lions and tigers and bears. oh my.

saw WICKED tonight. it was my first time. so fun.

"It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend..."

"It's just life So keep dancing through"

love doing things, going places, spending my time wisely instead of just getting out and doing grocery shopping and target as some quality time, don't get me wrong, I actually enjoy grocery shopping and Target can be a good time, but I'm living life now...it's not always about errands and to do lists... something I am still working on figuring out but getting there :) some things can wait. With my to-do list, I have realized I need a for-me list, do things for me, do things I've always wanted to do, get out there and explore what life has to offer you, some things on my to-do list can wait 'til tomorrow, because when we think of it, will we really die happier knowing that we vacuumed and did laundry today instead of going to see the movie we've been dying to see (don't wait 'til it comes out on video), or the restaurant we've been dying to try? not really!

"Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!

It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!"

and so that was my september 11th, 9 years later...a long time since sitting in statistics class at UMF wondering what the hell was happening in the friggin crazy world. today riding on the T, looking ever so closely at all the different kinds of people, smiling and laughing and talking just like you and me, thinking if any of them had been personally affected by 9/11/01...to life and to those who lost their lives in saving others, may we all be so brave some day to help others and be so selfless.