Today Tho...

Y'all...today was...SMH. 

I feel like I write more about the happier times in my life than I do the hard ones. So here's a hard-knock life post for ya...

Let me be real honest: this week hasn't been the best. It's been a little more stressful, the weather has been weird (like, burning hot one minute, and then pouring rain the next), work has been kinda blah, and my sister's car has been having issues starting up a few times in the past few days.

Today took the cake tho. 

Kae'sha and I went to work as usual...and as usual (at least for the past two days or so), her car didn't start up in the parking lot during our lunch break. It took about twenty minutes, and finally, it started, and we bolted out of there like there was no tomorrow.

We ate so fast. Kae'sha had three pieces of toast. I ate two pieces of provolone cheese smashed between two pieces of plain white bread and drank all of the water in my water bottle (didn't have time to fill it up afterwards either). 

We were supposed to check on some cats we've been taking care of for a neighbor, but we didn't have time, nor did we think that Kae'sha's car was reliable enough for us to use to get there and back. But we scrambled to her car, with high hopes that it would start right up so we could drive back to work.

It didn't. 

And we didn't have time to sit in the car and wait for it to decide when it was going to start up. We had to find a ride to work right then.

And, honestly, I was frantic. I didn't want to be late to work. The frustration was settling in. Kae'sha and I called Grandpa to find some form of transportation and we called our supervisor to let him know that we may be a little late coming back from lunch.

We tried Grandpa's car...couldn't find the right key. So, we grabbed a key and walked all the way to a family friend's house (up this STEEP-STEEP-hill), to use their car...only...we had the key to the wrong car.

So, we had only one option...we had to walk.

I mean, it wasn't too far...but when it's already 1pm and it's still maybe a 10-20 minute walk, depending on where you're going on the campus, and it's hot as crap outside...not to mention you're frustrated, emotionally exhausted...

...yeah, I was fed up. Today was rough.

Obviously, we made it to work eventually. One of my supervisors, Amanda, fed me Wint-O-Green lifesavers until I could forget my horrible experience. According to Kae'sha, it started raining after I'd reached my destination and gone inside. And another supervisor, Miss Sandy, drove us back home after work.

So the day ended pretty okay.

When I was in the midst of it all though, I could feel the weight of everything just crashing on me. I know that sounds dramatic, but it's what I was feeling at the moment.

But really, this was the first time in a long time that I'd been through a day as frustrating as this. And we all have to go through days like this in life.

And of course, when Miss Sandy came over to look at the car, it started right up. Why? Because that's how life is, LOL.

See, now that I've gotten through my rough time today, I can kind of laugh about it. I mean, sorta. I'm kinda tired from walking and working...and lack of sleep...

I'm kind of rambling right now to you all, haha, hope you don't mind!

Anyways, I guess the moral of this little summer adventure/nightmare is that we all go through hard times...they'll come and go. But they will end. And they aren't as big as they seem. And we need to take time to recover from them. For instance, I'm recovering from my rough day by working on tha blog (yes, this blog, this post, and actually another post that's on the way tomorrow! :D), listening to my favorite music, and texting my best friend.

Soon, I'm gonna get some cookies and milk. Mmmm, recovery snack!


Well, I should probably do something about that lack of sleep I'm having...good night all! Sweet dreams!

luv ya!
*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3

Friday Night Reflection

Season 1 bleeding into Season 2, as Dr. Reid sweeps our hearts away through every word he speaks. Fresh pink nail polish paints the smell of bubble gum through the room. Above the blanket, Jack Frost works his magic via AC unit. 

More shows? And a meteor shower in the middle of the night?

I decide to stay.

And we indulge in more crimes, more Reid, more justice until we venture down the mountain to "the big M" for burgers, fries, mocha frappes and Dr. Pepper. In the rush, I ruin my perfectly polished nails. And "daddy-long legs" creep from window to side-view mirror, aching to enter my car. 

We return with our appetites, eating as we watch and repaint and Tweet.

2:40am.

We scurry outside to find the stars in the sky stagnant, a deep hum from the moving earth coming from a distance. 

