What A Week

Well... this has been an interesting week to say the least. I really just have no idea where to start. It really has been a test of my temper and patience. While I believe I have a pretty good hold on my temper patience is not something that has been easy for me.

This week I have come to realize why it was that I hated people in the first place. People are selfish, unkind, and cruel. I felt I did a great job this week in keeping a smiling face when all I wanted to do was hit someone. I have also come to realize it is that time when I need to start weeding people out of my life again. I had a really interesting experience Thursday night and I realized that even when people pretend to be your "friends" they aren't. If they have no courtesy or respect for me then I really have no desire for them to be in my life. Plain and simple. No hard feelings.

However, actual Thanksgiving was nice. I basically spent 24 hours in the kitchen between Wednesday and Thursday but it was nice to have a nice meal. We had a lot of people over at my house and it was all out of state people who had no where to go. I was grateful for the opportunity to make other people's day & Thanksgiving better when they did not really have anywhere else to go. It was nice being with other out of staters who had no family near. Even though Thursday night was horrible, Thursday during the day was awesome.

Friday was a little up and down as well. I had to work that morning and I was feeling awful. My stomach decided to turn in knots and not behave. When I got home I laid in bed for a bit. Even though I realized the night before I needed to weed people out of my life I was exceptionally grateful for the true quality friends I have Friday night. Several people came over to say hi or drop off gifts and I got a total of 3 birthday cakes. My friends Raquel and Diana knew I didn't really have plans and they had decided to do something for my birthday. I went to the spa and did some girly stuff for which Raquel paid for part. We then went downtown to walk around temple square because they were turning on the lights for Christmas!! I LOVE Christmas time! It was cold and the lights were so beautiful and it made me fall in love with winter all over again.

After lights we headed to sushi where I was treated to absolute heaven. I think Tsunami is my new favorite sushi place. It was just as good as Mikado(now Naked Fish) but the sunshine roll was amazing! Mmmmm. We headed to the local McDonalds to rent a movie from Red Box and then went back to Raquel's and just vegged out. Afterwards we had cake (red velvet- a new favorite as well) and sparkling cider. Raquel and her sister Rita are pretty into wine so it was cute that they bought me sparkling cider. I honestly felt so special that night and I was glad to be surrounded by such quality people. Having my sister Marie there interacting with my friends was awesome as well. She usually decides to not talk to people and usually feels out of her element but she was able to come and have a great time and I was glad she had come in town for Thanksgiving/my birthday.

Anyway, thanks so much to everyone who made my day special! ( I will upload pictures soon)