30 Reasons Why I'm Proud To Be Me-#6

If my most basic needs are met, I am the happiest person to be around. I need to have sleep, food, and to not be cold in order to be happy. If any of these are lacking, than the bratty Tawna comes out. But how simple it is to fix that brattiness by feeding me, giving me time to sleep, or giving me a blanket. I guess in that way I am very childlike. So simple, yet so important! So next time you see me, if I'm not my usual chipper self, provide me with a blanket, a Jimmy Johns sandwich (and blue coconut diet coke), and a place to sleep and just like that, I will be back to normal! ;)

5 things I'm grateful for today

1. Diet coke. Got me through a long teaching day with very little sleep, as well as a presentation (which I ROCKED!) in my advanced comprehension class tonight
2. A good roommate-she brought me dinner while I worked on said presentation before class. She's so good to me!
3. Funny people-love it when people make me laugh, regardless of how tired and stress I am. It fixes it for the time being!
4. Technology-the ability to get so much accomplished and communicated so quickly!
5. Jack Bauer on 24. I watch him every morning as I get ready for the day, and most nights as I work on falling asleep. There have been many a night that I dream about him. He is so real to me, and I secretly want to write his name in to vote for him as President! I wonder if anyone else has done that...

I Don't Want To..

Do you ever have those moments when you just really, really, really don't want to do certain things but you know you have to just do them? You hold it off until the last possible second and then just force yourself to? Tonight I'm feeling that way...about homework, about doing more laundry, and most of all, cleaning my pet fish, Eatee's, bowl. I dread doing this more than I dread just about anything else in my life. It's up there with ironing and sewing, two of the worst things that were ever invented. I love my fish with all my heart, that girl is a survivor. She's been through a lot in her long year and a half fish life. A few moves, me almost having her go down the disposal (TRAUMATIZED ME!) and so on. But she has continued to fight through it all so she can make me happy. I love feeding her and talking to her in the morning as I make my breakfast, when I get home from work/school, and right before I go to bed. Just ask my roommates, I even talk baby to her and have several nicknames. Pretty much she means a lot to me! So my dread of cleaning her bowl is my deep fear that I will kill her because I can't imagine not having her in my daily life! Wish me luck that I can make it through another fish bowl cleaning....

Eatee girl looks so little here! This was taken just right after I got her.
I swear she has tripled in size!

30 Reasons Why I'm Proud To Be Me-#5

I have a contagious laugh that makes others happy! I love when I notice it out of the corner of my eye..something will make me laugh hard, and people around me will instantly smile or start laughing because of my laugh. So grateful I have that gift! There are quite a few people in my extended family who had laughs like that and I like to think I inherited that from them. So grateful for my heritage!!

I Proudly Present....

My list of 30 goals to accomplish while I am 30 years old! Any other suggestions you think I should add to this awesome list? I'm going to work hard!!

Tawna’s 30 in 30

Exercise at least 3 days per week
Run more and possibly train for another half marathon
Weight watchers meeting until I get to a healthy weight
Drink more water!
Read at least 5 books that are not textbooks/teacher books
get my Master’s degree
Write weekly in journal/blog
Finish the book of mormon
Write to 30 people in my life and tell them why I love them
meditate weekly
cook a healthy meal at least twice a month
Pay off credit card
Start a roth IRA
build up savings
gratitude letter, card, email at least once a month
Finish memorizing We Didn’t Start the Fire
Eat in a restaurant alone
Attend a concert
Finish Les Miserables
Christmas gifts for child in need
Fun Vacation-DONE! Birthday in Disneyland!
pay tithing every month
Go somewhere new in Utah that I’ve never been before.
Watch a trilogy all in one day
Watch all the seasons of 24
See a new Broadway show
Go zip lining
Floss every day
go fast on an alpine slide
I will list 30 reasons why I am proud of the last 30 years of my life.
Become a True Aggie.

Good Day!

I reached my first big milestone in my weight loss journey. I have lost 20 pounds!! On to my next goal on the journey, 25 pounds. I'm feeling great!

30 Reasons why I'm Proud to Be Me-#4

I don't have much to write about with new things in my life..same old, same old! So here's another quick post about me being reflective of the last 30 years of my life and what I have learned about myself. Maybe my posterity will read this someday, right?! If not, it's still a reminder for me to look back at, as my journal.

I am proud of the fact that I am a dependable person, sometimes to a fault. People know they can depend on me. When they ask me to do something, I do it. If it's not asked of me, but I know it needs to be done, I do it. As much as this can stress me out, it is also a blessing because it's required of me often in my job, so I'm grateful that I'm aware of what needs to be done and I do it.

Quick and easy! As a fun side note, I got to go to another Jazz game with Bryce on Saturday. He has awesome season tickets, so I love when I get to go. It was a great game that went into overtime. My boyfriend, Millsap, didn't play too well during the regular game, but in overtime he stepped it up and helped the Jazz get another victory! Go Jazz! Go Millsap (love your face!)