Opened my eyes

Today I woke up really late for work. Thankfully I showed up with one minuted to spare before my shift began. The crowd today was quite chatty. They were all talking about their views of Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize. I love watching elderly people discuss politics. They have seen so much and know so much, I just want to soak it up all day. After my shift I went home and started studying for my ASVAB test and took a diagnostic test to see what I really need to work on. I only finished two sections because I had to go back to work for my second shift. The second shift was a little harder than the first. Just because I was getting extra sleepy from the breaks of shifts. The conversations changed from Obama to the weather. I love it. Everybody is getting to know me and they actually remember my name. I feel so slow because I still don't know many of my guests names. I will get it eventually, I hope. They are all so friendly and want to learn from me as much as I want to learn from them. By the end of the shift I wanted to go to bed, but I knew that if I did I probably would not wake up in time for my last shift. So, I stayed up and finished my math homework. During my time of doing homework, my cousin came home to get ready for his senior homecoming. He was supper fast and was done in like fifteen minutes flat. When he came up stairs he was dressed in his tux looking real fly. He looks like a young 007 agent! He is one great cousin. He went and got his girlfriend and they came back for pictures. It was so cute watching my aunt and uncle making them non-pose pose for the camera. They looked amazing and we sent them out to have a ball. Once they left I finished my math homework and it was time to go to my final shift of the day. Wahooo! was all I could think. The last shift ran real smoothly. We even got done early. I have been asked lately to start writing the menu on the board. It gives me an extra ten minutes of pay so cool. I just don't really have the best handwriting in the world and to know that everyone in the home "reads" it kind of freaks me out. I am a people pleaser and a perfectionist when it comes to others having to look at my stuff. So this is once again another comfort zone breaking. I have to tell you, I don't know if many people back home would recognize me anymore. It is a great thing, but also a little scary. What if they don't like me? Then I think to myself, if they don't well that is too bad for them. They will be missing out, not me! So, as long as I am happy with who I am it really doesn't matter who else thinks so besides God.

After work, I went to go get a movie. I figure it is a lot cheaper to rent at the red box then going to the theater. Plus, I get to wear my p.j.'s and lay in bed! Who doesn't like that? So, I rented The Soloist. It is an amazing movie if I do say so myself. It definitely helps you see a side of life most people, including myself, at times don't see. I think Jamie Fox did an amazing job in his role as Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. Even Robert Downey Jr. did an amazing job of Steve Lopez. I know one thing is this movie moved me to want to learn how to play the cello! I am still learning the guitar, so I should just stick to one instrument at a time!

After I watched the movie it made me start to think what could happen to me years down the road if I don't get my act together and finish something for once. So, I am making a plan for myself and I am going to ask someone to help me stay on track. I want to finish something in my life. I have all these half started projects and semesters of school with nothing to show for it. I am tired of being that person. I am also going to really kick it in high gear to join the military. If I need to lose 26 pounds I am going to do it and do it right. I really want to be healthy. The military can help keep that true for me and I get to help save other people. While I am in the military, I can also lead by example and minister to the people around me. Now that I know to start the list I am going to do so. I am really tired so I will finish it tomorrow.

Until then,
Dannie