Just a few things I'm grateful for today...

A. Snowboarding.

B. Sleeping through the whole night. Seriously I woke up in the same position as I went to sleep. Amazing. Never happens. When I checked the clock expecting to see 4am, I saw 8am. I couldn't help but smile and then the song "all through the night..." (Cyndi Lauper) started running through my head. I like sleep.

C. The Priesthood. So because of said glorious snowboarding, my knee has been a little overworked and really swollen since Saturday. I got a blessing last night, after a long day of puffily hobbling everywhere. This morning I can hardly tell there was anything wrong. My knee is nearly back to normal. I like Heavenly Father, and the boys who hold the priesthood.

D. Gchat. When live just can't wait until I go to lunch or get off work so I can make a phone call, there is gchat, the life saver. I like King Google.

Memories from the days of small shows in the basement of the Barf and Spill (Bar and Grill):

I've been on an itunes binge for my musical roots. Most of the bands that I used to LOVE in high school were, how do I say...not really conducive to the spirit. I basically purged my entire music collection pre and post mission of some of my favorite music. Well...I guess I shouldn't be happily restocking my computer with said non-spiritual tunes, but I'm keeping it to my very favorite songs and the songs that are uplifting to me.

Oh the memories are flooding in, mostly good, which makes me happy. It's interesting to me how much music can influence our lives. I have experienced some pretty joyful influence from the following bands from my past:




I love face to face, I listened to the album "Don't Turn Away" incessantly for about 6 months.



I LOVE The Offspring's "Ignition" album. Oh so good, this acoustic version of dirty magic is awesome!



And of course the Beasties. I can't properly express my love for the Beastie Boys. "So What'cha Want," enough said. I still secretly want to marry Adam Horovitz.

I hate finals. The end.

New Year, New Life

In the last couple of weeks I have had some epiphanies that will give me a new plan, and change this up a bit. I'm a little nervous, but excited to move forward.

Epiff #1

I'm going to promptly finish my BA so that I can get a teaching certificate in order to teach elementary school. Brought on by a brief conversation with Heavenly Father in the temple a little before Christmas. Merry Christmas Rachel, you have direction in your life.

Epiff #2

Along with the said prompt finish of school comes with the necessity of time to study and such. After some thought, and serious P & F I have decided to quit my job at the salon (the end of January) and go to school full time. Eek!! This means I will only be doing hair out of my house, and only when I have time. This is a big deal for me. PS-Eclipse doesn't know about this, so please don't mention it to my boss. But I feel really good about this. Bring on the student loans!

That's it, I have purpose. More importantly I feel like I'm really in the hands of God, and that He really is listening to me, even over the small stuff. It's pretty nice. Yea!