Men anpil chay pa lou

"Many hands make the load lighter"

Over and over I hear everyone saying "make sure you have a good support system." and "you can't do this alone." It's true. I can't. Everyday I am thankful for the friends and family that I have because they make the load lighter (even though it's still pretty heavy;)

I don't have much else to say about my life. As usual I'm thinking about the future and what I will do with my life, but thankfully I have people (like Dad) to talk to about that. And especially thankful that my parents have not brought me up to think of my life as a failure if I don't know exactly where I am going at every moment.

Tuesday was Valentine's Day and I had three very hot dates. We went to Friday's and Hannah and I had delicious brownie obsessions. For all those that have never been to Friday's because you are Canadian (something to be proud of rather than ashamed of;), a brownie obsession is one of the most decadent desserts. It consists of a barely cooked brownie, hot fudge, and ice cream. Needless to say, 1 dessert + 3 wonderful dates +4 fun and "a blast from the past" games of MASH made for a much needed great evening.






This is Jodi and Hannah.














This is Lo(Lauren) and I.















Kisses to all of you!...













...though you may not want them from these two:)

Pal franse pa di lespri pou sa

Speaking French doesn't mean you are smart

What I take from this is that just because you go through the right steps, get the right education, doesn't make you smart. It's the life lessons that really make you wise. It's the long conversations about life that you have with your friends on a Sunday afternoon. It's the struggles you go through, the coping mechanisms you make, the support network you create.

On another note. I babysat last night and watched the end of "The Upside of Anger." It was an okay movie but I really liked a few of the narrator's quotes.

"People don't know how to love. They bite rather than kiss. They slap rather than stroke. Maybe it's because they recognize how easy it is for love to go bad, to become suddenly impossible... unworkable, an exercise of futility. So they avoid it and seek solace in angst, and fear, and aggression, which are always there and readily available. Or maybe sometimes... they just don't have all the facts."


"Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That's what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real, though - the fury, even when it isn't. It can change you... turn you... mold you and shape you into something you're not. The only upside to anger, then... is the person you become. Hopefully someone that wakes up one day and realizes they're not afraid to take the journey, someone that knows that the truth is, at best, a partially told story. That anger, like growth, comes in spurts and fits, and in its wake, leaves a new chance at acceptance, and the promise of calm."


I'm doing well. There isn't much to update. I'm doing the same ol' studying thing. :)