Question numero 2 in this magic jar asks "Who baptized you? Who was there? Did other children get baptized that day? What else about your baptism?" Well this was 11 years ago, so I'll try to remember the goods. On Saturday March 30, 2002 I was baptized into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. There are a few things I remember for sure about this day that don't really have anything to do with my baptism but I'll share them anyways. 1. My mom fixed my hair in a "spider-web" way, so after I got out of the water it wasn't going to be a pain. 2. Up until my baptism time I got to wear basically my favorite outfit, my pink capris and my pink and white plaid shirt (stylish, let me tell ya) and 3. We went to Park Discovery with my cousins but I had to leave early to get ready for my baptism (I cried cause I had to go). When the actual baptism time came around I was super stoked! I got to wear my pretty new dress and a lot of my family had come to see me. I was baptized by my dad. I honestly can't remember all of my family that was there! I do remember that all my siblings were there, my parents, Grandma and Grandpa Groves, Grandma and Grandpa Harris (4 out of the 6 grandparents!), my aunt Suzie and her family, my aunt Angie, but for the life of me I can't remember the difference between who came for my baptism and for my siblings! Other kids DID get baptized that day, do I know who they are? No, I have NO recollection of this. What else about my baptism? Hmmm. I know I loved the feeling I had afterwards, I remember being so happy. Also I remember we had taco's at my house after. Sadly that sums it up. But let it be known that I did love being baptized, glad I did it!
The first question I pulled out of my magical jar was "Do you have a middle name? If so, who were you named after and what does it represent?" Well I do have a middle name, but I also have a first name which has a meaning so I will answer it for ALL my names! First off, my middle name is Rachel, it's simple yet elegant. Why was Rachel chosen as my middle name? Well if I remember correctly my parents used to teach a primary class and there was a girl in the class who was adorable, my parents adored her. And I'm pretty sure that's where Rachel comes from. I like the reason for my first name though so that's why I'll tell it. My mom was always reading us books as kids (Guess that's why we're so smart, eh?) and my older sister Jess loved reading the book series "Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans so my parents took the non-french(?) version of the name and kept it for me. Okay so it's not the COOLEST reason for names, but they suffice. Also I feel like I have a special connection with the Madeline books. An educated woman always has a connection to books. Here's a picture for reference.
Today I was going through some old young women hand outs and found a jar with probably 50 or so cut out journal prompts to write about. I remember this lesson because I thought it was really cool that Sister Bonzo had gone out of her way to make us all these cute little jars. But I realized I hadn't even used mine yet.
On the jar it says "Preserve your memories-seal them up well. What you forget, you can never retell. But a journal that's kept fresh on the shelf will help someone through rough times- maybe even yourself!" Obviously I'm horrible at writing in a journal. Blogging is as close as I get to it, and as you can tell I'm not so hot at that either... SO I figured why not try to do all of the promptings before I leave on my mission? I mean when I come back I won't be a different person BUT I will hopefully be a little more mature, with a more mature perspective on life and all that jazz. Also that gives me a reason to blog, I feel like half the things I have to share no one even cares about, but at least with this hopefully someone in the future (if not the present) will care. So what I'll end up doing is posting the question as the post title and just go into detail from there, good? Great!
Yesterday me and Allie were talking about her prom (we had just went and bought her dress, and were talking about all the things she needed to do before the Prom Royalty assembly this upcoming Wednesday.) I had asked her who her friends were going with and all that fun stuff, when she told me about a boy in one of her classes, he was asking her who he should ask and she gave him a list of names. One girl she suggested is smart, pretty, basically anything a guy would like, his response "I can't go with her! She went with [insert "nerdy" kid's name here] to homecoming. I would get the reputation of liking girls who dated guys like that". Guys like that.Guys like that?! Are you freaking kidding me? My lanta, I heard this and my blood just started boiling! I could not believe that people actually said things like that. And then the wheels started turning in my head, I thought about this all day today, because it hurt me to know that people thought like that. It automatically brought me to my senior year, I had been on a date with someone who may had been classified as one of the "nerdiest" guys in my grade, but I didn't care. I was actually so excited for it, I told Seth that I was going whether he liked it or not because I loved this kid so much. I honestly did, but a few days before he told me I didn't have to go with him if I didn't want to, he didn't want me to go with him because I felt bad for him. My heart seriously hurt. I honestly didn't understand why he would say that, until today. Today I really realized that people are vicious. You don't run around in the same circles and you basically have no worth. That is honestly the way people think. That is ridiculous. Stop raising your children to be hateful, prejudice pieces of crap. I never noticed it because when you're at the top of the food chain you are so ignorant to those that aren't. I have been working so hard on this though, if I have made you feel like you are less than you are I am so sorry. We are all children of God and deserve to be treated as so. I don't care what color you are, what you're good at, who you're friends with, if you treat me well, I will try to do the same to you. Nobody is perfect, we all have flaws, we make decisions we are proud of, and ones we aren't proud of. I know this is all so random, but I am literally typing it as it comes to my head. But overall this message is for me to rant, but if you feel offended by it it obviously means that you need to work on something.. He who is offended has got some changing to do. Bahaha great quote. That I just made up.
On an unrelated topic I have 2 stories from work I'd like to share. These are funny.. ish.
First one, I was at work by myself and we had a small rush come in, the last lady I helped said "How much are you getting paid?"
"Minimum wage, like 7.25 I think"
I kid you not, she said this "Oh honey, with that face and that body you could be strippin' for twice that much. At least" haha seriously. What the?
Second one, a regular customer came in, he looked up at the speaker and said "Hey this song reminds me of you" I looked at him puzzled and said "Oh yeah, why?" He said the first time he heard it I was making his sandwich and now everytime he hears it he thinks of me. And smiled in like a creepy flirty way. This guy comes in almost everytime I work and now he's admitting his creepiness. Also this was the song. But whatevs, what girl isn't flattered by someone thinking of them when a love song comes on? Just me? Okay.. So I give you the song, "Can't take my eyes off of you" By Lady Antebellum, for listening purposes, obvi.
Also this is a weird lyric video, but whatevs. I just love this song.
Welp, that's all I got for you comrades. Until next time.
