Nadia-4 Cops-0

Presenting your Driver's License to a Police Officer is always such a treat. You just know they look at it and are forcing back a smile at the ridiculousness the DMV managed to capture.midblink. I mean License photos might as well be the criminal line up photos you know? They are just as bad and NO ONE wants theirs seen.

Unfortunately for me tonight I had to whip out my beautimous DL as well as my registration and proof of insurance. Want to hear the story as only I can tell it? Okay here it goes!!

So there I was driving home, tired and weary after putting in a full day on my feet. Babysitting in the morning and good ole McDonald's in the evening. Nothing unusual really until I see a truck flip a u behind me. As it was turning the light from a random lightpole flashed off the top of the car and I suddenly start to feel a panic.
It was a cop.
"Oh great." I kept thinking to myself "Prepare for the enventual blinding flashing lights." I kept thinking this to myself and I drove...and kept driving...and than a good mile and a half from the original stalking point the lights turn on in all of their red and blue glory...white is in their I am sure but my eyes didnt adjust very well to being blinded. The Officer apporached my vehicle where I was sitting, combing through all the possible reasons why I would be pulled over.
Headlights...the right side ones to be exact.
I knew they were out. I was fully prepared to be ticketed. My streak had to end at some point. But hark! What is this? The process will be quick you say? Just a safety issue for me you say? Why yes Officer you CAN have my license, registration, and proof of...oh gosh where is my proof of insurance?! I know it is in here!!!
Luckily the officer was kind enough to go to his squad car and start looking at my stuff so I can throw dignity out of the window and tear my car apart. Suddenly a familiar glimpse of yellow catches my eye and SHAZAM insurance proofage!! Now what? Do I sit and wait? Do I wave him over? Oh thank goodness he is coming to me!
I proudly handed the proof over and while casually inspecting it he asks me two of the oddest questions I have ever been asked.
1. Have you ever been arrested?
2.Do you have a work release in the state of Nevada?

O_o ...what the la hell?
My confused face must of clued him in to the big fat answer of a NO that would have been because he handed me my stuff and than let me go. I made it home a little more tired than usual and still in need of a killer foot and back rub, but ever so thankful that Officers always seem to be almost incapable of giving me a ticket. I have been pulled over four times now and not once have I gotten a ticket and each time I have been pulled over has been for a different reason.

Luck of the Irish I guess....well if I was Irish anyways. I am thankful though that he took the time to pull me over. I know people rag on Cops a lot, but I can understand that they have a job to do. Sure yeah it was a busted light, but hey he didn't ticket me and just wanted to inform me that it was out....aside from the weird above mentioned questions it was an overall pleasant exchange. Don't hate on cops people, they are doing the job you yourself aren't.

23 Years of Awesome

Yesterday (technically speaking) was my birthday. If you read the title you know how old I am. Congratulations!

I didn't do much, but the day was eventful. My family and I celebrated with cake (pictured) and they also gave me a star wars card with a $25 Starbucks gift card!! Woot woot!!! It was nice to be able to have time with them today. I slept most of it since unsurprisingly I am sick and feeling awful.

I met with President Dalley today and discussed somethings that needed to be discussed. Needless to say it was an enlightening meeting and I am on working on becoming a better person. He did tell me that if Abe and I aren't going to be serious while he is gone than I shouldn't hole myself up waiting on something that might not happen. :/ I get it, I do. I just don't want to think that I need to be out there dating. No one was really asking anyways...I'm not settling either. I guess I am just learning how to go with the flow and how to do my own thing. May have taken me awhile but I have finally managed to get to this point.

Today Barbara and I are getting her Bridal Shower decorations and than later some friends and I are going to Samurai 21 for Hibachi food to celebrate my birthday. I'm excited although I got more "maybe"s than actual "yes" so who knows who all is going?! I didn't have that many people congratulate me on fb which is totally cool in my book! People who wished me well today made me so happy for remembering. I even got serenaded at Branch Prayer and it almost made me cry. I didn't think that many people actually knew or even liked me enough to do that.

This past year has changed me a lot in ways I could never have imagined. I was so busy trying to figure out my life and where my relationship with robert was going and working for peanuts that I let myself slip away from me. I forgot what makes me happy. Even now I am trying to work on myself and do something for myself, but I have come so far from who I was that it is nothing short of miraculous.

The most important change has been in my life spiritually. Despite my human tendencies and failings, I have grown even stronger in my faith. I have learned to trust Heavenly Father and to lean on Him. Letting Him take the wheel and steer me down the road I am supposed to take. It has brought me to an understanding of myself and others that still may confuse me at times, but it is ever increasingly bringing me to that "AHA!" Moment of enlightenment.

