Welcome Back! Welcome Back! Welcome Back!

Arianna and Rylee are finally back! I wrote them a long heartfelt message on their mirror in dry erase marker and made them cookies. I'm such a great roommate, huh?

I can't wait to see what we'll do this year!

Fleeting Glimpse of Eternity

In The Notebook, as summer romance is compared to shooting stars. "A spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they're gone." Well, Monday evening I got a fleeting glimpse of eternity. TWICE! A group of us went to the free movie in the park (where we go ice blocking). They were showing Despicable Me on a big inflatable screen. We got there early because you can play Just Dance (well, four people have a remote and everyone else that wants to can dance along).

During the movie, I saw a quick flash in my peripheral vision. I looked up and could see the disappearing tail of a shooting star. Everyone was excited and and amazed. A few minutes later, there was another one. I had never seen a shooting star before. It was a pretty neat experience.

The Help

I finished reading The Help and I loved it! It was so good. I became pretty emotionally invested. I think Minny and I would be best friends; I loved her attitude. Aibileen would be an awesome grandma (not that I don't like the ones I've got), Skeeter and I could talk about boys (or lack there of) and writing and I can't tell you how much I'd love to smack Miss Hilly upside the head.

There are a few lines I really liked from the book. The first one is what Mae Mobley is told by Aibileen, her maid. "You is kind, you is smart, you is important." Forget about Jessica's daily affirmations, we could all benefit from constantly telling ourselves that we're kind, smart and important. Yay for boosting self esteem!

The other one I really liked is what Skeeter was told by her first maid Constantine after she had been called ugly by a boy. "Ever morning , until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?" I love this. I don't have really have a problem with people saying negative things about me since I'm not in grade school anymore, but my sister is still at that stage where teenage girls like to spread rumors and lies about each other. We've talked about some things a girl said about her and her self esteem is high enough to wear she didn't really have problems with ignoring what was said about her. For other people, that's not the case. Even if you do have high self esteem, it can still be hard not to be affected what others say about you. When we come across some negative opinions of us from others, we just need to ask ourselves if we're going to believe what those fools are saying. I don't know about you, but I don't listen to fools. They're called fools for a reason.

Since I've finished the book (which has left me rather sad), I am looking forward to seeing the movie. None of my friends have read the book or seem as interested in seeing it. Hopefully that will change. I'm recommending it and hopefully someone will fall in love with it like I did so we can see it together.