These past few days have been BUSY!
Friday through Sunday, I was walking 60 miles to fight breast cancer in the San Diego Susan G. Komen 3-day for the Cure. Bad news: It rained all day Saturday and some of the day Sunday. Good news: I didn't let myself stop. I had to keep on moving. Walking 20 miles in the rain and wind sucks, sure, but living with breast cancer sucks more. I couldn't stop walking. I think the rain was kind of a gift. Of course, walking 60 miles over 3 days is tough in any type of weather. In the rain, it's especially challenging, and those walkers who willed themselves to complete the walk showed the world something great: we will not just sit around and do nothing in the face of something terrible. We will join together and fight for what's right. We will walk as far as we need to, and we will not stop.
All of my inspirational blogging reminds me of a song. I LOVE IT. (In all of its cheesiness)
The Proclaimers: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Tuesday, I went to the happiest place on Earth, aka Disneyland. I LOVE Disneyland, and I was so excited to go!!! My feet still hurt from the walk (I had 3 blisters) and it was chilly that day, but nothing would stop me from having fun there. I went with my family and some of my fellow Girl Scouts. Earlier in the year, there was a promotion from Disneyland that we took advantage of. If you did x amount of community service, you'd get a free one-day pass to the park. So, we got out on the street with some paint, brushes and stencils and painted "no dumping - we live downstream" on the sidewalks of San Diego to help out the planet and to obtain free passes to my favorite theme park! My sister is in town this week (she goes to college at Humboldt state), so she came with us. It was super fun! I went on all the rides I love, like Space Mountain and It's a Small World, and to a couple of attractions I'd never been to, like the Haunted Mansion and the Enchanted Tiki Room. Cinderella's castle was decorated for Christmas, along with the rest of the park, and I have no shame in saying that I was one of those starry-eyed girls who starred at the castle in delight as the sun set over the California Coast. I don't care what the Florida people say about Disney World; Disneyland is the original, and therefore the best, of Walt Disney's theme parks.
Inspiration of the last few days:
For all of the holiday festivities coming up, when I will be spending increased amounts of time with ma famille, I will start to develop a slightly less refined sense of style. UGG boots will be worn more than my more fashionable footwear options, and comfy sweatshirts will be my winter staple. However, I will still do my best to enhance my day to day wardrobe with some holiday flair, like red tights and jingle-bell earrings. My inspiration is easy, cozy holiday outfits. They may not be what the supermodels of Vogue Italia are wearing, but they are certainly more fashion forward than the standard cold-weather outfits of most San Diego teens. (Have I told you about the unofficial uniform of Point Loma High? Well, here goes: black, somewhat see-through leggings, tall UGG boots, and one of the many PLHS sweatshirts that our school has to offer. Note: The sweatshirts do not, repeat DO NOT cover these girls' butts whatsoever. So, the student body of PL gets to take a gander at all of the uniform wearers' undies; whether they be thongs or granny panties. Yay!)
Thought of the day:
Is a Thanksgiving meal purchased at a store really a Thanksgiving meal? Sure, it has the turkey, the stuffing, and all of the fixings. It has the pie. But does it have the love?
C'est tout!
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