on the radio

i just barely finished posting but remembered i wanted to write another sumpin.

first of all, i want to thank nikki again for providing me with a new mix of music recently. on the mix was "on the radio" by Regina Spektor. I hadn't heard her music before but kyle and i both like her now. here are some of the words to that particular song:
This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

There is a deeply powerful message in this song. You can interpret it however you like. I think it's saying that life is mundane and happiness will be absent unless we change our attitudes about things and try to help others along the way. "and walking arm in arm, you hope it don't get harmed, but even if it does you'll just do it all again and again." when we make friendships and extend ourselves in service and love to others, it is challenging because we step out of our comfort zones. but how else are we to find happiness? we need people and people need us. it's as simple as that. there may be someone who will not be loved when they need to be unless we extend ourselves and look beyond our own sadness and self pity.

it's not long now

welp, millie has been a sick one and now it's kyle's turn. it's totally the wrong time for kyle to be sick- i feel bad for that guy. his finals are coming up in a week and he really needs this time to study but instead he's spending a lot of time on the pot- as i'm sure he'd want you all to know. millie's feeling a little better and eating a little more now and that's good. when you have these little ones, you worry about what they eat and don't eat and i certainly hope she wants to eat more and more soon- she's always been a great eater and so it's wierd for her not to eat whatever i make for dinner.
today the weather was actually decent so we went for a walk. by sunday, it's actually supposed to get over 70, which is so amazing to me. the last couple of weeks, it's been under 40 most of the time.
so i'm going to utah next week to attend byu for spring semester. i'm excited to be with family and friends but i'm not too excited for the school part of the plan. i think i will also miss being with millie every second of every day- sounds funny, but as much as i'd like to have a break from her sometimes, when i do have one, i miss the little cutsie.
i want you all the know how awesome georgette heyer is. maybe you already know about her but i just discovered her recently. she is an author that wrote a lot of books very similar to the jane austin type. i just finished reading "sylvester" and i must say i have not enjoyed a book that much in so long- not that i've read a lot of books lately, but i must say that i love it love it love it. maecy wants to collect all the books georgette has written (over 60). maecy told me georgette also wrote some mystery novels- they ought to be fun too.
when i come to utah i want to do lots with lots of people. but i need to be organized with my time if i want to see a lot of people because when i went there for christmas, i assumed that because i was going to be there for a month that i would magically be everywhere i wanted to be and see everyone i wanted to see before i came back to michigan. but when i left, i realized there were things i would have liked to do and people i would have liked spend more time with.

i hope everyone enjoys their day.

monday

i don't know how to post pictures on this blog (actually on this computer), otherwise, i would post one and then no one would have to read about the boring things i might say.

yesterday was april fools day and i played no silly tricks on anyone

millie likes to climb the stairs at the park and laughs when she does

kyle's easter break is this weekend

i'm thirsty

goodbye

nikki-
i just commented on your blog but it says you have zero comments- maybe it's because i use my google account to blog with so i have to go to a whole seperate page to comment on blogs. so sorry. if you click on "0 comments," it will take you to the comment i made.

today

today i saw water
ripples
moss
today i saw trees
blowing
high
today i heard birds
swings
laughter
today i felt wind
rain
happy
now i feel peace
renewed
strong
and tomorrow i will be okay