pursue happiness. whether its 1776 or 2009.

lazy fourth. i started my manicure over because the paint was old and looked horrible. i now have a new manicure with the french style but silver-ish tips. kind of boring so i added some pink sparkles. i'm not sure how long my "french- by a 13 year old" style will last.

per usual there were other things i could/should have worked on today. but my pedicure and manicure and blog editing-oh of course who can forget continual facebook checking seem to win everything over.

although all is not lost. tonight as long as it's not busy i'll be heading down the mall with jesse to watch fireworks in OUR NATIONS CAPITAL!

i do want to back up however. i have received some comments regarding my last post and i think i need to edit it a bit.

1.thank you for the kudos on the 2lbs lost. i wish i could be excited BUT alas it's weight that should have never been added in the first place. i still got some work to do.
2. okay dating 3 boys. i guess i just meant that i'm interested in boys. and they seem to be interested in me. and i haven't committed my heart and soul to any of them. and i'm not interested in even allowing my heart to be open...yet.

i'm at a very strong place in my life right now. its going to take a grand jury and maybe some flowers to convince me of tearing any walls down around my heart. sure mention jacob or rjb and you might seem me shudder-even mwf put a crack in one of the walls but otherwise i'm back on a foundation that i need to maintain.

its called the "love my apartment, cook good food, stay fit and enjoy flirting and fun with boys" stage of my life. this phase also includes but is not limited to; homemade margarita nights at home with friends that make me smile, visiting family and recharging batteries (family in all different zipcodes), hiking outside and not hearing the city for a day, walking my neighbors dog and enjoying the genuine love animals give away on the regular, grilling, loving-did you hear that, LOVING work and being challenged on the daily by work, staying in touch with the "contacts" in my phone (i like to call them my friends), having more positive conversations with my mom, updating or not updating my blog, having days off, paying bills on time, walking, walking some more, morning runs, late nights--i think its called living.

and how poignant to be reminding myself and others of the importance of living life keeping your-self in front of everything else,and pursuing your happiness before everything else-on the birthday of our nation. our nation- where freedom rings over our country whose founding fathers also knew the importance of this pursuit and chose to remind us in our very own declaration of independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America