Here's to this next year. May it be as ever progressing as always.

Moving forward

So here I am at 3:30 am starting this blog post when I should be sleeping. I will admit to being tired, but I just wanted to do a quickie update (well maybe slow) and fill y'all in (since I have discovered a few people actually read this...surprise!) on this week.

Work is volatile again, but luckily for me I am not the target of the petty high school drama that is going on. I will not divulge any details, but I will say I have done a small part to try and help those caught in that icky mess. I have my fingers crossed for them and I hope things look up. Also we got an 800 number call and the guy totally blasted my boss on it but praised two other managers. That isn't the first drama I mentioned, but I was shocked that it happened as it did. I feel bad for my boss, but I also feel kinda bad for the other managers mentioned. :/ tis no bueno all around.

I finally finished Barbara's Bridal Shower invites and once the stupid computer gets fixed I can print them and send them off..well that's if she ever gets me the addresses I need! I want to send them Wednesday next week at the latest so I need them asap!!! We also have to get (or possibly make) her veil and I have to finalize the shower and the bachelorette party details. SO LITTLE TIME SO MUCH TO DO!!!!!!

I am going to Salt Lake this weekend for a visitation and some other things!!! I will be leaving Saturday evening and coming back tuesday morning. I am so excited and absolutely can not wait to see everyone! This means photos and memory making!!!! I am taking this opportunity to visit them because for my birthday I am visiting family in California. Yes, I am doing a lot of visiting. There is a valid reason, so quit looking at me like that!!

Sadly today was SUPPOSED to be the day I got either a Green KCCO or a BFM, but alas theChivery crashed and when Erica finally got through they were sold out in my size!!! WAAAAAAH!!! I so greatly wanted one (or both) as a birthday present. I'm going to be cool thougn and not complain outside of this post. I congratulate whoever managed to get one. Chive On good Ladies and Gentlemen!

Welp...i'm beat. Night all!! Or morning if you want to be technical!

Greatness occurring....

Life has suddenly become this busy and fast whirlwind of awesome for me.

Barbara is getting married next month.
Colton in Tennessee.
Abe leaving in a few weeks for Basic.
I'm training for the Color Me Rad 5k in November AND I have another really big life event beginning to occur that I am not quite ready to divulge yet, but will be really soon.

I have been mind-numbingly happy and motivated like none other in just the past day and I know it is only going up from here! It let's me know that I am finally(again) on the right path. It's now or never and I am choosing now! It has been so amazingly life changing.
I went through a period of just being so absolutely clueless with what to do with myself and now it's like "Alright! Let's get to it!" It is hard not to be down on yourself when you feel like you are just kind of aimlessly wandering through life you know? Sunday was this hugely massive turning point for me.

Elder Holland gave such an inspiring and wonderful talk on Sunday that super charged my already amped up batteries. Here are some of the major points that stood out to me:
1. True disciples of Christ never check their religion at the door. We must continually live the gospel and live what we believe.
2.We have to wish to be strong. One can not simply gain strength overnight. We must want it in order to have the will to acheive it.
3.The church will not and can not dumb down it's doctrine for what is deemed "socially/politically" correct.
4. NO ONE IS ENTITLED TO IGNORE GOD.
5.We must help when and where we can no matter the situation. Nothing something is better than doing nothing.
6.Live the gospel big and small at all times, in all things, in all places, in the hopes of being caught in the act when the Savior comes.

Amazing. Simply amazing.

Smive it all

Tonight/Today's post is just going to be more of a ramble on of updateness and random tangents...more than usual.

First I have two things to share.
1.Sea Turtles can breathe out of their butts
2.Smive was the "f" bomb of the olden days. Classy no? I have decided to use it. Bringing it back!

I cried yesterday....well Monday nightish...I logged onto facebook and there Isee photos of my cousin (whom I LURVE) and her college adventures (moving in and whatnot) and lo/behold there is MY father (hers passed) helping cart her stuff to the dorm. Now this would be a total "AAW" moment to you uninformed, but it wad a total "Really." moment for me. My cousin is really like my second cousin's kid...meaning hed dad and my dad were cousins. My dad also dated her mom before she and Uncle Danny hooked up...yeah...we keep things close in the family...anyways since Danny died my dad has essentially been playing dad to my cousins (there are three in that family) and whilw it is nice, it is really not his place.
especially when he has three children whom he really.doesn't do much for. Sure I'm on his insurance, but you don't see him doing much else. The man can never seem to "help out" whether it is financially or whatever, but he has plenty of money and time for them.

