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Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines day to everyone. I have some mixed feelings about Valentines day. I think it is wonderful and all, you know, spreading love and good cheer to all. But a large part of Valentines day is a big smack in the face and is more of "Single Awareness Day" for a lot of people. Basically I feel like it is just an awkward day for everyone in both parties.
Earlier I was feeling a bit discouraged about today, and I think that the best way to describe my feelings leading up to this blessed day of love, is to listen to Adam Sandler in the "Wedding Singer." It is a funny video that makes me laugh and feel oddly better about life.
I was trying so hard to be in a bad mood and hate this day, but I couldn't do it for long. I couldn't help it! I just love love too much. I feel like a dedicated to love shouldn't have such bad feelings toward it. Instead of wallowing I decided to just try and love people and focus on loving others and Heavenly Father. Here is what I felt like the rest of my day went. This song is by Ingrid Michaelson and it is just what everyone in this world needs to hear on this beautiful Valentines day, and every other day of the year...

So instead of wallowing, I hope you replace that wallowing with loooove. It will make you all feel better. Happy Valentines Day to all and to all a good night.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

So there is this little thing called Awkward and Awesome Thursday. Sydney from The Daybook came up with the idea. So I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and do it as well. Her blog is probably one of my favorite blogs ever. She is so super adorable. Plus she goes to BYU Idaho as well, so you know she has to be cool. I see her on campus sometimes and I get kind of star struck. I went up to talk to her once and tell her that her blog had literally changed my life and that I adored the socks off of her. (Okay, maybe not those exact words, but the feeling was there) She is super nice. I vote you go read her blog, go ahead. Read it. But WAIT!! First, read mine. That is why you are here right? Right. I'm glad we are both in agreement.

So anyway! Back to Awkward and Awesome Thursday...

Awkward:
-How stinking cold it is in Rexburg. I mean honestly, I think the rest of the world just shuns the cold and sends it here and we're so nice that we take the cold for them. I am highly in favor of changing that system. And soon.
-Saying hello to people and trying to make friends then they look at you like you are crazy. Nope, just friendly thank you, nice to meet you too.
-I am like a boy. I eat my lunch and then a half an hour later I am hungry again...and again...and again...
-The icky smell of steamed (more like rotting) broccoli wafting all over the library. This then causes everyone to look around for the perpetrator. (We could never find them, but they knew what they had done. I'm assuming that they left because they knew how horrendous the smell was. For that, I thank you my broccoli eating friend. Way to be healthy and considerate of your fellow students.)
-The married couple in front of me in my communications class canoodling and nuzzling each other while I was trying to listen to our lecture on advertisement. I won't go into any more detail, but oh my goodness... I did not enjoy it one bit. I wrote them a nice little letter on my notes telling them about my feelings. PDA people, PDA. Gross. Valentines day isn't until Monday. Plus! It was in class! Double gross and awkward.
-The married canoodler in front of me popping out from his PDA to have the loudest voice I have ever heard to answer questions. The brown nose-oodler.
-My teacher asking if anyone was offended by watching a Budweiser Superbowl commercial and having the only one who raised their hand be the canoodling married man and then having my teacher tell him that he could leave. Oh wait, that was awesome...

Awesome:
-Waking up and having time to get ready, make my bed and leaving my room clean.
-Getting to both my classes early.
-Going to the Spori Art Gallery. Oh how I love that place.
-Being let out of my hour and a half class 35 minutes early. Hoorah!
-Transferring my handwritten notes to my computer.
-Getting an assignment almost completely done and it is due at the end of the semester.
-Making a sack lunch and feeling like I'm in elementary school again. I was so proud of myself. It was complete with sandwich, Capri-Sun, Special-K granola bar, 100 Calorie Right Bite cookies, and My Little Pony fruit snacks. Oh yes, I am so good.
-Realizing that tomorrow is the weekend. High fives all around!
-Having people tell me that my flower headband is cute. (Thank you mom!)
-Having a super darn cute outfit today.
-NOT falling down today. I am super clumsy and falling is a common occurrence, so this is a totally awesome thing. (Just wait, I'm going to fall down later tonight.)
-Being able to see hair when I look up. Coolest. Thing. Ever. I keep thinking there is a bug on my head and then realizing that it is hair. Happy dance inserted here.

So there we go people. Just some of the Awkward and Awesome things from my Thursday. I hope you enjoyed and that you have your own awkward and awesome things that make your day complete.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

New Blog, New Life

So this is my very first post on my new blog. Caraazzyy! I have been wanting to get my blog all perfect and ready to "launch," but I figured I should start it some time and it is never going to be perfect any way. So here I am, on my new blog ready to start a whole new adventure and ready to document the things in my life that make me happy, that make me sad, and that make me realize that life truly is wonderful. The reason that I am making a new blog is because of this little story here...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl name Rachel Fischer. She was attending BYU Idaho loving life. Then one day she was diagnosed with cancer. Hodgkin's Lymphoma to be exact. So she came home and had treatments to make her all better. After 12 rounds of chemotherapy, 20 rounds of radiation, many prayers, a lot of faith and a positive attitude, she was finally told that she was cancer free. Then the whole world rejoiced. During her time in cancer she learned many things and grew to be a better person. She documented her experience. But as her cancer came to an end, she realized that her blog must come to an end as well. She had to start a fresh new life and create a brand new blog to document her new life.

So that is the little background story on how this little beauty of a blog was created. It may be more for me than for anyone else, but that is okay. It may give you something to smile at for a brief moment.
I am determined to find all the things in life that help me realize that life is wonderful and that I have a marvelous second chance at life and I am going to make the most of it. I will my miss my old blog, but I will grow to love this one just as much. So if there is anyone out there that reads this, I formally introduce you to my blog. Blog, meet readers. Readers, meet blog. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and that you find the little things that make life wonderful.

If you were interested in reading my old blog, here it is: The Rachel Report. I think you will like it.