January 2, 2012

  • Happy New Year

    It doesn't even feel like New Years now. Time is a funny illusion and it plays tricks on our minds sometimes. It's a little weird that it is 2012 now, and it feels weird, but it doesn't feel like it is actually a new year to me. I don't know about anyone else but today felt like it was just a normal day.  Since this is January 1st I am taking the opportunity to start my blogging fresh again. Last year I had a resolution that I would write something every day. Everyone that knows about my blog probably knows that did not happen as I planned.  I am going to try to do this this year however. I will fill in the blank spaces on my blog eventually, but I don't want to be in a hurry because I tend to get lazy when I do that.

     I have had a minor cold for the past few days. Everyone else in my family caught the flu except for me which I am really glad for. I'm not glad that they caught it, but that I didn't catch it. Most of you are familiar with the common cold, my cold isn't anything special. It's just a little cough, a runny / stuffy nose, and I've slightly lost my voice. It hasn't been that bad at all, I've had a lot worse colds than this so I don't mind it very much. It's better than having the flu anyway. 

     Nothing that exciting happened today, at least from my point of view. My family has been playing games all day and watching movies I think. I have been downstairs most of the time just playing Mario Party 3 and Minecraft on my computer, doing stuff on my phone, and reading. One would probably argue that I should have been playing games with my family, but the thing about that is that I can never really seem to get into it for some reason. A lot of board games are difficult for me because of my bad vision and I tend to get confused when it comes to card games. I don't like to slow people down, it makes it so it's not very fun for me. I am also not the kind of person that likes to sit doing the same thing for a long time unless if it benefits me in some way. If I do play a board game, or a card game I usually bring my phone with me so I can listen to music, or do something on top of it.  Sometimes it is nice to play, but most of the time I would rather be doing something else. I'm not really the kind of person that likes to be around a lot of people for extended amounts of time. I really value my alone time, it is precious to me in a lot of ways.

     I am used to being in my own world, where I can do stuff on my own, when I feel independent I am the happiest.

     Besides the things I have already talked about I just went to church. Usually the first week of the month is where we fast and have a testimony meeting in sacrament meeting but since today was New Years they moved it forward 1 week. So, testimony meeting is next week instead of this week.  Church was normal today, the same as usual except for it's at 1pm now and instead of having Sacrament meeting first, then Sunday school, then Relief Society and priesthood it was reversed. I am not to fond of having church late, but the reversal of the church blocks is kind of nice. This is how we used to have it before we switched church buildings and the Young Single Adults were put into their own stakes and wards.

     I felt kind of bad for going to my Young Single Adult ward today. Even though my cold is not very bad at all I didn't want anyone to catch it. I almost didn't text anyone for a ride, but ended up doing it. I was careful not to cough while in the car and I tried to sound as clear as I could. I have to admit that I did not tell my ride I had a cold. I just blamed it on the dust and stuff we have been kicking up during the remodeling of our house. I did not want to make her nervous. Part of me wishes I had just gone to my home ward. I don't like it when I feel like I have to avoid people it makes me feel unsettled.  I stayed out of class for part of the time, about half of Sunday School I stayed in the foyer of the church. Pardon me if I spelled foyer wrong I do not know how to spell it.  I was coughing a little and clearing my throat because I was trying to keep the stuff out of my throat. I did not want to make noise and I did not want to disturb anyone or distract from anything so I just left until sacrament meeting started. 

     When I was in the foyer, I just listened to peaceful music on my phone and looked at random parts of the scriptures while I was waiting. 

     I was careful not to cough a lot in Sacrament meeting, or make a lot of noise. I was glad when it was over because I really didn't want to be around anyone today.  My ride had to do something else so I got a different ride. I was glad when I got home and could get on my computer.

     I was hoping to see Darik and Dylan today but I found out later that they are in Vegas. I really like seeing them at church, I like seeing them in general, if you haven't already guessed that from my other entries.  Part of me is glad they weren't here today, because I wouldn't have wanted to get them sick on accident.  I don't think that would have happened, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

     I don't have an internet connection on my computer right now so by the time you see this it will probably be a few days past New Years. I am looking forward to a new year of blogging. I really enjoy blogging, even though I get lazy sometimes. I will try to fix that this year though.

     I guess that is all for today.