I'm Not Going To Just Wait For The World To Change

     Thought of the Day: Friends "May 10th; When you have to talk, you can call a girl friend way too late at night and long before she’s had her morning coffee."

     Obviously, some of my quotes are intended for an older audience. But hey! If you have ever met my best friend Alyssa Berg, you could totally say that this quote fits us perfectly! I can always message her or text her at any time at night, and generally, she would always drop whatever she was doing and help me out. Also, we both love us our daily coffee!

"The Before Picture"
Me, my beautiful aunt, and her mom at Great Clips
May 9th, 2012.

      I'm absolutely pleased with my new hair cut. I donated 15 inches, enough to possibly make 3 wigs, with my aunt and my aunt's mom. This is what my aunt did for her 50th birthday: she made a difference in an outsider's life. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be a part of this with her. You have no idea how impressed I am we actually had the courage to cut off all of our hair! It took a lot of heart, in my opinion.

     As you can tell, cutting off all my hair yesterday really made me feel like a champ. It made me feel like I was finally contributing to my community. I felt as though I was going to completely change someone else's life by me doing this. I'm so incredibly honored to say I donated my hair to Locks of Love. I'm definitely going to do this again in a couple of years, and it would be so special if someone else would like to donate again with me? Just let me know! Trust me: it's worth it.

     I feel absolutely awful. I haven't really told anybody that I was having my first planning counseling appointment yesterday! My mom and I met with an amazing lady right after I chopped my hair off who really took the time to get to know me and love me. She asked my mom and I a lot of questions, just to see what kind of counseling she should put me in. It's crazy that a complete stranger like this could care so much about me. I always felt like I had to honestly earn respect before it was given to me. But in general, it's pretty easy for me to respect everybody, no matter who they are or where they come from. Like I always say, everybody has a different story, and nobody in this world is worthless, or deserves to be treated that way.

I can't believe how much we cut off!
I'm so happy for whoever all this hair is going to!

     In all honestly, today was pretty good overall. I just had a rough morning in all. I hate that feeling I get in the pit of my stomach, when I go to school, knowing that I didn't do my homework from the night before. I feel incredibly embarrassed, and like the worst person in the world. It's crazy how something so "little" can really alter your entire day. It was hard for me to even go to my first class this morning. I have an amazing teacher first period, and I can't stand to let her down. I look up to most of my teachers in indescribable ways. Nobody has any idea how much I truly connect and appreciate them. I've also always had this amazing connection with all my teachers over the years, especially my English teachers. I think that is just because English teachers are generally amazing people, but who knows. I wish my teachers knew how much I looked up to them. Almost all of them are my role models and that is why it kills me to disappoint them. There are only a few people in this world who really make me feel like an ugly duckling when I don't do what is expected of me. They make me feel like the hideous outcast of the group, as if I'm not worth it anymore because of my faults. My two grandparents on my mom's side, and my teachers really know how to get me going. As many people know, I cry a lot. I don't just mean I cry when I'm sad, but I cry when I'm extremely frustrated or really happy. It's just what I do honestly. After I left that class, I cried a little. For once, I didn't physically cry out loud. I didn't want others to have to wonder what was wrong with me. And I didn't want to cause more drama than there already is in my friend group! But I cried inside. I cried and my heart broke. The way my teacher looked at me when I told her I didn't have my work: it was heart wrenching. All of my teachers seem to get this glisten in their eyes when I tell them something unfortunate like this. It makes me just want to break down right there on the spot.

     I felt better after getting to go see my girls Tiana and Alyssa. Those two really know how to brighten my day, and they are two of the most beautiful people in this world. They are gorgeous inside and out. I'm really glad I befriended these two in 7th grade, because I wouldn't have had it any other way. My life has changed so much because of these two girls. I don't know if they read me blog or even care to read more of my crazy posts, but I just want them and everyone else to really appreciate these two. If you don't know them yet, get to know them. If you don't like these two, you better have a really good reason! We need more crazy chicks like these in this world, I swear, this place would be so different with more people like them. I hope they think as highly of me as I do of them.
     Anyways, I haven't added a really good post in awhile. I've been really stressed out with school, like anybody else, but I'm promising myself to keep up from now on. I think it is pointless now to go and try to catch back up on my missed posts because it's impossible to know how I was feeling two or three days ago. I live in the moment (literally) and I have to update my posts that way!



Me getting my hair styled at Sahara Rose Salon.

 


I haven't had hair this short since elementary school.
I love my hair now! I'm definitely going to donate again.

 

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Waiting On The World To Change by John Mayer

I feel like this song really explains our generation. We are all just waiting for others to take action. I, on the other hand, am prepared and ready to change this world for the better. We all need to step up and stand up for what we believe in. We can't sit back and just "allow" others to impact the world. It may sound a little selfish, but we all need to do good things for ourselves and others once in awhile, like donating our hair. I felt like I really changed the world yesterday by donating my hair.  I would like for more people to find joy in the little things like this too.

9 more (school) days: the last day of school

15 more days: cousin's first baseball game, on his birthday!