Easier said than done.

I'm always talking about how important it is to look at difficult situations with a positive attitude...well, I guess it's time for me to take my own advice.  I've just begun a 5-week intensive training for Teach For America in Los Angeles and it is rough!  Imagine an entire undergrad double majoring in both sociology and education, including your student teaching, all crammed into 5 weeks.  I think I listened to people talk to me for 12 hours today about everything ranging from the achievement gap in education to racial inequity to fraction/decimal conversions to lesson planning and vision setting...and I still have no idea how I'm supposed to carry out the assignment they gave me.  Frustrated?  Yes.  But then I thought back to a similar situation I went through in the MTC at the start of my mission.  I wish I had my mission journal with me, but it suffices to know that I did it then, so I can do it now.

I'm so grateful for my mission every day of my life.  Here's to a better attitude tomorrow!

These are the people who help me make it through each day.  Love my new LV family.

Summer Anthems

I'm all about summer.  I love this season, even in Bakersfield, Jersey, Vegas, it doesn't matter to me.  There are a lot of people that talk about how much they want summer to come (like when it's freezing outside) but then once it's here they hate it.  Not me!

Sno-cones, lemonade, water slides, sunshine, ceiling fans (I love those!), slip n slides, street fairs, farmers markets, strawberries, barbecues, fireworks, tans, swimming, popsicles/otter pops (basically anything icy), baseball...the list could go on and on as to why I love summer.  BUT, there is one thing that boosts my mood like nothing other...SUMMER ANTHEMS.  You know the songs I'm talking about; the ones you roll the windows down to, open up the sunroof, and go cruising down the street singing at the top of your lungs.  That's right, nothing beats a good summer anthem.

So here's my summer anthem for 2012:

Summer Paradise, by Simple Plan featuring K'Naan

And in case you're interested, some of my past summer anthems have included

Brighter Than the Sun, by Colbie Caillat

Summer Nights, by Rascal Flatts

Summertime, by Kenny Chesney

Summer Girl, by Jessica Andrews

Happy Summer!