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One Thing

I learned two things last weekend. One, don't go to see your nieces the day after you get your wisdom teeth out, especially if they make you smile and laugh a lot. It's not good for your cheeks. Two, rest. If it has not yet been 24 hours take it easy...I know it sounds like common sense but I felt great and decided I was fine! Rob has been teaching me over the years to rest, I'm still learning how...

I'm sorry I've really been so slack at this blog thing over the past few weeks. Most of my better writing moments come later at night but Rob and I tend to go to bed somewhat earlier, and I like snuggling with my man before we fall asleep.

This post is supposed to be one thing that I wish I was really good at. I almost want to answer this question from two different "themes" if you will. There are some fun things that I wish I could do better but there are also some serious things that I would really like to improve on. I never realized before how many faults I truly have until this past year, I think this is a combination of getting married and really having to analyse myself this year for school.  I'm not trying to be humble or self-depreciating here, but realistic. We all have faults, we all know we have faults some we're aware of and some we are not.

Have you ever paid attention to how often you say "like" in a conversation? I know I'm not the only person who has caught the "like disease", it drives me crazy that I've caught it. Any suggestions for how to fix it?

Anyway, for one thing that I'd like to be really good at that would just be fun. I would love to be awesome at Broadway, dancing, singing, the whole shebang. I also think that being on Broadway would get rid of my not being able to stick to a workout routine problem. Broadway makes me grin. I love musicals, I love totally unrealistic choreographed dance numbers. (Side note: we were at a wedding where these choreographed numbers actually did just happen naturally...it was hilarious) I realize Broadway would be hard work for basically no pay, but this is a dream not a reality I'm talking about.

One thing that I would love to be really good at is viewing myself and others actions, words etc. towards me in a positive light. Does anyone else have this problem? This almost turns it from a thinking negatively about myself to putting that negativity in other people's heads as well, which is not fair. I won't expand too much on this, but it's a serious thing I'd like to be really good at, a completely positive outlook.

Tomorrow I get to hang out with my two nieces, my sister-in-law and my mom-in-law and I'm excited. It should be quite a bit of fun. Not sure what the day will hold, but I haven't really talked with my sis-in-law in a while and I'm looking forward to getting the chance to talk with her and my mom-in-law.

Have a wonderful Friday y'all!




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