Sometimes...

Crap happens.
You have to change your plans.
You have to give up something good.
You might end up struggling
and maybe things wont turn out the way you want them to.

But you have to trust.

Trust that your new path will take you to an even better destination.
And that giving up something good can easily lead to something better.
Struggling builds character,
and the end result can be even better than anything you ever dreamed of.

Yeah, so it's a bump in the road.
You can't always make EVERYONE happy, and if you keep trying then YOU will end up unhappy.
You just gotta make YOU happy and do what works for YOU.

Things just happen. Things that we may never understand, but we just have to believe it's for the best. {Even if it doesn't always seem that way}

& baby, just take charge of your life.

If you want to change something, just do it.

Why wait?

Ah, Summer. You're creeping up on me, aren't you?

In terms of blogs, I'm relatively new to this whole thing. One thing that got me started is when I stumbled upon a blog via facebook. It was quite the project. Two LDS guys had decided to document their dating adventures in a witty and anonymous fashion. After reading through the blog, I was hooked. I don't remember exactly how it happened, but reading their blog lead me to another blog which I also blog-stalk. (Oh yes, I'm a creeper.)

If you ever need someone to blog stalk, this girl is incredibly entertaining.
Here's a link to her blog. You'll enjoy it! Now Go!

http://xaxtwistedxfairytalex.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway-summer-staples.html

It's fine, I'm just tired and things aren't going my way.

Today was kind of a crappy day.

This leaves me with two options.

1 - I could spend the night writing about how just how crappy it was.

or

2 - I could go to bed and start tomorrow over as a new day.

Seeing as I'm already sleep deprived, I think I'll go to bed.

Del Taco and Pirates

I love this picture.

"What's a motto?" "Nothin, what's a motto with you?"



This is my motto.

Flippin Retarded

Being the productive students that we are, we took advantage of the free time with the substitute and spent the first half of class yesterday watching random Internet videos.

This one came up and we were all amazed. Waylen and Hoku turned to eachother and immediately headed out to the hallway, chairs in hand. I followed.

Chairs were flipped, shins were bruised, and students were distracted.

As the Special Education class walked past, Waylen and Hoku continued to try their best to flip the chairs. The class observed quietly as the chairs were flung down the hallway.

After a particularly horrible chair flinging by one of the boys, one of the Special Ed kids felt the need to shout at us,

"You guys are RETARDED!" 

Quite possibly the most ironic, hilarious moment of my life.

I felt really bad for laughing, but I couldn't help it. 

It was hilarious.

I'd Like a Can of Snuffleupagus Please

My new job just happens to be in the middle of nowhere, and I love it.

As my trainer was showing me around the store, I realized that there was an abundance of cowboy hats being sold. As she showed me the cleaning supplies, I hummed along to the country station on the radio. I happily greeted the scruffy truckers, and smiled to myself as a man in his chaps wandered around the store. It didn't take long to figure out that I was going to like it.

During my break, I wandered over to Subway. I'd heard a rumor about half price sammiches for employees, and I was starving. Tayler practically jumped over the counter to greet me, and quickly helped to satisfy my grumbling stomach. You can't beat 2.70 for a Sandwich. ESPECIALLY if it has bacon on it AND it was made by an amazing person like Tayler. Deeefreakinlicious.

Sandra didn't seem too happy to have to babysit me, but her opinion seemed to improve when she went to clean the bathrooms and realized that I'd already beaten her to it.

Most of it was pretty simple. Stock, Scan, Smile. You got it, dude.

The only part that I struggled with was the Tobacco. Working at a country store/truckstop, I suppose we sell a lot of it. I just wish I could thank the kind truckers for being so patient with me when they asked for products that I was completely clueless about. Heck, there were several times when I had to use deductive reasoning to figure out that they hadn't said they wanted a can of snuffleupagus.

They gave me an employee cup. It was basically a refillable coffee mug that I get unlimited refills on. This may have been a mistake on their part seeing as I drank far too much caffeine which lead to my staying up far too late on a school night to blog about Sesame Street Characters. 

As I was driving home, I realized I was the ONLY car on the freeway. My rear view mirrors were pitch black. A thrilling chill went up my spine. I smiled and glanced up at the sky. I could see stars. Ahead of me, my headlights shone on the dark curvy freeway. Everywhere behind me was simply a black wall of satin. It was beautiful. 

Soon, the horizon started the glow as if the sun had just gone down. I watched the skyline grow larger as I creeped towards my home.

Here I am, thinking about the difference that 18 miles can make. Sin City and a Truck Stop crawling with cowboys. It's like two completely different worlds.

One things for sure,

I just want a cowboy hat.

Oh Snap, Guess Who's Employed.

It seems as if my applying for jobs has paid off.

