Inspirations

Woah. Has it been a while or what?
Don't answer that. Because I know the answer. It has been. Like a whole month while.
And you know what? I'm not gonna even apologize. Multiple reasons for this:
1. There are very few people who read this blog anyway, so I don't feel like I really have to apologize at all. Who's gonna care enough to punish me? Yea that's right, that's a challenge.
B. I have been busy. End of story.
III. I have been pondering a lot of things in my spare time. And I don't feel like those ponderings need to be made viewable by the ever so privacy defying internet.
So I'm NOT SORRY for not blogging in days [42 to be exact].

Ok so updates. [These updates are more for my use in the future, when I forget what it is like to have a social life, and the things that I did/do due to the fact that school(Nursing) is taking over my life].
1. Is it bad that I have to go through the last few pages and pictures of my Facebook posts to realize what I have done over the past 42 days?
2. My roommates and I tend to spend a lot of time on our computers. Facebooking, Pinteresting, Catching up on our weekly TV shows (Which currently includes Once Upon A Time, GLEE, and The Vampire Diaries. [if you don't watch these shows, you should. Because they are PHENOMENAL. really they are. I get so worked up sometimes, I feel like there are real life]), and most recently, watching our favorite youtube clips. Enjoy two of the most recent/most watched videos of my apartment: 

Yea. #winning. 

3. Nursing is kicking my trash. More like, not really. But I have decided I hate this semester with tons of passion. I've heard that first semester of Nursing is a doozy, so thats probably why. Also, winter semester is a lot harder to make through anyway. BUT on the bright side, I get to do it with my best friend. AND we look freakin' HOT in our scrubs. 

Am I right, or am I right?

4. I went to a [LARGE] paint fight. 

Don't be jealous. It was not fun. At all. 

It took at least two showers to get it all off my skin and out of my hair. And then I wear that shirt to the gym, and the looks people give me just REAK of envious rage. They probably weren't even cool enough to be invited. HAH. 

5. I got married. 

..........

Ok. That was a joke. I didn't. But I did look like a bride for a day. My friend works for the bridal shop Lauren James. Provo High School was having a bridal fair. And so logically, they needed models for all the wedding dresses they were going to try and sell. And once again, logically it made sense to ask me to assist. HAHA JK. But my friend did ask me if I was willing to help out. And so I did. Therefore, the statement "I got married." I didn't, but I did get to model a BEAUTIFUL wedding dress for about 2 hours. See below for proof. 

I felt like Belle. Minus the
yellow-ness. 

Note the shoes - I WILL wear those at my own wedding. Whenever that is. (Oh and Hannah is on the right - her
face is priceless, is it not? That is why I love her.)

6. I got a 98% on my MicroBiology Test. Take that. Can you say OWNED?

7. Uh. Ok, bear with me as I attempt to simply explain this last development of my life. When I came back home from BYU-Hawaii, I had some how developed an allergy of sorts to my dog. Which was a bummer. Because he is precious. If you don't know what he looks like already, then you obviously are not worthy of his preciousness. Anyway, I didn't really think anything of it. Just dismissed it. Moved on. 

Well, last semester Lauren and I went out to dinner to celebrate our acceptance into Nursing (had I known then what Nursing [and that dinner] would entail, I probably wouldn't have celebrated[or gone to that restaurant]...) We went to a Thai restaurant on Center Street in Provo. And it was yummy. Except I had some sort of reaction to something I ate, because I spent the rest of the evening vomiting up my dinner. Not fun. 

Then, just 3 weeks ago I went to dinner with my parents. And same thing happened. Something I ate made my throat close up, it got all itchy, and my stomach started to ache. Luckily it went away, and I didn't get sick. But I still reacted. To what? That will come later in the story...

So I told my mom I want to get an allergy test, mostly so I can start getting the weekly allergy shots for my dog. I don't know if you know what an allergy test means, but basically they prick you [on your back] with the allergen(s) and then measure the reaction you have to. Really, it is not comfortable. 

**WARNING**

THE FOLLOWING MEDIA IS GRAPHIC. 

VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. 

Ok, not that graphic. But c'mon. That is my ENTIRE
back ladies and gents. 

Long story short, this is me after about 7 minutes [you have to sit there for 15 minutes. No moving. No touching. No itching. It was pure torture] into the testing procedure. It doesn't show it too well, but I had red welts all over my back and they itched like no body's business. My back was on FIRE. 

Summary of the appointment: 

• I have allergies. HAH, like I didn't know from the incredible irritations on my back. 
• I'm allergic to almost every tree, grass, weed out there. 
• Yes, I am allergic to my dog. And cats. And horses. 
• I'm allergic to shellfish. However, there is no way to distinguish whether if it is just shrimp - as I thought - or if I am indeed allergic to lobster and crab as well...
• The words fatal, death, die, and dying were used to describe my allergies to NUTS. 

To expand on that last little item of business - I have a fatal allergy to nuts. But to be more specific, mostly just cashews, pistachios, and macadamia nuts. My doctor told me I need to carry an Epipen at all times, and that I need to avoid nuts whenever possible. And if I sense a reaction coming on, I need to immediately book it to the nearest Emergency room. He meant business.  However, peanuts did not make the lethal nut list. Thank goodness. Because I inhale peanut butter like it is oxygen. 

I won't complain anymore. I will just say I'm grateful I have been lucky enough to NOT DIE thus far due to ingestion of nuts. And thank goodness it is nuts that give me that reaction. Imagine if it was something like water. Or oxygen. Or chocolate. I think I would willingly die if I was allergic to chocolate. Life is not worth living if chocolate is out of my reach..

And now, the conclusion of and reason for the title of my post. 

WATCH. THIS. 

It's things like this that make me realize how great it is to be living on Earth at this time. How beautiful  the things around you are. The scenery. The people. The talent. The emotions.  The feelings released by something this beautiful just make me want to cry. It inspires you to be better doesn't it?

So I guess the moral of my blog today, is that even though we have all these hard things going on in our lives, take the time to be inspired by the simplicity and beauty of life. Then take that inspiration, and go and do something great. Whether it's making someone laugh, or writing a song that invokes others lacrimal glands (where tears are produced) to fire up, I don't care. JUST DO IT. 

Give your secrets away.  

Force your way into them. 

And share them. 

You never know who they will inspire 

to do the next great thing. 

**Shout out to my girl Whitney. If it wasn't for her, my blogging habits would go down the toilet. I mean, I have to try and keep up with THIS. Near impossible if I do say so myself.