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Hiatus

A Random Compilation of Thoughts:

1. I'm sorry for the blog hiatus. A lot has been going on my side of the world that has me being more social and having less time to sit and think and ponder life. I know you have all been missing me deeply and passionately, just know that I miss you too...just maybe not as much.

2. Have you ever watched Gilmore Girls? I started watching it a year after my father, and it became our "thing". The show is so dysfunctional sometimes, I think that if I ever taught a counselling class I'd make them watch Gilmore Girls and talk about how they would counsel them and think about what different theories would say. I have a quote for you from Gilmore Girls that I have loved recently. If you ever sat and wondered "What do Alysha's thoughts look like?" Here is the scary reality.

Lorelai: My brain is a wild jungle full of scary gibberish. I'm writing a letter, I can't write a letter, why can't I write a letter? I'm wearing a green dress, I wish I was wearing my blue dress, my blue dress is at the cleaners. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue, 'Casablanca' is such a good movie. Casablanca, the White House, Bush. Why don't I drive a hybrid car? I should really drive a hybrid car. I should really take my bicycle to work. Bicycle, unicycle, unitard. Hockey puck, rattlesnake, monkey, monkey, underpants!
Rory: Hockey puck, rattlesnake, monkey, monkey, underpants?

Aren't you glad I let you in on that?

3. I love good friends. I love people who get you. I love friends who you feel comfortable around and who you don't even have to explain your thought process to because they just get it right away. I love friends that you can stay up with late into the night and just talk and laugh. I've had some wonderful friends like this throughout the years and I'm just loving experiencing this again. I love friends.

4. I really want to be in a cabin, in the middle of the woods, sitting curled up in front of a fireplace sipping on a warm drink. In my mind the cabin has log walls and the windows look out on beautiful hills of evergreen trees and rain is splashing against the window. Oooo, I want to be there now.

5. I really need some lip chap. I love the lip chap I have now...ahhh Burt's Bees but I kind of want to try another kind.

6. I have been receiving a lot of comments recently about the fact that I am very observant person or a perceptive person and that I ask a lot of questions (normally it's stated that they are good) and I don't know how to deal with this. What do I say? Then I think...is it weird that I notice things. Does it weird people out? Should I stop? Oh man.

7. Did you hear about Star Wars?! I'm not giving up the surprise, look it up friends!

9. Here is a life lesson I have to pass on to you: Don't eat McDonald's when you're really hungry...or at all. It's not good and will not satisfy you. I want a real burger that doesn't make me feel like dying. This is such a good metaphor for life. Don't go for the imitation. Especially if it means getting McDonald's. Mmm...burger.

10. I hope to write a more reflective post in the next week or so. Please be patient with me. :)

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