Although I didn't get the Subway job that I originally applied for, I seem to have obtained another job at the same location.

Meet Toni, your newest Love's employee!

So yeah, maybe I work in the middle of nowhere.

And yeah, I have no clue what I am actually going to be doing..

But hey, it's a job!

AND it pays more than Del Taco.

So kids, wish me luck on my newest employment adventure. I start tomorrow!

p.s. Don't get your skirt in a bunch. I'm not quitting Del Taco. I love my job there far too much.

Just Breathe.

Adventures, Missions, and Quests.

Adventure. 

There's something about the word that strikes my fancy.

Adventure. Adventure. Adventure.

New experiences, new places, epic music playing from some unknown source. The things that these three syllable bring to mind are endless. Pirates, knights, princesses, castles, you name it. As I imagine my future adventures and reminisce past ones, a smile spreads across my face.

Tag the word "adventure", "mission", or "quest" onto something and I'm in. Doesn't matter if it's a trip to the grocery store. Call it a quest, and my imagination will do the rest.

I was in my student aide class the other day when the teacher sent me to get copies. After explaining what I was supposed to do, he mentioned that it was going to be a "Stealth Mission" since I would be going to a teacher only room. If I were a dog, my ears would have perked up. I was in, and more excited to make copies than I had ever been in my life. The stealth mission was quickly completed. I felt victorious.

I think that my love for adventures came from my passion for reading. I've loved reading since I was little. It was an escape. I wasn't just reading the pages of the book, I was LIVING in the book. Through my books, I got to experience all sorts of things. Grounded? Fine. At least I had Harry Potter to keep me company. Stuck in a car for hours? Nope. I was lost somewhere in the future, battling the corrupted government.

I still remember my secret missions to the dark creepy food storage room to retrieve food for dinner. The long, painful journey down the stairs, through the treacherous canyon of boxes, and into the dark, concrete abyss to get the cans of food. After a scary adventure like that, I was ready to give up. But I didn't. Somehow I made it back through the house and to the kitchen with few battle scars. You bet I was brave, I had to be!

So here's to adventures, and not letting our imagination die now that we're adults. If 18 is too old to use my imagination, then I think I'll just classify myself as a kid for forever and run away to neverland! Life IS an adventure, and if you disagree, then you really aren't living your life at all, are you?

Make EVERY day an adventure.

(& refuse to grow up.)

Count On Me

I'll admit, today was not my day. There were a couple times when I growled in frustration and flopped down on my bed, almost in tears. Why? Couldn't tell you. We'll just go ahead and blame it on unstable teenage hormones.

I arrived home and was ready to write pages and pages filled with my virtual venting. But first, I checked my facebook.

I don't know how she does it, but Cydney manages some pretty awesome timing sometimes. We'll call this the song of the day. It definitely brightened my day in more ways than she could ever imagine.

Tales of a Taco # 7 What a creep.

Toni - Hi! What can I get for you?
Customer - two tacos. Toni, Are you over 18?
Toni - Yes. Two tacos? Can I get anything else for you?
Customer - Really? I'm surprised! You look younger than that!
Toni - $1.06
Customer - You look like Amanda Bynes!
Toni - Thank You. $1.06.
Customer - Can I have a kiss on the cheek?
Toni - You're order number 43. (walks away)

Gotta love creepy people.

Oh April First, I love you so.

I had a wonderful conversation with a Del Taco Customer Today. It went like this.
Toni - Thanks for choosing Del Taco, how are you today?
Customer - I'm Great! How are you?
Toni - Just Fantastic, what can I get for you?
Customer - I want the number nine please.
Toni - Number Nine? Okay, did you want that chicken or st... Just kidding! Wrong meal! Did you want to upgrade that to Medium or Macho size?
Customer - Just Kidding? ahaha.. Macho with a coke please
Toni - Okay! Thanks! I'll have your total at the window.

(Customer pulls up to window)
Toni - Hi! $90.83!
Customer - NINETY DOLLARS?
Toni - April fools! (tells him the real total)
Customer - hahaha... (looks at Toni funny)
Toni - (tries to give Customer back his change)
Customer - (Tries convincing Toni to keep the large amount of change as a tip)

Toni - Here's your food!
Customer - Now you have to feed my dog a fry!
Toni - Okay! (holds an entire conversation with the dog while feeding it fries.
Customer - hahahaha
Dog - Om Nom Nom
Toni - (Scrubs hands)

So.. maybe I'm a freak. It's okay, I like it.

So Maybe The Season Finale was LAST Year... I still Love it.

Day Three - A picture of the cast from my favorite show.

Seriously guys, if you haven't watched this show.. Watch it. From the first episode to the last. In order.

You'll fall in love. I promise. :)