I Am Still Tickled Pinkberry

Due to some difficulties, here is Part 2!

Mom's yogurt: blood orange, strawberry, and pineapple.

Aunt Les's yogurt: chocolate with strawberries, nuts, and coconut.

 

 

I Was Tickled Pinkberry

My birthday was on the 23rd! I had a great day and got my long awaited for lovely new camera who I have named Louis. I have my reasons. Louis is dignified. We're pretty much best friends now. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves what I did on my birthday which was spent with close family on a bitter, grey day in downtown Nashville where the smell of BBQ and cigarettes emanate out of the bars downtown. One can also hear twangy music and old crooners singing an old song or two. Then there's the river, a peaceful area, sort of industrial. We spent most of the day in the nicer, more "citified" district around Vanderbilt University where you'll find Starbuck's and PF Chang's and Barnes and Noble (formerly Borders *tear*), music stores, and, of course, the frozen yogurt lounge of Pinkberry. Of course it should've expected our money. Delightful times :)

My yogurt: pomegranate with pineapple, blackberries, and mixed nuts.

Lucy's yogurt: blood orange, kiwi, some sort of nut, and chocolate chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rants, Revelations, and Incredibooth

Salutations :)
    I don't want to be the Negative Nancy of Blogspot here, but I have had a ROUGH past few days. Early last Thursday morning I took a little spill down the stairs, giving myself a concussion and still have not been back to school for the second semester. These past few days have involved dizzy spells, headaches, vomiting, and random sleeping patterns. I tried to make it to school Friday but ended up basically passing out and scaring my dear friends and teacher. I went back to the doctor today and have an appointment tomorrow to get a CT scan. I'm a little bit apprehensive because I don't want anything major to be damaged. Hopefully all will go well.
    This brings me to the next thing I'd like to discuss. And that, my friends, is the importance of winding down, taking a break, recharging your batteries, and setting your priorities straight. I have had to deal with this concussion and going back to school with loads of things to study for (ACT, AP Exam, EOCs) and music to learn including All-State music, Governor's School music, which I can probably no longer do, and musical auditions. I have been sitting at home with my stomach in knots stressed to death because of these things, and the doctor is telling me I can't be at school. Not to mention my mother is also sick, and I can't help but worry about her. Point is, it is not a good time for me unfortunately. And this period of time has made me realize that I need to sit down and prioritize my time. I need a break. I need to recharge and just learn to let go of certain things and accept that I just can't do everything I want to do. I need to take it easy the rest of the school year. You need to be optimistic and sometimes say, "Screw it," and chill and do things that make you happy and surround yourself with positive things.
    Now that I am through with my rant and revelations, there is nothing else for me to discuss except I discovered this new app called Incredibooth that is on iTunes for $1.99 maybe? Anyway, I have been passing my time posing for it stupidly. If you follow me on Instagram than you have noticed my use of the photostrip look. I really like it, and I enjoy the series of photos sort of thing so a little mini story pans out in front of you. So, because I like to have some sort of visual with a blog, I am posting these embarrassing pictures. Your welcome.
For book and song: Still reading the same thing for class but I just spent a portion of an iTunes gift card and got some Charlotte Sometimes and Noah & the Whale. Specifically the song "5 Years Time" by the latter is fantastic.

There's more but I honestly think this is more than enough.

I'm Very Proud of Ya, 2011

Whoosh! I have officially made it through the holidays alive! Now, if the rest of this winter doesn't kill me, I will be one happy girl. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a kicking New Year's Eve. I spent it with the best mother in the world and my best friend in the world, my lovely cousin, Laurana Walk. You should probably go tweet her @peacemaker68 and tell her how awesome she is. Anyway, I had a lovely Christmas and New Year's Eve and wanted to share with you some photos.

These photos were taken by a friend's mother, so they are not mine. These are from some charity work/ singing my chamber choir did.

It was extremely fun and heart-warming, and I'm very blessed to have been a part of something so special, with special and giving people. These next photos (also taken by my friend's mother) were taken at our choir's Christmas concert on December 15th. Now THAT night was pretty stellar.

 

I thoroughly enjoyed my 2011 and hope 2012 is even better. There are several albums/ concerts I am anticipating, so hopefully this girl will be partying her little butt off. I have also made the resolution to eat and overall BE a healthier person. I have several sleep disorders and food and overall health has a lot to do with how I feel. I'd like to try the natural route as opposed to popping a bunch of pills. It makes me feel like crap when I do that, so I need a change.

Song Update: Laurana has introduced me to some early AFI so Very Proud of Ya is a good I-wanna-smash-your-face-in-and-sing-about-it kinda album. Good stuff.

Book Update: I'm about to start The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini for class. I've already read it once, last year for another class. That book literally changed me when I read it. I have never cried harder over another book. It speaks for itself.