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this was a wild weekend! keeping busy makes it so much easier to go without seeing travis for 48 hours. (i sound ridiculous; seriously can't a girl go without her man for two days?!) but yes, i kept very busy this weekend and it flew by. included in my weekend to do were:
-6 loads of laundry (part of trav's valentine's present. lame? i don't think he thinks so.)
-clean the house. extra clean.
-transcribing. bleh.
-learning the east asian countries, capitals, rivers, and islands. for school. yes. i wanted to spend ten hours of my weekend doing this.
-grocery shopping and date with my sister (!) liana wu bodtcher.
-baking cookies and planning sunday school lesson.
-singing the lord is my shepherd at the swahili branch in sugarhouse. (!)
- getting travis's valentine's day surprise ready!
ok im going to stop with the list. you get the idea and probably don't care about all my menial tasks.
but seriously i am so excited for valentines! i have always been that girl who is like me? i don't care about the big V day. (heh sorry when i think of V day for some reason i think of vaginas, but i digress...) but i have this whole breakfast surprise ready for travis when he gets home at 730 tomorrow morning. i baked his favorite pastry tonight, have all the ingredients for the special eggs and sausage he loves, and his favorite juice and hot chocolate and sweets, and candles and im going to wear something sexy and there are all these cheesy paper hearts taped up and you get the idea. ill have to post pictures of it all. well, almost all of it anyway. :) i just love that man so darn much!
so today at the swahili branch, a man was speaking, a man from rawanda who had to escape with his mother and brothers from the genocide and he ended up living in refuge camps and losing his mother, amazing story, but he said something that i really liked.
"smooth seas do not make seasoned sailors." (african proverb)
what an example that this man could stand up and have positive things to say after experiencing so much pain. i am so blessed and have the world at my fingertips. this man has seen things i would never even imagine. i need to be more thankful for my life and my savior Jesus Christ. how wonderful that He can bring people of such different backgrounds together.
also. i had to write something for my gender studies class. the assignment was to rewrite a fairy tale and use some of the topics we have been discussing. this is what i came up with tonight.
deep, deep far under the sea
in a place men above never venture
lived a woman of power, prestige, and will
and the kind of beauty nothing can measure.
how she longed for her freedom
to explore the wide world
though her power and kingdom were vast
all the beauty and speed could never be enough
if at the base of your body fins are cast.
so the fair maiden set a snare
high up in the shallows
to discover the far world above
she would learn more of
humans, their dancing, their daring,
and possibly something of love.
she watched her snare day by day
those who came close to capture
and she fell so in love with a man up above
his dark hair, sword, and voice brought her rapture.
deep, deep far under the sea
she felt the snare tug late one night
rushing up to the surface she saw he was hers,
and knew he would soon share her delight.
the man flailed and fought her snare
not knowing she had such fine plans
she called to him, sang to him, tried to soothe him
but could do nothing to calm the great man.
left with no other choices
she pulled him down deep
never realizing her snare
caused his never ending sleep.
deep, deep, far under the sea
in a place men above never venture
lived a woman of power, prestige, and will
and the kind of pain nothing can measure.
(i know it's kind of dark and morbid, but it's supposed to be metaphorical of how appearances are limited, being a woman has disadvantages in our society, etc.)
happy valentine's day :) hope you all get some :)
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