We decide to wait until 3am.

In the meantime, we scroll through Facebook and Buzzfeed, and we are struck with amusement as we read about Matthew Gray Gubler and his nerdy ways. We laugh hysterically: from pure joy, fascination, attraction, and simple insanity caused by consciousness late into the night.

3am? 

Still no shower. And I check my phone to find a CNN post from 16 minutes ago. I quickly scan it, finding nothing new from what we know...then I reach the top of the article to read:

"Not tonight."

Exhausted, we dabble at social media again for a few minutes. Corinne goes to cut her bangs as I transcribe the events of the evening on my cell phone, typing and re-typing words over and over. For it is now 3:33am.

Time for bed.

1st Week of Work, EXO's Kris, & Living Your Life.

Whew, it's been a crazy week, guys!

My sister and I finished our first week of work in facilities...and I feel like it's been a whole month already LOL. It is definitely hard work; right now we're in the process of cleaning dorm rooms so camps that come in in like a week will be able to stay there. 

I already hate dorm cleaning day during the school year...having A FULL WEEK of dorm cleaning? Oh man...

I'm don't wanna complain: I'm thankful to have a consistent job, plus some possible dog/babysitting jobs for the summer. Having a consistent paycheck is a comforting feeling. But I will definitely be earning that money! Some of my friends who have worked this job before told me that it gets easier as we go along. I kinda just hope time goes by faster than it has been. 

The Situation with EXO's Kris

Also, some of you KPOP fans out there have most likely heard about the situation happening with EXO's Kris and the lawsuit situation. I know that there's been a lot of stuff going around: from the media, from the fandom, from other fandoms. It's all really crazy.

I will say that I'm not taking a side; I love EXO and I love Kris. I hope that everything goes well for everyone involved, and I hope that those who have not been fair or just will recognize their actions and try to compromise with what's going on. I'm not saying it's Kris's fault or SM Entertainment's fault or EXO's fault. And I'm not saying that I would enjoy seeing an 11-member EXO group. But this is what I would like to get across:

This is not the end of the world.

Yes, I'm a big fan of EXO too, and I love watching EXO Showtime with all 12 members and I love each one of their personalities and what they bring to the group. But things are in a constant state of change. I mean, I haven't gone through many KPOP group changes; the only one I've gone through is Dongho leaving U-KISS. And now they've got a new member named Jun, and I'll probably learn to love him without losing love or respect for Dongho.

I will be SO HAPPY if Kris comes back to EXO and they stay together. But I will also understand if he decides to move on. There are a lot of factors going into this situation, and there are a lot of possible outcomes. I wish the EXO members and the fandom wasn't so hurt by all of this, and I don't want to sound heartless. Trust me, I was just as devastated as everyone else.

But we really shouldn't be pouring over our phones and laptops, worrying about this situation. I know it's nerve-wracking when your favorite band is going through something as drastic as a member-change or a member lawsuit. But we shouldn't let it distract us from the lives we are living individually. We don't know the members personally; but we do have friends and family surrounding us (who we, obviously, know personally) that we love and that we should pay attention to while we have them in front of us.

I'm not saying we can't be concerned about what's going on in a different country with people we aren't close to. I just don't think we should obsess over it as if we know them personally or think we can help them from thousands of miles away. 

But please, by all means, continue to show support for EXO! The messages they are receiving from fans are probably helping them a lot and are making a difference in their attitude as they prepare for their first world tour! Just don't be so caught up in this difficult situation that you let your own life pass you by! Today can't be lived again, so take advantage of the time you have!

I will definitely be praying for Kris and the rest of the EXO members as this situation is still an open wound. God knows what will happen in the end, and it will be His will, and not all of ours. He knows what is best, and we just have to trust Him.

Anyways...

...for those of you who aren't KPOP fans, so sorry for the rant about EXO. You all have been totally patient, since my last post was also about EXO (^^'). Trust me, I'm still blogging about other things!

