the Empire State Building at sunset....

Not having enough time to get to the museum we wanted to get to in time to see anything before it closed, we headed to the Museum of Natural History. It's kind of been a dormant desire for a while to visit this famous museum, so, even though we didn't get to the original one we wanted, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
He's going to start running around any minute now...don't you know everything in this museum comes to life at night?
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My Buddy Rexie over my shoulder there-don't worry, he doesn't bite.

I like this one that mom took- none from my camera turned out all that well.

This picture cracks me up. I'm not sure what I was looking at, but clearly I was catching flies.

"Nice Mammoth..."

We then had dinner in Greenwich Village.
I'm...too sexy for this restaurant....

Now here's where the critisism comes in. We went to see the play Equus with Daniel Radcliffe. Most of you know him as Harry Potter. Most of you also know that this is the play where little Harry Potter appears naked. Well, after having seen this play, I'll say that it's unfortunate that such an amazing play with such amazing actors is known simply for this fact. The play itself was simply done. The set consisted of nothing more than four boxes and six doors that represented stalls in a barn. It focused on a very interesting story of a young man who blinded six horses and was brought in for psychiatric evaluation. The therapist (played by the same man who portrays Harry Potter's evil uncle Vernon) tells the story of a troubled boy and his mental illness, along with his own self-evaluation. From the very beginning, I was intrigued and swept up into this story. It had many memorable quotes and thought-provoking monologues and I fully expect to see many Tony's in this play's future. The only negative critisism I can give is the mother in the story was a bit melodramatic. Other than that, flawlessly done.
So if you're in New York and looking for a show to see, I would highly recommend this one. And if a little nudity bothers you, well, hold up your playbill so you only see his face.
Here's us getting out of the play.

When I got home the next night, Daddy and Tracy had decorated my apartment for me to have something fun.

Thankful Thursday

Who could be thankful for anything else when they're on vacation? I'm grateful I'm here and enjoying doing....well, nothing! And I'm also glad I made it in one piece. My trip started out on a bleak note with me losing a five-dollar bill and me freaking out because I wouldn't have any cash for the bridge toll. But I stole some money from my dad's money jar (shhhhh! Don't tell) and thought I had enough. Then I got lost trying to find a rest stop in Jersey. I really hate Jersey. NOTE TO SELF: Next time you're traveling, just wait until you're out of Jersey before you stop. For ANY reason). Then, as it turns out, I DIDN'T have enough for the toll, so I waited patiently for the guy to give me a form to send in (errrrggghhH!!!!!) while I could hear the death threats in the minds of the people in cars behind me. Once I hit the last leg of the road, I thought everything was fine. But that road ended up being VERY clogged with traffic. Yeah, I'm glad I made it. And glad I won't be doing it again until sunday.

Let The Birthday Festivities Begin!

My sweet friend Jenn threw me a little birthday party this weekend and I thought it was so stinkin' cute that I had to post pictures. I haven't had a bonafide party for my birthday for a while so it was a lot of fun. She gave me two more Crash Bandicoot games and we ate the most delicious cake while we watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Thanks SO SO very much, Jenn!


Me and the host, Jenn

"The Girls"

Whew...worried I wasn't going to get them all out.

A little abstract and fuzzy of me, but a great shot of the cake.

How old?

Me and Daddy

What Does Heather Need?

I saw this on my friends' blogs and I thought "why not?" and so I tried it and it's actually much more hilarious than I thought. What you do is do is google (your name) and "needs". This is what my name came up with-
*to grow up (yes, yes, this is true)
*something more to be satisfied.
*men now (HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, how true! HAHAHAHA!)
*a childhood
*some body.....guards
*help (I can't even begin to say how true this one is)
*gatorade
*$1000 a day (amen to that)
*a joint (sorry, I'm too busy laughing at that one)
*a vacation (yep.)
*to start looking at the camera
*protection
*to put some more clothes on
I thought you could all could use a good laugh.

Thankful Thursday

I was thinking that because I love Thursday so much, I'll just go ahead and make this a day where I say at least one thing that I'm thankful for. I love thursday so much because its one of the few days where I don't have to work 12 hours, so I usually spend the morning leisurely (IE- snuggle with my cat before getting out of bed, actually finish washing dishes, cook myself something to eat, read scriptures in bed....). And let's not forget that today is Grey's Anatomy Day, which is just like a little cherry on top of my thursday sundae.
So today, I'm going to say that I'm grateful for the fact that I know spring will come eventually. It's about 10 degrees outside, and yes, I do have to go out in it to get home, and in the morning I'll have to come back in the same. I'm looking forward to spring and am grateful that it comes every year. I'm also grateful that I have a brother and his three cute kids in Phoenix where I can go to get out of this miserable coldness. Not sure if I can actually afford to go, but the thought is nice. Yea thursday!

"Happy Birthday to Me" or "I'm Such an Idiot!"

Okay, so I went to the Apple store today with the intention of just "looking" at new ipods. See, the screen on my old one, which I got two years ago for my birthday, broke two months after I got it. I could still sort of see the name of the song, so I used it for two whole years. Then, over Thanksgiving, in inexplicably went missing. I have been grieving my poor little ipod ever since. My mom bought it for me and my brother had it engraved, so it had sentimental value, but alas, life has forced me to get a new one. So here it is! My new ipod nano chrome(something or other). The reason I'm such an idiot? I'm not so sure it won't bounce my account! Oh well, here's to a new year and 28 years of living!