In exploring my love for Van Hunt. I came across anothter artist: Raheem Devaughn. I'm really feeling his song "Woman". One day I'll be someone's "Woman". Best believe there's no rush though.
The body always gives you a sign right before it reaches that point of exhaustion. Being the military there were times where I did not sleep for up to 40hrs. Though my job is no where near that demanding these days, I feel like I'm operating in 40hr spurts as of late. I'm really hoping that it's not always going to be like this the whole time I'm in school. I can just see it; trying to catch a nap on bus and winding up in Waikiki instead in Honolulu or not getting off the bus on the way home and finding myself in some unsavory part of Hawaii. Yes there are unsavory parts; the bus stop being one of them. I saw a man today come out of nowhere yelling and cussing and then kicking over a newspaper stand. Seemingly after calming himself down he up righted the stand and picked up an empty food container and placed in the trash and went on his way. There was another lady there screaming into nowhere along with a younger woman who sat all day in the same spot seemingly giving directions to imaginary people. I'm not sure I like seeing the downtrodden of our society; however that is the reality of our society. Some people just don't know how to refill their tanks and get back on the road to success. They find it easier to just sit or lay there out of gas and soon time. In our class today, we had a brief discussion in reference to two recent homicides here in Hawaii; one incident involving a toddler and another involving a young woman in her early 20's. Their lives were ended by shear products of society. Drug addicts! What's worse is they could both plead temporary insanity and continue to live. There is no death penalty here. Sadly it's these publicized acts of violence that inspire others to follow suit. I mean really, what would give a man an idea to throw a toddler off of an overpass? Could it be after hearing a similar story occurring in Alabama only a few weeks prior? And how could a man who was tired of his girlfriend cheating find it necessary to run his girlfriend down and beat her to death in broad daylight with the butt of a rifle as onlookers gazed in horror? We don't have to worry about terrorists coming over and destroying our nation. We are doing fine job of it ourselves.
I enjoyed listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show while I lived in Augusta, GA. Thanks to the power of technology I can continue to enjoy the comedic genius of Steve and his crew here in Hawaii via http://www.power107.net . On the morning of the 17th Steve was celebrating his 51st birthday and let me tell you, Steve is still fly. In fact, on his website he is promoting to young folks entering 30 and above to have a “Take your shirt off” campaign of their own. Now women, don’t go around taking your shirt talking about Steve told you to. As the comedian Sommore puts it, most of us are guilty of having “tight fat”, meaning we work out but we don’t diet. Yes, I said we to include myself. So Steve, with the help of his crew and many other special guests, is trying to promote healthy eating and exercise to his listeners. Among the many other great things I hear on his show I felt that I would share at least this aspect with my readers. If you have a moment stop by the site and look for the link leading you to Steve’s personal page where you can look at his transformation and also get a chance to take a challenge of your own and post your picture. It’s always nice to see people eating right and exercising. Ahem, I might need to take my own advice, lol. Anyway, whether you want to be “30 and tight”, “40 and fit”, or “50 and fly”; do your thing. Shoot, my motto for 2008 is “I’m doing it”. All the “its” I put on the back burner to simmer are getting the heat turned up on them so they can get done!
Y’all have a blessed day!
Nikki
How does one juggle being a Mom, a Soldier and a full time student while working shift work? I'm still trying to figure it out. I pray I figure out this bus schedule by Tuesday and how to get my son to daycare and changed into my school uniform before said bus arrives at the bus stop I have yet to find! I don't feel like this plan was as well thought as it could have been. Hopefully the first week will get all the kinks out and it'll be smooth sailing from then on out. Hopefully my son will understand what mommy is trying to do and just really enjoy the time we do get together. After all it'll all be over in September. Well, just wanted to vent I guess. I'll be strategically planning this tonight while I'm work and making some test runs on the bus to downtown this weekend. Wish me luck!
-Nikki
Ever take a look in your closet and ask yourself why in the world am I holding on to this? Whether it is a pair of jeans that don’t and won’t ever fit again or a shirt that will never come back in style, some things you just have to let go of. Send them off to Goodwill so it can go to someone who can use it. This same concept can be applied to people in our lives. Sometimes we hold on to people we should have let go of a long time ago. In a recent conversation, it was revealed that I was holding on to a relationship that was no relationship at all. His perception of what took place was the complete opposite of mine. It was a real eye opener that’s for sure. I will definitely not invest so much of my heart into people with out truly knowing how they feel about me first. This person, I should have purged from my heart many years ago, but I held on to it hoping it would “come back in style”. Little did I know I was wasting time and energy even thinking about it because to him it was nothing to begin with. So I’ve cleaned my closet of him and feel I have more room to expand my wardrobe. I can also recalculate the number of relationships I’ve been in from three to two. I feel as though that gives me hope because the third times a charm right? What I’m saying is, look at the people in your life like the clothes in your closet. You have that one outfit that you always look and feel good in, your spouse or significant other. You have that one that will never go out of style, your best friend, the one you can talk to when the aforementioned is getting on your last nerve. Then you have those clothes that are just there, hadn’t been worn in years, just taking up space. These equate to previous relationships that still have residence in your heart. So, I ask that this year, you take a look in your proverbial closet and clean it out. Not only will you have more room in there, but you’ll feel better. I know I surely do.
-Nikki