Thankfully, my good friends who live in my grandparents' neighborhood will be finishing up school this week. Two of them are graduating from high school next Saturday! Which means we'll be able to hangout with them a lot soon, and that's SO EXCITING for me! :) Hopefully we'll be able to go to the pool, the mall, watch movies, bake, just hangout in each other's company. This summer is going to be so nice.

I've already had a nice first day of my weekend: my good friend Michael (he's like my bro) made me and my sister a nice brunch of bacon and eggs. Kae'sha commandeered the toast, and I made us some coffee. It was so delicious! We watched Rush Hour 2, and then I made my signature chocolate chip cookies...okay, I got the recipe off the Internet, but still! Those cookies are the bomb, haha!

Those of you out of school: I hope the first couple of weeks of your summer are going well! I'll be praying that you have a relaxing, full summer! Everyone else still in school: you're so close! I'm continually praying that you finish your year well! :)

I don't know if I say this enough, but I absolutely love my followers and readers. You all bless me so much, and I'm grateful that you all have stuck with me for about a year and a half now. It means so much to me! 

luv ya!
~Mishy (^^) <3

Sweet Tea

Bear with me, fellow readers. Blogging during the summer is kind of hard. There's so much that happens, and yet you wonder if it's important enough that people are gonna want to read it on your blog. So, you just decide to rarely post anything. But then you wonder if your readers are anticipating something, and you don't want to run dry during the summer time, so you just decided to post small updates or a picture or two.

This post is nothing too exciting, like going to a concert or different country. Just a small update of what's been happening lately in my life, my observation about it, and also a WARNING that SUMMER IS ALMOST UP (for Covenant students at least). 

So yeah, the title of this post is "Sweet Tea," but really, it has NOTHING to do with sweet tea. I just didn't know what to name it...sorry for the false advertisement.

But from now on, if you see a post titled "Sweet Tea (insert number here)", you will know that either 1. I couldn't come up with a good title 2. it's a random post about random things jumbled together.

So, you should feel privileged that you're reading the first ever "Sweet Tea" post! But I'm rambling...

Today (or I guess technically yesterday) was so crazy for me. Let's just say, I thought today was gonna be a chill reading day, but it turned into a taxi service to Starbucks, a 3-hour hangout in St. Elmo that included practicing some songs, a car breaking down in the middle of the mountain, a trip to McDonald's (twice) and the auto parts store, and getting eaten alive by mosquitoes right outside of my house. 

Yeah. Not your average summer day. Well, except for the mosquito part.

Today was also filled with other things like struggle, confusion, frustration, hurt. But also generosity, love, honesty, apology, loyalty, prayer, assurance, faith.

There is so much going on with, not just myself, but with my friends and family as well. Things we once thought stable are now falling apart. Hurt is just cycling through each one of hearts. But I am so glad to know that even though our emotions are reeling and we may still need to cry and scream and rant it out, we are certain that God is who He says He is: faithful. 

I am so thankful for my brothers and sisters in Christ right now. I know that personally through my recent struggles, they have reminded me that God knows what is best for my life. And if He needs me to stay where I am right now, He will provide a way for that to happen. And if it isn't in His will, there's just something better ahead! :)

I'm also grateful that we can all encourage, pray, and keep up with one another whether we're fifteen minutes away or fifteen million miles away. It's so good to hear what God is doing in the lives of my friends here in the States, but also in different countries! 

But oh, I CANNOT wait for the day when all of my friends and I are reunited and we get to see one another face-to-face every day at Covenant!

Only ONE MONTH LEFT. And Bria and I are moving onto campus early to start work study early! I am so excited and so ready...

Well, I say that, but I know that as soon as classes start, I'm gonna wish that summer was back. So, I will enjoy my summer while I can: sleeping in, being lazy, watching movies and TV series, being able to write or draw or create whenever I want to, being able to READ whatever I want to...

Just one more month of this. Time flies by so fast. 

I encourage you: get together with some close friends, those brothers and sisters in Christ, and fellowship with one another! Do something fun, but end in praying for one another. And enjoy your summer while you can! :D

LOVE Y'ALL!
*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3

Cali Highlights

Hey guys!

So, I know I haven't done well AT ALL with keeping up with my blog in the month of June. I've been really busy going places and seeing people, but I haven't forgotten about all of my awesome readers, don't worry! :) And I mean, what better time to write with July beginning today?

I'm just gonna catch y'all up on some highlights that happened while my sister and I were in California. I'll try my best to remember the events in order, but I'm making now promises, sorry. :P It's been an awesome full month!

I can't really remember where I left off when talking about California. I know I made all those great new pages to introduce you to my friends and to send you to their blogs and Youtube channels. Hmmm...thinking...

Oh wow, A LOT has happened since I last wrote (I just looked at my last post and realized it was on the 12th of June! Crazy how time flies by!) After the awesome s'more night with my cousins, they left later that week for Mexico (we missed them so much when they were gone! :( ) And while they were gone, my sis and I went to my aunt's shop and finished painting our pieces (I now have a new coffee and tea mug! And Kae has an awesome, colorful bowl to put all of her rings in!)

Tyler and Dani came back from Mexico in time for church the next week, and they would come every other day to see us and to just hang out with us. Meanwhile, Daddy,Kae, and I had developed a huge love for Candy Crush Saga ("love"? More like "addiction"...), and we tried to see who was in which level and who was the farthest on their game. I can't believe how addictive that game is.

We also watched a ton of movies! We got to see Man of Steel, The Call, The Dark Knight Rises, Ip Man, Ip Man 2, Wreck-It-Ralph, Now You See Me, Jack the Giant Slayer...in case you haven't noticed, my dad and Honey are BIG movie-watchers. I'm not much of a movie-watcher, but most of the time if you force me to watch a movie, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be or I loved it (the Ip Man series was fantastic! A couple great kung-fu movies!)

We also watched TV series, like Psych, Criminal Minds, Snapped, Cold Case, etc. And yes, we don't have a complete summer visit without watching Adventure Time and Regular Show. 

This past Thursday, my Auntie Steph took us on a full-day beach trip. She drove us up an down Highway 1 as we stopped by a couple beaches to look for driftwood, shells, and just to take pictures. I would totally put the pictures up, but there's so many of them and I can't choose which pictures to put up! You'll just have to believe me when I tell you that the California coastline is GORGEOUS. 

Okay...I guess I can put a few pictures up... (^^)

Me and Kae right before we left for the beach! :)

My Dad, Kae, and I at the first beach we stopped at.

"1,2,3,JUMP!" :D 

Kae pulling me toward the freezing cold water. Brrr!

1 of our many attempts to execute a perfect jumping picture LOL

Walking on the beach.

Beautiful.

A little private beach we discovered by going down a trail!

Crashing waves.

Seriously, this is only a taste of what we saw on Highway 1! We stopped by Bones Roadhouse to eat lunch (their BBQ sandwich was to die for!) and we went to Sea Glass Beach. Oh. My. Gosh. Literally, this beach is covered in sea glass. It is absolutely one of the most incredible things I've ever seen! There was so much of it that we were walking on the sea glass!

A few pictures just so you can witness the beauty of this place...

Collecting sea glass.

See? You are literally walking on the sea glass!

It was a great day. And now as our time winds down here in California, we've just been spending some quality time with family and friends. Tyler was over for a really long time today, which was great, and he's coming tomorrow too for our last full day here!

I'm sad that we have to leave, but I'm also excited to go back to the mountain. I miss it up there. And our friends from Florida are already up there and cannot wait to see us! I'm so excited!

One month in California has just been amazing. It was a perfect amount of time, and I'm grateful that Kae'sha and I were able to spend so much time out here. 

So, there you have it. I think I've caught you up on everything.

And what am I doing up so late?! My sister is making us have an all-nighter before we fly back to the mountain. And so, I'm spending some of this time here. 

Hope everyone's summer is going great! Get outside, watch a movie, grab some friends, have an adventure! Summer time is the best time to do all the things you can't do during the school year! I pray that God blesses your time off from classes! Enjoy it and be grateful for it every day!

LOVE Y'ALL!

*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3