Thanks Dad, have fun with your new family...hope your wife doesn't mind.

Also my best friend Colton (Yes THAT Colton) is moving to Tennessee in about...oh idk 6 hours or so. Yeah randomly called up and was like "Hey I'm moving" and I naturally went "Say what?" Lucky him got a job hook up out there and his brother is giving him time off for Barbara's wedding next month! Yay!!!! Time sure is flying with that! Oh!!!! She and Aaron got a truck, as in some BAMF gave them a truck as a wedding gift. Who the what?! I need to get married.

I learned eating nutella is delicious, but you can get sugar headaches from eating it straight. Also I can run for two minutes straight. Watch out!! Still working on the whole 5k thing so MY PLAN is interval running so far. I know I might not succeed in straigt running it, but I will run the majority if it kills me...which it probably will. Did you know that you don't blink normally when you are on the computer or if you are reading? Yeah weird huh?

Ok my eyes hurt and I am ready for bed methinks.

What happened Society?

I have started to realize (by talking with people from whole other countries) that America seems to have the market cornered of being douches. Not just to those who(seemingly) "rank lower" than oneself, but even to those who are "higher" on the food chain! Now I know it isn't just an American thing, but honestly one can not look around our country and think that all is well. We idolize reality tv stars of "Jersey Shore" and "16 & pregnant" fame. Honestly people?! When the amount of money in one's bank account is more important than the amount of integrity in one's character, society has truly collapsed.

Some say we are only beginning the downgrade, but if you look back far enough you can see we are at the climax of it. We became so concerned with trying to make everyone happy, to speak for the underdog, that we neglected to realize the very basic rights of everyone else. Children nowadays have no problem acting out, being disrespectfuk, stealing, doing things in general that would have gotten the crap beayen out of them 20 years ago. When did felony become acceptable? When did having children outside of marriage, cohabitation, and general immorality become the "cool" thing to do?

Yes, as I have expressed on here before, I have had sex. Do I regret it? Yes and no. I regret that it wasn't done after marriage. I regret that I settled for something out of hopes that it would eventually lead down that matrimonial path. I regret that I cause Heavenly Father and myself pain by ignoring His wishes for us to wait. I don't regret the lessons I learned though. I don't regret learning to trust and becoming closer to Heavenly Father.

In all my experience I have never thought that immoral actions and behaviors were the "cool" way to make and keep friends. I've never been inclined to act like these half retarded people running around, I have always known that I would have to work for what I want out of life, that I would have to work to achieve happiness. I have never expected people to hand everything over to me simply because I felt entitled to it. Sure I have thought "Why can't I have that?" But right after I try to plan out how to earn it, rather than bullying them into giving me what they have rightfully earned.
...that people is called laziness.

I don't know how I can change the world around me. Voices of reason tend to be shut down fairly quickly nowadays, but mark my words I will try! It pains me to see the moral decline of an entire people. It makes me want to cry at night knowing tomorrow I will have to wake to deal with another never ending parade of stupidity. People constantly talk about reform but they never seem to reform the real problem. We don't need reform, we don't need change, what we need is a mother flipping revolution. Wipe the board clean and start over at the beginning!

I may be one voice, but that doesn't make it any less significant or any less powerful and one way or another I will be heard.

Mark my words, I will be heard.

The DEATH of Nadia

If the next few months don't kill me than I pretty much inherited the "Alvidrez Women Live Forever" gene.

Yes people I am going to be doing something that will be life endangering...well life as I currently know it. What is this thing you ask?

Training for a 5k.

Yes, that's right. RUNNING. If you are readong this, I am assuming you know me, and if you know me you know that I, Nadia, absolutely loather running with such a passion I have dedicated my almost 23 years of life to not running. In fact, I am a swimmer. Water based sport type of person, but this marathon has something that appeals to me....colors. Yep. Random people along the marathon route will be throwing colorful chalk or paint or whatever the substance is. Pretty colors (and chances of an asthma attack) are enough to make me hunt down my knee brace (found it!) and get up in the morning to run.

*le gasp* early morning running?! There is a pig flying somewhere I just know it. Additionally I have to really watch what I eat and can't drink anymore soda. :( I am going to die while getting healthy!!!!!!!!!

If you find me crying in front of a case of donuts in town, just please look the other way and pray for me. I am going to need all the help I can get!!