inspiration: bathroom style.

i experienced one of my greatest fears today.
no, not:

• being attacked in an underground parking garage.
• finding someone hiding underneath and/or inside my car.
• myself in mom jeans.

nope.  none of those.
instead i was trapped inside a stall in the uvu bathroom.  public restrooms are terrifying enough as is.  but my slightly dangerous, borderline addiction to diet coke forces me to overcome my public restroom fear occasionally.  the one second that i was locked in that stall changed me.  i panicked.  and i vowed to myself that i will never use a public restroom ever again.  even if that means i have to give up my daily diet coke intake.  whoa whoa too far.  never giving up my dc.  never.  ever. 

so, public restroom stall that taunted my into believing me that i might spend the rest of time locked inside of you, you inspired me.  inspired me to never go near you again.  i'd rather do my business in the privacy of my own home anyways.

today, you inspired me.

today

deseret industries

you inspired me.

i dream of becoming the kind of person who has really awesome stuff.  the kind of person who gets the question, "where on earth did you get that?" a lot and answers by saying "oh i got it at d.i."  that is my dream.  i want to be a fixer upper.  so, d.i., here i come.  i want to find things at d.i., fix them up or enhance their coolness and tell people how i spent $3 on something so beautiful.  those things:  an old school trunk that i will full with awesomeness, a typewriter {check}, a desk chair {check!}, a desk, a bike, and a suitcase. 
i checked one item off my list weekend.  a chair.
and she is beautiful.
and i love her.
and i can't wait to put my award winning pockets on her and study for finals.  {wait...did i just say i can't wait to study for finals...gross.}

my $4 treasure.  thank you d.i.

i love you both.

today, you inspired me.

i am easily inspired.

randomly somethings.

by random people, places, or things.

and those inspirations mold me and make me better.

so i have decided to dedicate a

cartwheels to car wheels series:

today, you inspired me.

this way, we can all be inspired

by small things or silly things

or things that make us smile.

because i think we could use a little inspiration every now and then.

so my first "today, you inspired me"

goes to miss natalie marie.

she has made the decision to conclude her blog

sadly

and write all of her thoughts and goals and things

in her journal.

no, she didn't inspire me to end my blog

{my blog is one of my favorite things}

but she inspired me to keep a journal.

i justify not doing so already

by saying "i have a blog,

this generation's journal"

but that is not right.

believe it or not

there are things that are probably not

"blog kosher"

for example:  depressing things. 

my blog tries to be a happy and positive little thing

that i dream of my grandkids reading one day

and laughing at my shuttle experiences and embarrassing moments.

so i "write" about the negative things in my mind journal and eventually forget about it.

but i should also remember the bad so i can be even more grateful for all the good.

so, i will attempt at keeping a journal from now on

full of blog ideas and non kosher blog ideas

so i can remember everything

the good the bad and the really really bad.

natalie.  thank you.

our beloved dare to be darling will be greatly missed but...

today, you inspired me.