Quotes, Music, and E-mails

Sak Pase!


These three things have nothing to do with each other actually except for the fact that they all happened today.


I woke up this morning, thanked God for another day and headed to work. My trip to work is always a quiet one for me. That's when I think about everything going on in my life. If I'm too overwhelmed at that time to think about my life, I create a fantasy world in my head or I continue a previous one from another morning. Yes, I just said this. Yes, I am serious. And no I don't think I have any mental issues. I am perfectly sane (maybe not perfectly), I just want to escape sometimes.  ANYWAY, my point is this morning I was in one of my little fantasies and a car honked at me and forced me to come back to reality. I then started thinking about life and realized how difficult I am to deal with sometimes and how much I adore my friends and the people around me who deal with me. They do not judge my weirdness but instead they listen and give me advice when needed. I am grateful to have so many wonderful and supportive people around me and I thank God every day for them, the ones I talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY and the ones I only talk to once in a while. You are all appreciated and you all know who you are. With that said, this quote from Dr. Seuss has never meant more to me than it does now...."Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."


I work at a law firm from 8a-5p and I take my lunches at 1. Everyone at the firm knows that I always have a smile on my face but as I was coming out the elevator from lunch, one of my coworkers said "wow you look EXTREMELY happy." I replied "Music makes me happy." That is the understatement of the year. I had my headphones on, a huuge grin on my face and I was dancing and singing. I was happy. It doesn't matter how my day is going, music has the power to change any mood, to express anything that words themselves can't, to inspire and to instill hope. Music is powerful and I don't know how I would ever be able to live without music. Ask anyone that knows me, I am always singing something. Always. I thank God for the gift of singing but I pray that he also gifts me with the ability to write my own music and play an instrument. My life would be complete, haha.


I got an email from Sekou Smith, my AUC Director of Admissions, with the date of my white coat ceremony. I actually, LITERALLY squealed in excitement to that email. THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING! Bettyna is having her white coat ceremony. To me, this actually signifies the beginning of a torturous and tortuous journey but that's why I'm excited!!  I've been dreaming of this journey all of my life and now it is happening. Torture, I welcome you with open arms. I'm ready for you. Woot woot.


PS: I didn't know the difference between Torturous and Tortuous and had to Google it. Google told me their meanings and I think both apply to this scenario, so I used both. 😄




TTYL!