travel day...

hello my wonderful readers!! right now i am sitting in the salt lake city airport enjoying a cucumber salad while i endure my 5 ½ hour layover...fun stuff, right?? :) but, i figured, why would i just waste my time doing nothing when i could be working on finally updating my blog!!! brilliant, i know... :)
leaving home was hard, but instead of focusing on the sadness of it all, i am going to blog about all of the wonderful memories i have of this Christmas break:
first of all, i LOVED seeing my family!!! my sister and i made it a priority to watch movies almost every night... (and she bought me the hunchback of notre dame, so i made sure we got that one in before i left... :) my mom and i had coffee every chance we got, because that’s just one of the best conversation drinks ever in my opinion and we also watched Gilmore Girls!!!!! :) and i was SO thankful because my dad was able to have two weeks off of work so that he could actually be home while i was—God is so good!!! :)
i also had a really interesting opportunity present itself over break...a chance to go to college this fall 2009. it’s still up in the air, and there are lots of details that God would need to work out before it could happen, but let’s just say i’m excited by the possibilities in my future!!! :) i’ll keep you all posted on that info...
basically, God has been proving himself to me over and over again—he is so good and he is so faithful. the more intimately deep our relationship goes, the more i realize that i truly do not have to fear or worry about anything, especially my future. i just need to enjoy today, and the moments that i have been given. alright, i know it’s cheesy, but i love kung fu panda, so i’m gonna quote the old turtle: “yesterday is history, tomorrow’s a mystery. but today is a gift, that is why it is called the present.” yay! i just think that if i could really grasp the meaning of that quote and actually apply it to my life, i would be such a content person!
so this morning was really fun! my family realized that the way they had scheduled my flight into salt lake would only leave me about 30 minutes (if everything was on time) to get to my other flight to san diego... well, with the weather and my luck with flying, it wasn’t really worth the risk. so we figured i would fly standby at 11ish this morning, but when we got to the airport, the lady said i could only get the 1:10 flight to salt lake, but i would still have to take my original 8:00 flight out to san diego. and so, with no other options, we checked my bag and then mom, kelsie, and i went out to brunch. that was super fun and a great way to end my time in idaho!!! but that, my friends, is why i will be in salt lake for the next umpteen years of my life!!! :) :) actually, it is going quite well so far, and on the plane ride here i even had the row to myself!!! yay me! :) now, i think i am going to make my way to a comfy seat (comfy being a loose and relative term) and read more of frank peretti’s the oath... excellent book! goodbye!!! :) :)
oooh...okay, i am now eating a fruit cup, and i just bit into a strawberry and the first thing it reminded me of was movie theater butter popcorn... weird. that’s all! :)