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Anyways,

Its weird. I am gradu-mutating in May, and there is this gigantic blank space afterwards that I don't know what to do with... What do I want to do? Oh so many things... The responsible thing would be to get a job... ha.

Its strange making my own decisions...

I know that most of you have gone through this (Tessa and Alli, you'll be there soon..) - the realization of "Holy Crap! What am I going to do?" hits hard. But all of you seem to have made it and are happy.

One of the things I have been learning recently is that in making a decision, it doesn't matter too much what the I think negative things will be. My plans rarely come to fruition, they are always mutated and twisted into something I had never thought would happen. So, the important thing is to make the decision and then deal with it from there. I always hear about two paths in life.. the good one and the bad one... but really I think life is more like a braided river. Each decision is a separate stream that could lead anywhere, and winds and combines with other decision-streams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braided_river

For the time being, My thoughts feel like they have been tossed in Ang's Kitchen-Aid Mixer. It gets dizzy in here!

When did I become an Adult?

Sigh.... It hits me at strange times... like when I am trying to clean-up-my-house-and-turn-down-the-heater-so-we-
dont-have-to-pay-for-it-and-make-sure-all-the-doors-
are-locked-and-get-the-house-keys-to-Mike-so-he-
can-water-the-plants-while-everyone-else-is-sitting-
around-looking-at-me-like-im-crazy-while-im-preparing
-to-be-gone-for-two-weeks. When they said "Finally!" when I was ok with leaving my house all by its lonesome for two weeks, I realized how many times I had sat around while my mother ran around frantically... I'm sorry mom.

Ok, I will continue this post after I help my nine-year old cousin Julie find a shirt that is not tie die and 5 times too big.

Winter Solutions

This week, it has snowed so much that my jeep has a snow hat about a foot deep. Its cold. My poor Californian body can't take it! So, I wear an incredible number of layers. The only thing I can't manage to keep warm is my nose, so I did some research on nose warmers. If you are interested, here are your options:

Ski Mask: Also convenient if you plan on robbing someone.

Scarf: Super itchy, potential to get the ends wrapped up or caught somewhere

My favorite so far: the nose sweater. They come in several styles:




Sporty Nose Warmer. If interested,
go to comfynose.com.









The hand knit nose sweater. Complete with pom-pom. Several websites sell these, in custom colors with or without pom-pom. Poor bear.









Sigh... I think I will just go with the cold nose, thanks. Why can't they make an invisible nose warmer?