You know...

I think everything is going to be okay.

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See...

I said I'd try, right? Maybe I'll hit every other day.

Today was such a nice day. So beautiful. A little windy, (I have decided that I REALLY dislike wind. It's so dumb, though.) but still beautiful. We went over to Doylestown to our favorite little theater to see this

Also did lots of walking around and sitting on benches in the sun and talking about things that matter and things that don't really matter. 

Going into the city tomorrow for a freaking show! Finally...sheesh. I'm excited! I think it will be cool. Me and Liv decided that our goal for the night will be to make one friend. Not one friend each...just one friend. Lol. Wish us luck.

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Meh.

Well, hello there! It's been a minute since I have been on this particular blogging site. I will say right now that I will try my best and abide by the rules for the Ides of March, but I really can't make any promises. I have been a lot more forgetful the past few months than I normally am (which is pretty bad-i might add). But I think it will be good for me to do a bit of writing everyday. I actually just wrote something for the first time in...i guess...over a year, a couple of days ago. I was journaling...and then I just all of a sudden started writing something. It really does help me a lot to, not just journal (that does, too) but to translate what I'm going through at the time into a little story or poem or something. And it makes me a little sad that I haven't done that in so long.

Gee...ok. I just wrote a very honest and probably over-revealing second paragraph and it just got deleted. So yeah. Whatever. I had a great day. But other than that, things haven't been going so great. My life feels much like what just happened to my blog post. Maybe no one else was supposed to see it, but I just needed to get it out. Who knows? Sometimes I just really don't understand life :/

Here's a song.

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"I look up to the mountains--

does my help come from there?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth!

He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you
will not slumber.
Indeed, he who watches over Israel
never slumbers or sleeps.

The Lord himself watches over you!
The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon at night.

The Lord keeps you from all harm
and watches over your life.
The Lord keeps watch over you as
you come and go,
both now and forever.

Psalm 121:1-8

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I Left My Heart in the Netherlands

I cannot believe that it has been an entire year since I embarked on one of the most special and amazing adventures that I have been on (yet). It seems like it was only yesterday but it also seems like it was more like 100 years ago. Anticipating the trip, I was dreaming of Belgium and I was highly prepared to have my heart stolen by the little country, but just like usual, things don't always seem to go as we plan them in our minds. Now, don't get me wrong here...I adored Belgium, it was entirely too cute for words...I just never realized the strength of the pull that the Netherlands would have on my heart. I really should have known, because ever since I studied those first few Dutch paintings, I was hooked. Maybe it was because many of these Dutch painters that I admire worked out of Belgium that had me off kilter. Either way, the cities of the Netherlands latched onto my heart and soul and they have yet to loosen their grasp!

I've just been reading about a couple of my favorite painters on this beautiful Saturday morning, and it's caused my heart to long to go back. To explore ever little town and hamlet. Every beautiful gothic and baroque cathedral. Every canal. Every cobblestone street. Every museum and gallery. I just must return. I loved it too much. And hopefully one day I will have a reason or an opportunity to do so. I can only hope and pray for this, for now.

Until then....I can only dream, and read about, and long for it.

ALS IK KAN

laurenthevampireslayer dreaming away...

So What If I Don't...

"WIPE PROPERLY"

ahhhhhh, I miss ole Chris Farley. That was one funny dude.

Well, just killing some time before I head to Hammond for wedding festivities. I think this next month is gonna be pretty chill, especially since there is.......nothing really going on :/

I think I kind of need that, though. I can catch up on some much needed me-time :)

I'm not sure where we are going to eat for dinner tonight....but I'm already starving!

And I really want a pickle.

So, I shall leave you thusly, with my random pickle craving!

laurenthevampireslayer singing off...

Who's Got Two Thumbs and is Miserably Failing Her Blogging Challenge?

THIS GIRL!

Yeah that's pretty much it.

I'm ready for Easter!

laurenthevampireslayer signing off...