Sneezing

Today I was driving on the freeway and had to sneeze.

Sneezing is like...the most scary thing EVER when you're driving!!! 

I HAD to close my eyes (because I'm pretty sure it's impossible to release a sneeze without  doing so) and I HAD to sneeze otherwise maybe I'd explode. 

Another note about sneezing.  Why is it that if someone distracts you then suddenly you can't anymore...it's lost...gone....forever!  And isn't that frustrating?!  Grrrr. However, if that ever happens all you need to do is squint and look at the sun or a really bright light and it'll magically come back into the brain queue: release sneeze.

 

The word for sneeze in Spanish is estornudo (spelling?).  Isn't that an odd word?  If you didn't know Spanish would you even know what that was?  It'd be pretty tricky to guess.  Sometimes you can kind of figure out what a word is because it looks like English, but in cases like these, you just have to know someone who can tell you what it is (or find a dictionary or ask Google).

 

Oh my goodness, funny discovery!!!  The other day I believe I was looking up something on Google (can't remember what it was though) and I typed Why do I and then a bunch of options popped up and it was sooooo funny/wierd/kinda freaky.  Go ahead and try it and you'll see what I mean!

 

Well, I think I ate too much sugar again today.  This was a pretty stream of consciousness post.  Sometimes that's just how my mind works.  You may have lost a brain cell or two reading this.  Go do a Sudoku puzzle or something before it's too late!!!!

Yesterday I was having a wierd day.  I'm still not sure what was going on but I was really stressed out and emotional and just...yeah.  Kinda crazy.  I think I consumed way too much sugar too.  Maybe that's why I had that icky i'm-not-hungry-but-my-stomach-feels-empty thing going on.  Anyway, as I settled to go to bed, I grabbed my tape recorder from my dresser and popped in a tape I made with one of my favorite mission companions.  Seeing as it was quite late (or early depending on how you look at it...) I was trying relax and let the crappy day melt away into a faded memory. 

 

This tape is so random!  I was laughing from start to finish!  Not a chuckle either, but a hearty, abdominal-workout kind of laugh (which I had to stifle so as not to wake my parents! heeh) It starts out with Elder Dang making up silly songs about forgetting to bring his pen for zone conference as we're headed there, and then a song he made up on the fly about sister missionaries.  The next chunk is mostly Sego and making up our own crazy songs about the humidity, black socks (that never get dirty and the longer you wear them the blacker they get!), and a Billy Joel song we made up our own lyrics to as a Thank-You-Gram dedicated to our mission president.  Also featured on this cassette is a behind-the-scenes audio interview on what its like to be an Hermana.  We recorded that while we waited for the phone call to find out about our transfers.  Quite funny. 

 

Probably my most favorite part is where we talked about some of the crazy people we met, some of the amazing people who's lives we got to be a part of for a brief time but will never forget, AND stories of really funny experiences we had like when bike pedals fell off our ghetto bikes in the middle of the road, or the multiple times we peed ourselves from laughing so much!  Sego just has this amazing story-telling ability, full of emotion and drama.  As she's talking I'm giggling hysterically in the background just about the whole time. 

 

Don't you wish you could listen to this?? hehe

 

Indeed, it is one of my treasured keepsakes.  I really wish I would've carried that recorder with me more often and recorded more stuff, but it brings to life some memories that will live on forever!!!

How do you--How do you SQUEEZE? *

* Title inspired by the Jesse McCartney song "How do you sleep"

 

This morning as I was squeezing the toothpaste onto my toothbrush I was contemplating on  how you'll sometimes hear about couples arguing about how the toothpaste is squeezed out of the tube.  I wondered: Do people really argue about such a trivial matter?  I mean, REALLY?!?!?!  Any of your married folk, feel free to share your thoughts...perhaps I am blind to something.  I simply think it's ridiculous (just about as ridiculous as me thinking about it and writing about it, hehe!).  I think we need to focus on the fact that if the toothpaste low, be grateful your spouse is brushing their teeth!  (Who wants their sweetie pie to have rotten teeth or smelly breath? EW.) 

 

Honestly, who even cares?  Who even pays attention for crying out loud?  Not me!  I just want to brush my teeth and move on with life!  If that means squeezing from the top, bottom, middle, folding up from the bottom, flattening it w/ my toothbrush or stabbing it with a fork (kidding) then what difference does it make? 

 

Another thing. 

How the toilet paper hangs from the roll.  Over or under? I personally prefer under...but as long as there is toilet paper period (or at least an easily accessible spare) I'm happy.

 

The end.