Lessons Learned in Vegas

this post....speaks for itself. come to whatever conclusion you like, i truly do not mind. and yes i will tell you the story behind them if you ask. :)

1. This is life….spray tans fade.

2. Never get too drunk you can't apply your fake eye-lashes.

3. Men can be great wingmen, especially when intoxicated.

4. Do not try and fool with bouncer with neck tats.

5. Tequila is never a good idea after 1:00 am…

6. Open the window…your room smells better.

7. Just because McDonald's falls on the floor, doesn't mean you can't eat it.

8. 100 oz of AMF is the same price as 100 oz of beer....choose wisely.

9. NEVER go that hard on the first night.

10. Just because they are over 50, doesn't mean your parents won't go harder than you. (sometimes its best not to compete)

11. Similar to Cinderella's carriage turning back into a pumpkin at midnight...that is also when free drinks end.

12. Bathrooms are dangerous.

13. Always eat dinner...but maybe not with a screaming ape.

14. If you dress up in a flashy color, you will win at craps.

15. There will inevitably be something in your room you cannot explain.

THANKS to the Swifts and the Heiders for a weekend I will never forget....

be still.

so...as i recently posted, i went to las vegas and i would love to post my 'lessons learned in vegas' list but there has been something a bit more pressing i wanted to write about.

lately it seems everywhere i turn, every one is hurting. A LOT. pain is pressing on our hearts. from personal issues to those that are causing huge political drama like Syria. i cannot help feel like our world is engulfed at the moment. i can't help but relate pain to quick sand. when you fall into quicksand the worst thing you can do is squirm around and flail and such...you will sink that much faster. but if you be still, you have more time for someone to come to your rescue.

this metaphor encourages me because i know that i am never alone. so many times when i fall in quicksand i want to squirm and fight back and push through, and i would be lying if i said this never worked...sometimes it does. but without fail, if i am still and know that God is God...i will be rescued. i will be pulled out and set on dry land.

our world tells us to keep pushing and fighting and we will get through but what God says is sometimes that won't work. sometimes we just won't know what to do anymore...so just be where you are. embrace what you are feeling and trust that you will be rescued. He did pull Jonah from the belly of a fish didn't He?

Jonah 2:1-9

vampires.

i'm going to Vegas tomorrow, for four days, jealous? ok you can come too.

1. this morning i was getting ready for work and upon looking at myself in the mirror i noticed all my crazy veins (i am VERY veiny, which was endowed to me by my mother). but seriously, i am. so anyways, my first thought this morning was 'wow...good thing vampires aren't real because i would have had my blood sucked a long time ago.' yes i am a nerd.

2. another reason my veins are so in yo face is because i am not in the slightest bit tan...i am borderline translucent.

3. my 'white-ness' has been annoying me lately because i am going to vegas, where inevitably everyone will be all tan and stuff because that is the 'cool/hot/sexy' thing to be. well for all those tan beezys, im sorry i cannot be on your level; but being that i have already had skin removed because they thought i had skin cancer AND melanoma runs in the fam....i will stick to pasty pastel. :)

but don't worry, i will just consider myself regal because historically speaking people used to paint themselves white, the whiter the better. so to all my brown and orange bitches...cheers to some serious fun in vegas and please, try not to be too jealous of veiny, translucent, vampire lusting skin.