Catch up!

Well I didnt get a chance to blog last week. So this week will be my catch up week. On the 22nd, I celebrated my 25th birthday. I never though it would, but 25 feels old to me. Patrick surprised me on the Saturday before my birthday with tickets to see a show at Desert Star with my parents. My dad's birthday was the day after mine. We've always seemed to celebrate together. When I was younger, we would even share a cake. That was something I really missed while I was on my mission..getting to celebrate my birthday with my dad. It was so fun hanging out with my parents and seeing the show. We had the best seats ever in our own little private box in the back. It was nice to not be crowded with a lot of other people. After the show, we all went to Noodles and Company. On Sunday, Patrick gave me my present, which was a Kindle Fire! It was exactly what I wanted and I have loved playing with my new tool. We went up to my sister's place for an AMAZING dinner! I have to say, i am going to miss them so much when they move to Arizona. I dont have many friends since I graduated from high school. I feel like a lot of friends have come into and out of my life quickly since then. Because of this, I am very close with my siblings. I consider all of them to be my best friends. Having my older sister move away has been really hard on me but I know that it's what will be best for her and her family. I guess it gives us an excuse to take a few weekend trips to Arizona to visit. When we feel like we just need to get away, it wont be so hard to pick a destination anymore. haha Anyways..back to my birthday weekend. It continued on Monday when the whole family when to dinner for Olive Garden to celebrate the two birthdays. It was delicious food and good company. I didnt take any pictures this time. i need to be better remembering to take my camera places..and to charge it.

This past week has been kinda tough on me. Sometimes it's just hard to be an adult. Today was especially hard for a lot of little reasons! Today, I got a little irritated because I spent the whole day cleaning the house. I mopped the kitchen floor and burned delicious smelling candles. Well, when I ran our dishwasher, I noticed that it was leaking. So i called the maintenance guy to come fix it. When he showed up, he reeked of cigarette smoke. By the time he finished with the dishwasher, the whole apartment smelled like smoke and my beautifully mopped floor was totally dirty again from pulling out the dishwasher. I had a delicious dinner planned, but that didnt work out either. I ruined the first thing I tried to make so I opted to just make some quick spaghetti. I didnt realized before it was cooked that we have next to no sauce. Epic fail! But overall, i guess we have a lot of things to be thankful for. I feel like this last week, I have only been focusing on the negative and it's really dragging me down. So in an attempt to pull myself out this funk and end the pity party, I'm going to list some things that I am thankful for. I am so thankful for my amazing family and for the support that I get from them. I am thankful for a husband that puts up with me, even when I am being a little bit over dramatic and perhaps overreacting a tiny bit (and when I say a tiny bit, I actually meant a lot). He has been a trooper lately with me and all my crazy moods and I love him even more for that. I am thankful that he works hard in school because he wants to make me proud. I am thankful that we both have good jobs and that we aren't living on the streets. I'm thankful that in general, we are both pretty healthy. I'm thankful that we have food in our cupboards. I'm thankful that I have the gospel and that I got to serve an amazing mission. When I really stop and think about it, I am very blessed. It's so easy to feel picked on and to feel like you are the only one with struggles. But really, we are all struggling. Some of us are just better with dealing at it than others. When compared to others, my trials are very minor and insignificant. Things could be so much worse! I am blessed and I know it! I just forget sometimes. But the plain truth is, I am a dang lucky girl! Okay..end of rant :) Well there you have it. All caught up. See, you didnt miss much. Promising pictures for my next blog!