The Way I Am
~Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I'd find a match.

Cause I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.

If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.

Cause I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.

Cause I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.

I'm not really sure what to say about married life. I think it's great. I never picture myself married young. Not really. Of course I had my life plan all set out at age 6- graduate high school, go to college, get married, have kids... I had a timetable all set out. But as I got older I never really considered marriage. Maybe because there were only 3 guys in my graduating high school class. Maybe because I've never pictured myself as a stay at home mom. I was going through old papers from elementary school when I moved out of my parents' house, and I found a paper I wrote in the third grade. In this paper I wrote about how I wanted to be a doctor or a veterinarian, not "just" a stay at home mom. My teacher wrote on my page, "stay at home moms are nice, too!" What 8 year old thinks like that? Me, that's who. People say once you are married you are "settled down." I feel so far from being settled down. There are so many things I want to do- and now I have someone to do it with! I have a partner in crime, a sidekick on all of my adventures. We do want some different things but half the fun (and half the frustration) is figuring things out together.
Anyways, back to the song. I like this song because, really, it's true to relationships. It's about taking each other the way we are. They say women marry men hoping they'll change, and men marry women hoping they'll never change. People will always change, it just may not be in the way you want. When Matt and I were thinking about getting married, I realized that I would much rather have Matt and his flaws, then to have no Matt at all. I'd rather spend the rest of my life battling it out with him about dishes and laundry and cleaning than to not have him as my husband. (Ask me again in 20 years and I might tell you differently .)
And after surviving six weeks of marriage... I think I made the right choice.

Never boring

 

As dental hygiene students, we have rotations where we work in different clinics, most of which are public health clinics. On one such rotation, my patient came in dressed as George Washington. Imagine my surprise!! In the past, he has also been the Easter Bunny and Frosty the Snowman. Ha! Ol' George was super nice and made it a memorable experience.  He made sure to come back with the picture for us. (I did black out his face a bit so as not to violate HIPPA.)
How many of YOU can say your patient was the first President of the United States?

It's been awhile...

A certain boy reminded me that I hadn't updated in awhile, so here I am. I'm not convinced many people are left on xanga anymore, so I may be writing for no one, but that's okay.
Don't you ever wish that everyone you cared for could be all bottled up and taken to live with you on a tropical island somewhere?
I think marrying somebody and then cutting everybody else in your life out is crazy. I've seen it happen with friends and it's ridiculous.
Christmas music right after Halloween is irritating. I want to enjoy Christmas, not be sick of it by the time December rolls around.
I love candy cane Hershey's kisses. Mint white chocolate with little crunchy peppermint bits... yum.
You can never make everybody happy. Everyone has opinions, but in the end, it's your choices to make with your life.
Walks in the snow are one of the greatest things ever. Second only to dancing in the snow.

That was disjointed. Oh, well. So's my mind lately.

(Happy Thanksgiving!)

Look after you
~The Fray

If I don't say this now I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate

Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I'll look after you

There now, steady love, so few come and don't go
Will you won't you, be the one I always know
When I'm losing my control, the city spins around
You're the only one who knows, you slow it down

Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I'll look after you

If ever there was a doubt
My love she leans into me
This most assuredly counts
She says most assuredly

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you

It's always have and never hold
You've begun to feel like home
What's mine is yours to leave or take
What's mine is yours to make your own

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh