gmail, fill my inbox, please.

i'm loving today's monday.
fresh start, new week.
sundays are my favorite day of the week, naturally pushing monday to #2 [but then there's saturday then friday, so basically monday can't be better than my #4].

one of my favorite sister pictures.

[hello, i need to go to disneyland ASAP! i went for a short time in february but really, it's been since this picture the day before thanksgiving in 2008!!! almost 2 years. take me, please.]

saturdays i usually have a freak out because i have SO much to do that i never get done because i want to have somewhat of a weekend.  [does going to walmart on saturday night for the 4th time in a week count as a weekend?  what if it was with friends--they love me--and we also stopped at petsmart to buy james danger food and even went to golden spoon after?  now does it count?  please say yes, just to appease me.] onward. so i never get anything finished on saturday which leaves it for sunday.  and i hate that. so much. very very rarely do i do any work on sunday.  well, this year i would probably have to cut out gym and social life completely to have sundays completely off.  i do the bare minimum on sundays.  instead, i just weak up at 5.30 am and get to school at 7am on mondays. 


this is getting long, i apologize.


last night, i wrote my family [+mr. santiago] asking for some prayers in my behalf. i need my family.  and as much as i hate it, they aren't here to help me.  the best they can do is listen to my 100s of stories and woes and give me support.  and most importantly, their prayers.

this will forever be one of my favorite family photos.

sometime before recess, i received an email from my mom.  i love her.  i just love her.  she is the most extraordinary woman.

and this one.

then i received an email from my very best friend, erin.  [emily and dana you are my very best friends, too.]  hers made me even more emotional, maybe because i had already felt so much love from my mom's and then erin also said she "shed some tears" for me because she wants to be here to help me.  {girl, you can come up ANYTIME and just spend the weekend with me playing and getting some stuff done in the classroom--James Danger enjoys the company.}

and i will always love this one.

then, i got an email from my aunt.  my mom had sent her my email and she said she prayed for me too and gave me some advice and shared how she has been there--nursing school, single mom with 3 boys, 4 or 5 hours of sleep.  k, i am getting at least 5 hours a night.


i just have the best family in the world.


so gmail, please continue to fill my inbox.

and this baby.

sometimes erin sends me funny pictures.  i like those, too.  especially when i get things during school. my lessons turn out better because i just felt loved or read something funny or saw a funny picture.


and i also got to go for a quick run and then yoga with miss tedi.  and then i made a scrumptious dinner and THEN my bishop's wife just brought me a big bag of fresh peaches.  they look like the ones from my tree at home.


monday is so good today.


and my new roommate and i are bonding. movie and classroom projects.