Tuck and Roll

Oh man. The sunset last night was beautiful! The colors were so amazing it was like the sky was on fire! My family all went outside to watch it but there were a lot of trees blocking the complete view and I did not want to miss out on that. So I ran upstairs as fast as I could, climbed out my window, shimmied across the ledge, and climbed to the top of our roof. Best view ever! The best part...well no the sunset was the best part...but it was kinda funny when I was crawling through my window on the way back in my dad came upstairs and flicked on my light just as I finished climbing in. Haha so he was a bit surprised I think.
I would attach a picture...but let's just say I don't have a smart phone so my camera isn't kinda super crappy.

Today was great. I think sometimes I just look like a hobo though when I ride the frontrunner with my pack and climbing rope and mountain bike.  I met a man on the train  from Zimbabwe who told me he was originally from Japan...which totally wasn't true haha he was very nice and thought it was hysterical that I could tell my mother I met a black man on the train.
Also today I did a heel click...or leap...or something. Running down a hill on the way to meet up with my roommates in the car after I awkwardly got asked out on a date and as I came back down I knew I was a goner. But I was not going to have that. So I tripped outta my leap and somehow managed to tuck and roll out of it and just keep walking like nothing happened. But sadly as much as I would like to think that when I do things like that nobody will notice...everybody still had. Oh well.Also I bet my homemade granola against someone's strawberry yogurt that the bird we were looking at was a falcon and not a hawk. And I totally won! So that means I get the yogurt and I get to put my granola in it. Wahoo! Also it brought me a lot of joy when this person turned out to be quite the lover of Animal Planet. I have not watched that channel in ages! But I seriously used to only watch that channel...I just wish I would've stayed up that one night to find out what happened to all those baby tigers in captivity...and he also wants to name one of his children Beaver like on Leave it to Beaver and that made me happy to know someone else knew that TVland existed. Anyway, tuck and roll and  I only have one scratch on my toe.
Back to the train...
I love riding the train! I get to listen to music, talk to strangers, and I have time to think and write things down. I thought about things I have learned from the past few months and this is what I came up with:
1. I love being outdoors
2. I am happiest being active (physically and spiritually)
3. I actually can kinda play sports...well better than I thought I was capable of ever
4. I am an adventurer
5. I can learn new things
6. I have weaknesses
7. I need to learn to deal with jealousy and other negative emotions akin to jealousy and be more charitable
8. I can take risks
9. I am different...and by that I mean that I am me. And no one else is exactly like me. So I am different.
10. I am vulnerable but it's ok
11. I don't need to convince someone to love me because my worth comes from within myself not from someone else
12. I can communicate
13. I should be kinder
14. I need to stand strong against the world because I am compassionate, peaceful, and strong until I let it in.
15. I need to learn to be confident and comfortable in my own skin
16. I can do things that I actually want to
17. I don't need to always be a martyr
18. Family brings me joy
19. I need to follow through with things especially if I expect others to do the same
20. Everyone has something to teach you.
 Well that's all folks! Thanks for tuning in because honestly this blog is more for me than anything else....